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Singer-songwriter

Josh Groban is an American singer-songwriter, born on February 27, 1981. Known for his distinctive voice and emotional delivery, Groban has achieved great success since the release of his debut album 'Josh Groban' in 2001. His music blends elements of pop, classical, and opera, appealing to audiences of all ages.

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“I like my hair long because I have really big ears.”

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“I've been fascinated by music for as long as I can remember. I was the kid on the playground in the third grade who would tell other kids about Paul Simon or Depeche Mode.”

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“It's really tough to make a name for yourself without compromising and without fitting yourself into a real specific mold. When I made the choice that I would be involved in every aspect of music and not necessarily make music for radio or MTV, I was saying, 'OK, this is me. You decide who it is.'”

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“I try to have a real close connection with my fans. That's extremely important. They are the ones that have been there from the beginning and proved everyone else wrong.”

Trying Has Beens Important Real Fans Connections

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“My life is an unfinished product, but instead of just saying, 'How do I top what I've accomplished,' I decided I wanted to move forward, express my growth and take a big step into the next chapter.”

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“The shower is my time to open up my operatic chops, because of the enormous echo. You sound five times as big in the shower, so I break into some "Nessun Dorma" from Puccini 's Turandot or Pearl Jam. You've got to go big when you're in the shower. There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.”

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“I have to work hard to not look like a nerd all the time. My friends are the only people I know that don't care about my image. I need to have people who treat me just as Josh, not as Josh the singer.”

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“If there is one thing that is constant in this world, it is the power of music.”

Ifs World One Thing This World Constant Power Of Music

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“When I feel confused or depressed, I remember back to junior high and I silently repeat, 'This, too, shall pass.'”

Feels Remember Confused Repeats Juniors Junior High This Too Shall Pass

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“I get terrible butterflies. Before I go onstage, I'll have to freak out for five minutes. I scream. It seems to help!”

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“There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.”

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“If I'm in a relationship, I'll go to the ends of the earth. If I'm on the road and we have a conversation, and she says, "God, I really wish I was there with you right now," I'll hang up the phone, send a car, and have the plane ready.”

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“There is a little bit of a head vs. heart kind of battle that happens sometimes with the song. There's the goose bump thing, where the melody or whatever it is just gets you and you don't know why. Sometimes, it's in a genre that you didn't think you liked and, all of a sudden, the song hits you and you just say, wow, I feel the hairs on the back of my neck. I love this song.”

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“The songs that I sing and the songs that I write have always just been what I feel my voice does well, and what my inspirations have been and a kind of culmination of everything.”

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“Acting was definitely half of what I loved about storytelling and about theater. So, when I get a chance to do a cameo in a show or do a movie, it's a lot of fun and it's always great stepping outside of yourself and either playing a bizarro version of yourself or playing a character.”

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“I'm always so pleased when I can get a song or be given a song that really speaks to me and I can interpret, but if given the opportunity to really write from the heart and try and bring some personality to whatever this genre would be, it was a great opportunity for me.”

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“I think that my relationship with my fans has been very special from day one. It's been very special in spite of the fact that I don't think I would ever be able to call myself a press darling. I don't think there's ever been a superficial hype machine around me.”

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“Musically, between me and my fans and also me and my team, who between management and record label have always just let me be me, it's fun to pave a path. It's fun to feel like you're doing things your own way. So in that regard I haven't had to worry about any bar but my own.”

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“My school life was very much a wandering experience. I was having trouble in school and I was not making a lot of friends. So coming home and actually improvising on the piano and just coming up with melodies was an escape for me.”

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“When I started in the music business, travel became a huge part of my world, where it hadn't been at all. I visited parts of the world that I'd never been to and found that I was spending maybe 30 days at home a year.”

World Years Home Found Huge Spending Music Business

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“I've been aware of my gay fans since album one. There has been such great support from that community and it has gone both ways.”

Way Has Beens Community Support Gone Fans Gay Albums

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“When you're walking in, basically like a kid a candy store, to a project where there's an endless canon of material, you have to step back from it as a self-indulgence. You have to look at it neutrally.”

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“I wanted to focus on songs that I was inspired by growing up. I love so many of them from the last 100 years, but I really wanted, for my first step forward, to choose material that has inspired me and got me into the world of musical theater.”

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“There is a certain... chivalry to the style of singing I normally do. Part of the fun for me will be to leave that at the door.”

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“I hate birthdays. It's so funny, people always come up to me, "Hey! It's my birthday!" But when it's my birthday, I don't want to talk about it, I don't wanna tell anybody.”

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“I'm the depresso guy on holidays.”

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“Maybe the gruffness and anger can be done with a purity of sound.”

Done Sound Purity

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“I think some industries are so far behind the rest of humanity, in the way they see characters and cast shows. Once those walls get broken down, it changes everything.”

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“My feeling is, Twitter's free. If people want to have a political discourse with me on Twitter, and they disagree with me, I've got all the time in the world for that. It's when it gets nasty that I have problems.”

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“Music is what I always turn to when I'm feeling a certain way. It's my reason for everything.”

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“A beautiful and binding morning The world outside begins to breathe See clouds arriving without warning I need you here to shelter me. If I could make these moments endless If I could stop the winds of change If we just keep our eyes wide open Then everything would stay the same And I know that only time will tell me how We'll carry on without each other So keep me awake for every moment Give us more time to be this way We can't stay like this forever But I can have you next to me today”

“No matter who we are, no matter what our circumstances, our feelings and emotions are universal. And music has always been a great way to make people aware of that connection. It can help you open up a part of yourself and express feelings you didn't know you were feeling. It's risky to let that happen. But it's a risk you have to take-because only then will you find you're not alone.”

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“No matter who we are, no matter what our circumstances, our feelings and emotions are universal.”

Matter Feelings Emotion Circumstances Universal No Matter What Who We Are Feelings And Emotions

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“I believe That angels breathe And that love will live on and never leave”

Believe I Believe Angel Breathe

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“Fly me up to where you are beyond the distant star. I wish upon tonight to see you smile, if only for a while to know you're there. A breath away's not far to where you are.”

Ifs Knows Wish Stars Loss Breaths Smile Tonight Where You Are

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“Don't give up. It's just the weight of the world.”

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“I know that life is a journey I must accept and that pain and confusion are temporary. I know that if I follow my heart, it will lead me where I belong.”

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“Even with our differences There is a place we're all connected Each of us can find each other's light, There's so much to be thankful for.”

Light Spiritual Differences Connected Being Thankful

Author:Josh Groban

“Art matters because it is the one true great connector in a world that seems to be very unconnected.”

World Art Matter Seems Connectors

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“Grobanite makes me think of a type of harmless crustacean.”

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“Every day I lugged my backpack through the halls, waiting for the final bell. Then I'd race home and hole up in my room, playing the drums and the piano, composing music.”

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“As a new artist there's always outside influences trying to tell you how to make a song better for radio and how to do your hair.”

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“I was the boy who liked to sing his own songs at talent shows, and I was suddenly officially uncool.”

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“Music is so 100 percent for me that the idea of giving that up in any way, shape, or form would be terrifying to me.”

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“My biggest blast-off hit was "You Raise Me Up." If you ever have a wedding or a funeral, it's a good pick.”

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“Singing brings out in me what I can't normally bring out in everyday life. It's an incredible feeling to be able to bare your soul to people you've never met in a way that can make them understand so clearly what you mean. That's what I love most about singing ... it becomes my truest form of communication.”

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“After using four different languages on an album, it's tough to decide which one I'm gonna actually learn to speak. I always study the lyric, make sure I know what I'm singing, and try to get the pronunciation as perfect as possible.”

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Author:Josh Groban

“Don't try to be like me. Try to be like yourself. Try to be very good at being yourself.”

Trying Like You Very Good Like Me Being Yourself Know Yourself Like Yourself

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“I'd give away my soul To hold you once again”

Giving Soul Song My Soul

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“I still like to keep all the love songs for the Grobanites, I like to make sure that they know those are just for them.”

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Born: February 27, 1981
Known for: Singer-songwriter
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