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Singing is my dream and, while it may have not been a commercial success, critically I was thrilled with the reception my first album got.
You should never be embarrassed by your trouble with living, because it's the ones with the sorest throats who have done the most singing.
The biggest insecurity I had was my singing. Even though I had sold 70 million records, there was this feeling like, I'm not good at this.
It sometimes takes 6 months or more after you've written and recorded it before you can start to enjoy the experience of singing the song.
I did try when I wasn't doing the singing to do as much comedy as I could because I thought with Comic Relief you are duty bound to anyway.
No, I've been singing forever. I started out doing musicals. I think that was part of the reason why they gave me the part, because I sang.
I'm not very good at playing piano, so I usually hit chords with my right hand. And those chords came, and I was just singing a little bit.
I have performed all over the world to packed audiences. I don't have to be a trained musician to prove my singing abilities to my critics.
It's bad enough being conned into singing an anti-war message by John Lennon when you think you're just wishing everyone a merry Christmas.
I went to School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, and we had a bunch of singing classes. My first job in New York was an Off-Broadway musical.
I'm not singing anymore; that is why I am so pleased to be writing. My daughter said, "You just found a different way of using your voice."
I miss the emotion of singing. There is something about it which means you can express emotions to people without actually talking to them.
That's been the most exciting part of the show - incorporating the magic and the acrobats and the singing and dancing to make our 'Pippin.'
To me 'Varayo' is a special song, not just because it has given me seven awards so far, but the experience of singing with Unnikrishnan ji.
And music has always been incredibly cathartic for me, whether it's writing my own stuff or singing other people's music; it's very freeing.
I cannot imagine a more satisfying calling than my own: beauty, humanity, and history every day, combined with the cathartic joy of singing.
I ... started out to become a jazz pianist; in the meantime I started singing and I sang the way I felt and that's just the way it came out.
Harmony has always come very natural to us because we started singing harmony at an early age. We heard a lot of different music growing up.
I get a lot of pleasure and satisfaction out of giving pleasure to people through my singing; that's fantastic, but it's only entertainment.
I like the fervor of religious music, the zealous aspect - that preachers can go from a conversational cadence into this passionate singing.
Nusrat is one of the greatest singers of our time. When his singing takes off, his voice embodies soulfulness and sprituality like no other.
I go to church every Sunday. I've always been a believer. I love singing. I don't have the best voice - I just love getting my emotions out.
We were just four unknown, aspiring Australian musicians singing happy, uplifting, melodic and inspiring songs, and being true to ourselves.
I was trying to do something that seemed very natural and easy but which bridged that gulf between the singing voice and the speaking voice.
The biggest thing that comes out of improv that gets built on is just character traits. You know, for me the singing was born out of improv.
I can't seem to stop singing wherever I am. And what's worse, I can't seem to stop saying things - anything and everything I think and feel.
We all tried rapping, we all tried singing, we all tried different kinds of styles and performances, so we naturally found our perfect spot.
I don't think I have a great voice, but I started singing on my tracks and they did a lot better. So I thought, 'let's give this a go then!'
What is normally called religion is what I would tend to call music - participating in music, listening to music, making records and singing.
Singing has always been something that I've loved to do, but I never thought about doing, professionally. I always felt more drawn to acting.
Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do.
When I'm not singing, I'm a lot of persons: I'm a producer. I'm a badminton player. I'm a writer. I'm a movie freak. I'm a documentary maker.
I reside in a new colony for the Chinese-singing banjo player, with a population of one. At least I have something I have to do with my life.
Professionally, the first time I sang was on 'Alice Upside Down.' It was the first movie that I did, and I had this little mini singing part.
We cannot get to our knowledge because the world is too loud. And we tend to make it louder as we cry out in pain, pretending we are singing.
This LGBT singing choir has demonstrated how women are investing in tradition to create change, like alchemists turning discord into harmony.
I was always singing the way I felt, and maybe I didn't exactly know it, but I just didn't like the way things were down there-in Mississippi.
Hopefully I'll be successful with the singing, but there are so many other things I want to do, like acting. I'll do them one at a time first!
We're all writing out of a wound, and that's where our song comes from. The wound is singing. We're singing back to those who've been wounded.
I still take acting, singing, and dance classes. I think no matter where you go in your career, you can always learn more and better yourself.
The first song I wrote was "Look Both Ways Before You Cross" from Imaginaryland. I started the song by singing a bass line, "hoo hoo hoo hoo."
I remember coming in second in a singing competition when I was about 5. I was terrified and didn't win because I apparently looked miserable.
It's shocking when someone who is really bad thinks they're really good. It's heartbreaking, because singing is such a vulnerable thing to do.
Throughout the hours of the night, though there had been few to hear it, the whole sky had been loud with the singing of these constellations.
Not that I sound anything like her, but I grew up singing like Mariah Carey, and Celine Dion was definitely my favourite artist when I was 12.
Marie Cornelie Falcon, who lost her voice while performing - singing the line 'Je suis pret' - 'I am ready.' How much more tragic can you get?
The first job I ever had was singing in a jazz club when I was like 15 with my friend, and we earned like 70 bucks. We were like, 'Oh my God!'
If Sinatra had packed in his style because there were a load of counterfeit Sinatras about, he would have stopped singing in 1956 or whatever.
First of all, I'm not a singer or rapper. I'm an artiste. Besides singing, I produce music, dance, write poetry, and sometimes I paint as well.
All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with not too much background.