- Me
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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
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
I worked on my voice for Sweet Dreams, but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual singing voice. That was my way into that character.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thank my mum, dad, and home for keeping me in touch with my own country and my own land. I can be in the studio with Snoop Dogg or singing for Oprah, but I'm still me.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were both very musically inclined, they were both songwriters and musicians, so we grew up in the house singing music together, and R&B had a huge strong arm in the foundation of my career.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like doing music. I like singing. I love all music. Music kind of goes hand in hand with acting anyway.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try not to shut any doors before I even get there. I like doing music. I like singing. I love all music. Music kind of goes hand in hand with acting anyway.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always singing around my house, and my parents thought they should put me into voice lessons just for fun.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
The beauty of all these years of singing the anthem is that I got a chance to meet athletes that I love, and there was a mutual respect.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
After I started singing, I'd go to my dad's records I grew up with in his house listening to: Gordon Lightfoot, John Denver, the Carpenters, Bob Seger, Neil Diamond, voices that resonate with you, that you know who they are right away.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I became a human jukebox, learning all these songs I'd always known, discovering the basics of what I do. The cathartic part was in the essential act of singing. When is it that the voice becomes an elixir? It's during flirting, courtship, sex. Music's all that.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020