“You oil field workers, come and listen to me I'm goin' to tell you a story about old John D. That company union made a fool out of me. That company union don't charge no dues It leaves you a-singing them Rockefeller blues. That company union made a fool out of me. Takes that good ole C.I.O., boys To keep that oil a-rollin', rollin' over the sea. Takes that good ole C.I.O., boys To keep that oil a-rollin' over the sea.” MadeStoriesEnergyCompanyBoysSeaFieldsFoolSingingUnionsWorkersDuesOilAlternativesListen To MeOil Field Author:Woody Guthrie
“My little boy loves mambo, and my daughter, besides Justin Bieber, likes bachata - in our house, we're always singing.” LittlesHouseBoysSingingDaughterLikesMy DaughterLittle BoysJustinBachata Author:Thalia
“When you're singing songs about love and sex, you want everyone to think you're singing to them. Whether you're a boy, a girl, a woman, a man - whatever you're into, I can be that.” ThinkingMenWantI CanSongGirlSexBoysSingingSinging Songs Author:Joan Jett
“Backstreet Boys fans don't want to hear the New Kids singing all of their hits. Just like our fans don't want to hear the Backstreet Boys singing all of our hits.” WantKidsBoysFansSingingBackstreetBackstreet Boys Author:Donnie Wahlberg
“All my life I have hated and despised alto! ... From a boy it has affected me very strangely. That's why I hate Sunday. People will sing alto on Sunday that would never dream of singing it any other time.” PeopleDreamHateBoysSingingI HateHatedSundayAffectedDespised Author:Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
“My background is Protestant so I benefited from the great Bible teaching that was provided there... I did love the more culturally classical things, like Irish music, which I think is some of the most congregational-style music when you think of... 'St. Patrick's Breastplate' (and) 'Danny Boy.' These are traditional Irish melodies. I think being brought up there (Ireland) gave me a sense of melody that is very attuned to congregational singing.” ThinkingBoysTeachingStyleSingingBackgroundsTraditionalMelodyIrelandProtestantsSt PatrickIrish Music Author:Keith Getty
“Bye, Bye Miss American Pie, drove my chevy to the levy but the levy was dry. Good old boys drinking whiskey and rye, singing, this'll be the day that I die.” DiesBoysMissingSingingDrinkingDryPieWhiskeyByeDrinking WhiskeyBye ByeChevyAmerican Pie Author:Don McLean
“Boy bands should be exploded from a great height. They're just pretty people singing music written by others.” PeopleShouldBoysWrittenBandSingingHeightGreat HeightsBoy BandsPretty People Author:Eddie Izzard
“The whole thing of singing on my own has been accidental and random. I sang a huge amount as a kid, and I was a boy soprano. I didn't do that much classical music; I did a little bit. I had a lovely voice. And then when my voice dropped, I didn't worry about it consciously because I wasn't that invested in my singing at the time.” LittlesHas BeensWholeKidsBitsVoiceMy OwnBoysWorryHugeAmountLittle BitSingingLovelyClassical MusicSopranosLovely Voice Author:Sam Amidon
“My interest in women's voices started when I was in the boys' choir and we were singing in opera choruses. That was my first close-up experience with the female soprano voice. I was amazed at how it could be within the same scale but so different in quality.” FirstsDifferentVoiceInterestQualityBoysSingingFemaleScalesOperaAmazedChorusChoirSopranos Author:Alexander Chee