Singing Quotes
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I had always sung in my dad's shop. I worked there after school, and I'd be singing along with the top-40 records of the day.
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I would sing to my Beanie Babies, and I sort of created this alternate universe where I was famous, and there were thousands of people that I was singing to.
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When I was very young, there was a lot of music at home, mostly jazz. I was walking around singing and pretending I was in bands from a very young age. But the first song that was really personal to me was 'Blue Suede Shoes'.
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In the autumn of 1970 I had a job singing in the school system, playing my guitar in classrooms.
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I have acting technique; I have singing technique; I don't have a writing technique to fall back on.
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My own singing voice is not very good and I don't think that anybody really sings in their own voice.
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I feel sorry for a culture that depends too much on delegating its musical expression to professionals. It is fine to have heroes, but we should do our own singing first, even if it is never heard beyond the shower curtain.
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I was in musical theater when I first started, so there was always both acting and singing. But as far as getting a record deal, that took time. The majority of that time, I was acting.
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Who would have thought that somebody Latino was going to be singing with Beyonce at Coachella? Years ago? Nobody. But I did believe in me. So, that's what I want to do: keep inspiring people as much as possible.
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Anyone who's 71 years old would look ridiculous singing rock.
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If singing were all that serious, frowning would make you sound better.
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College football, acting, opera singing - I approached them all in the same obsessive way.
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One night I was standing on Third Avenue playing my guitar, when this big Irish policeman came strolling by, and stopped to listen to my singing and playing. When I was done, he politely handed me a ticket for disturbing the peace, while at the same time telling me how much he liked my voice. I wish I still had that ticket.
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The very first Walnut Whales recording was recorded just a few weeks after I had started singing, out of the blue, started singing. And the voice, you can hear how uncomfortable I am with it, and how terrified I am with it.
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The Tinted Windows shows were very fun but it's very different for me as a performer. I'm not playing music - I'm just singing and I missed that. I miss rocking out on keys, drums, guitar... whatever it is.
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There was music all about us, we were growing quite forgetfulWe were only singing seamen from the dirt of Londontown.
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I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.
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The most miraculous process is watching a song go from a tiny idea in the middle of the night to something that 55,000 people are singing back to you.
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When I paint, I definitely live in the present, like someone in a shower whistling or singing.
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I had lots of breaks. I guess the one that got my foot in the door was singing the National Anthem at the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City in '74.
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There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer.
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My body doesn't have any rhythm, you know. I've got quite good rhythm when I'm singing but my feet are very much two left feet.
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My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury singing.
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I'm so crazy about making albums and singing and dancing.
