- Great Way
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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
- Inspirational
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- Nov 07, 2020
The MTC is known for singing music by great master composers, hymns, American music, Broadway numbers, popular songs, and inspirational music. If the audience doesn't like one genre, they need only wait for the next number.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Latin is beautiful and has become something of an international language, but there is also something about singing in your native language that has meaning.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
I definitely don't see myself as much of a singer, because my upbringing is really based around the guitar, learning chord progressions and that sort of thing. So the singing aspect of what I do has been a secondary adventure.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first started making music, it was learning other people's songs and putting them onto four-track. Like Beatles songs and stuff. When I started writing, I used the singing side of the production as a vehicle for melody and lyrical ideas.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1989, I was on Tiananmen Square with the students, living in their makeshift tents and joining their jubilant singing of the Internationale. In the two decades since, each time that I have gone back, visions from those days seem to return with increasing persistence.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was such a wake-up call going to music school and being one among so many that are really good at singing.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandma did opera singing for the better part of her life; she used to sing all over the place. My grandpa was a sax player, and he used to travel all over the place, too.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't hold a note. I tried a singing lesson, but my vocal coach kept giving me the stink eye.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm singing, it's like I'm at home. And music is a great healer. I think I'd have been a basket case if I hadn't been a singer.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just love writing songs and singing them. People seem to enjoy them, and that's all you can really ask for. I didn't get into it to try to be a celebrity or whatever.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I left school, I got a job in a shoe shop and I used to save 15 quid a week and pay for my own singing and acting lessons.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020