- Feel
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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
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to still be singing at 70 years old. I want to be open to the dreams I haven't even dreamed up.
- Grandmother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been singing in church since I was little; my grandmother is a pastor.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first love was singing. It was the first thing that really felt like it was a part of me. It's just in my blood. And acting came sort of out of singing because I did a lot of musical theater.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel sexy when I'm doing what I love - like when I'm singing or performing or something - that's when I feel the most in control and in my element.
- Bath
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a child, I always wanted to be the last one to take a bath because I knew I could close the door and spend hours just having my bath and singing.
- Emotional
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was one emotional outlet my people always had when they had the blues. That was singing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jazz took too much discipline. You have to come in at the right place, which is different than me singing the blues, where I can sing, 'Oh, baby,' if there's a pause in the melody. With jazz, you better leave that space open, or put in something real cool.
- Thinking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think it's about playing and singing, to be honest. That seems like old news, you know? I wasn't thinking about that. I just think that's in my body now. Dancers don't think about their legs moving one way and their arms moving another. Over time, you incorporate that into your instrument.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love singing, so I want to see how far I can take it. I love the challenge, and I won't be happy until I have a wall full of gold discs and seven huge world tours under my belt.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is something powerful about singing to God as an act of worship, but it is time to reframe our perspective and our language to genuinely encompass all of life as worship.
- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm sitting in the church alone, I can hear singing of the old people. I can hear their singing and I can hear their praying, and sometimes I hum one of their songs.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020