Why Marriage Scares Me by Olivia Newton-John
The press is always asking me two questions: When will I be getting married, and how long do I think my career will last. Well, given the chance to write about myself, maybe it's best that I answer those two questions then, maybe, we can forget about them until they actually happen.
/p> My own life is very happy, but right now I'm not getting married. Despite the rumors and the reports, I have not been married, but, when I do, I trust it will be forever. I'm romantic enough to hope that my one love will last that long.
One of the reasons, probably. I haven't been married is that I've been around such awful situations with people who are or have been married. The piece of paper (marriage certificate) sometimes does something to the mind. I've seen it happen and hope that it wouldn't for me.
Another reason is that I haven't felt that I was ready to have children. I want to have children and I want my children to grow up in a secure environment. I know what it is to grow up with separated parents, and I don't want that to happen to my children.
I don't want to spoil them, but I want them to have a secure, well-rounded life. I'm sure at times I take the luxuries I have for granted. But when I'm walking the dogs along the beach, or riding my horse through the hills, I realize what life is all about the joy of the open air and the excitement of being alone when you have to be. I'd like my children to have this luxury, if it can be called that. But before they live it, I want to also. And I'm doing that now.
I love my career. I've got a pessimistic approach to it all. I know it can't keep happening, but it does. And if it's started to fold, I would want to bow out gracefully. But it's not that way. In fact, I'm enjoying my career now more than ever. I'm involved in all facets of production and I try to keep in touch with all the elements.
I've been offered films, but so far the right part hasn't come along. In November I'll have a television special airing on ABC-TV. I enjoy the music and performing and I'm looking forward to expanding my talents. But each step takes time, and I'm not the type of person who rushes into anything.
I want to live life. I don't want to be the 24-hour-a-day performer. I make a great deal of money and I want to appreciate the benefits from it.
I have a beautiful house in Malibu, Cali-fornia, with my boyfriend, dogs and horses. I love to ride and swim and enjoy be ing away from the limelight and relaxing. I guess my true goal in life is to be happy. And as the more material ambitions are reached this becomes more and more important.
One thing I'm really trying to get involvedin is environmental protection and animal welfare. My help in this area has been financial, so far, but I'm looking for the personal involvement. I want to become part of a group or program as a participant where I'm just one of the people assisting and not an entertainer. I'm not happy the way animals are being treated and I will be doing something to stop it.
My dogs and horses provide a very happy and enjoyable portion of my life. Animals are honest, and what's the way I like to be.
Maybe sometimes my music isn't reality, but I live my life honest and true. My music is happy music, music of love and feelings, because that's what I believe in and enjoy being part of. No one wants to live unhappily. Why would I want to sing about unhappiness?
Photo caption: Olivia is fulfilled by her career and by her love life with her boyfriend, Lee Kramer. Marriage? That's another story