What else have I done nearly all my life than go hungry and go on singing?
Singing Sayings and Quotes
There is no song to your singing.
I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.
I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing – something I couldn’t wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn’t really enjoy.
I am usually always singing about the same god damn person so I will love him forever but you know, it’s all good. It’s all good!
I’m not trying to create an image or a persona. I’m just singing because that’s what I know how to do.
Initially the fashion world was more interested in me than the music world, which was strange when I first started singing.
I try to be as honest and open as I am with everything that I do because it’s just, um, It helps me, you know, like whether it’s stand up or singing or act. I just try to stay true.
When I do operas, I’m not really singing very classically. I have a classical background as far as being a pianist and an oboist, but my voice isn’t really classical in the operatic sense. But I certainly have a classical sensibility, so I’m comfortable being in that world.
There are so many songs I’ve recorded, only to hear other people singing them. It happens all the time.
I’d always been quite quiet growing up, and singing was a way of having a voice.
I wanted to bring back that big, ballad type of music that we used to love so much. Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, when they first came out, that’s what I grew up singing.
I’m sort of old-fashioned in the sense that I like to write something that I feel I could just perform alone, obviously, because I do that a lot in concert. So I try to make a song where there is as much that is as distinct as I can get it, just if I’m playing it or if I’m singing it. That makes me really do a lot of stuff in the guitar work when I sit and try to figure out how to indicate what sort of dynamic I’m aiming for. Where, rhythmically, I want to go. That’s sort of what ties a lot of different records together, is that it’s usually always based around me singing and playing a guitar.
I feel most alive when I’m singing along to old gospel music.
It’s always been my dream to be on the stage with my band, singing my music. That’s always been, and always will be.
You can sometimes get your own feelings across more strongly if you pretend that you’re singing it from someone else’s angle. But it’s always from me. It’s just a new way of framing it.
In singing, what my voice lacked in quality it made up in volume.
I’m not a big fan of Robert Plant’s lyrics or his singing.
Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don’t understand the language that you’re singing in, they still know good music when they hear it.
I am a moderately good singer. I am not a great singer but I can interpret a song, which I don’t think is quite the same as singing it.
Shoot the bad guys and I’ll gladly sing a tune for you.
There are so many songs I’ve recorded, only to hear other people singing them. It happens all the time.
I’d always been quite quiet growing up, and singing was a way of having a voice.
Overall I think the show went well, kudos to Miss Jeanie It was well rounded. From artwork to singing, to spoken word to short films, I think it definitely stimulated the audience’s senses.