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“I feel that there is some magic in “White Rose”. For 22 years this song has been the most played and people are not tired of it. I composed it in 1999 and in 2000 we played it in “Painer “After that I was making a lot of original songs and a lot of music at the time. The song was born in a very fruitful time for me. God gave me this song.” This is what folk singer Slavka Kalcheva told Petya Dikova on “This Sunday” on bTV.
“I haven’t received a dime for royalties to ‘White Rose’ since I sang it. And not just to it, but to all the original songs in my discography. There is no such thing in the whole world.” Copyrights are not regulated in Bulgaria and I don’t know why. I hope I live to get some royalties. But it doesn’t hurt or offend me that many orchestras make a living from my songs.”
“I have worked many things. Work cannot scare me. After all, I am a village girl. For example – as a graduate of Burgas Technical School, I was a seamstress for 3-4 years in Yambol.”
“I had many deprivations, but I’m not complaining. I had two children one after the other, a year apart. I spent many sleepless nights and travelling. In the evening I came home exhausted after the performances and then I started washing, yes cleaning, sending the kids to school. It’s been like this for 20 years.”
