NAMES IN THE NEWS : Singer Won’t Change Her Look

NEW YORK — Country singer k. d. lang says people have made her feel that she’d sell more records if she’d only change her androgynous look.

“The country industry is traditional regarding the looks and roles of men and women,” lang says in the February issue of Glamour.

But, she adds, “it would be detrimental for me to compromise. I sing because of the way I am. I don’t want to endanger my soul and my voice because of my physical looks. It wouldn’t be worth it.”

And how does the woman with the short, spiky haircut describe her look?

“I like to pretend I’m a farmer and sort of dress for chores,” she says. “Always ready to feed the cows, drive the tractor, fix the truck.”