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- Nov 07, 2020
Singing Quotes
How singing actually feels, nerves included.
These singing quotes take the craft seriously — one performer calls it among the toughest challenges of their career, and another admits karaoke brought back stage fright they hadn't felt in years. For related everyday reflection, see Like quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Copy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started playing the piano aged four in an effort to copy Grandpa, who was constantly showing off and entertaining us all, singing comic songs on his baby grand.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first band I was in out of college was a Celtic band, and I had to learn to sing with a microphone, because I'd never done that before. At Oberlin, I never used a mic for any kind of singing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first experience with the arts must have been the sound of my mother singing to me when I was in the womb. The sound of my father singing to me when he held me. The sound of The Temptations records that they played.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education.
- Force
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- Nov 07, 2020
With classical singing you have to put out so much air - you project, you emit force.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
For my own singing, I used to be attracted by the baroque, the flashier the better, but now I prefer a simpler, purer style.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm rarely singing in English.
- Attention
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- Nov 07, 2020
And I was mischievous. I was always into something. So when I got good attention from the singing, I knew that was probably where I needed to land.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn't interested any longer. That's very astonishing.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love what I do. I made my first record in '57. I don't think I'll ever get tired of making records and writing songs and singing and being in the music business.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020