“When I go on the road now, which is less than before, but still more than I'd like to, I think of myself primarily as a singer. Not a songwriter, not a celebrity, just a man who likes to sing.” ThinkingMenStillsGoes OnSingersLikesSongwriters Author:Don McLean
“My wife was an opera singer, you know. She bellowed her way through Wagner as a Valkyrie. I married her and made her give up the theatre, to my eternal cost. She was to go on acting for myself alone. A performance at his own expense, lasting for more than twenty years, tends to wear out your spectator.” KnowsWayGivingYearsMadeActingWifeGoes OnCostGiving UpEternalMarriedPerformancesTwentiesMy WifeTheatreSingersLastingExpensesOperaSpectatorsWagnerOpera Singers Book:The Waltz of the Toreadors Source: The Waltz of the Toreadors
“I’ve never watched an entire episode of "American Idol." It’s too mean. Why would anyone want to go on a show to be ripped apart? I don’t want to be tough with my singers, but I do want to tell them on "The Voice" that if you really want this, you’ll be kicked when you’re down. You have to be willing to roll with those punches. You have to really want it.” IfsWantMeanShowsVoiceWillingGoes OnToughSingersIdolsEpisodesRippedAmerican Idol Author:Christina Aguilera
“Don't Look Down” is her official debut as Skylar Grey, the singer, born Holly Brook Hafermann and raised in Mazomanie, Wis., has been making albums since she was a tween. Grey and her mother sang as a folk duo under the name Generations; they released three indie discs. “I learned a lot about professionalism, how the show must go on even though I feel like [expletive] sometimes,” Grey remembers. “I have a lot of experience in the studio, performing onstage, talking to an audience. I learned most of that stuff when I was performing with my mom.” FeelsLooksHas BeensSometimesShowsRememberMotherThreeNamesStuffBornTalkingAudienceGenerationsMomGoes OnRaisedFolksAlbumsStudiosMy MomSingersPerformingOfficialsGreyBrooksProfessionalismDebutHolliesDiscsTweensExpletivesDuos Author:Skylar Grey
“I used to play Saturday night shows with different little groups. If I could get a show, I would do it. I used to do mad things - I used to go and do these shows and go on my knees and roll on the ground - when I was 15,16 years old. And my parents were extremely disapproving of it all. Because it was just not done. This was for very low-class people, remember. Rock & roll singers weren't educated people” PeopleIfsYearsLittlesDifferentDonePlayShowsRememberUsedNightParentClassGroupsRocksGoes OnLowsMadSingersEducatedKneesIf I CouldSaturdaySaturday NightDisapproving Author:Mick Jagger
“I used to do Korean classical music and started training to join an idol group after someone set me up an interview with my current agency. The common thing between Korean classical music and becoming a singer is that I get to go on stage which why I decided to get professional training for K-pop music without holding any bias.” UsedCommonGroupsStageGoes OnBecomingTrainingDecidedCurrentsPopsSingersAgencyInterviewsIdolsBiasClassical MusicPop MusicKoreanCommon ThingsProfessional Training Author:Kim Him-chan
“The reason that some singers go on to become great artists has very little to do with their voices, but rather with the fact that they have used their instruments as tools for detailed communication.” LittlesReasonFactsUsedArtistVoiceCommunicationGoes OnToolsInstrumentsSingersGreat ArtGreat Artist Book:The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer Source: The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer
“As a guitarist and a lot of the times as a singer, I don't feel that comfortable and you really feel that when there's not an electric guitar or a nice beat to back it up. But, I enjoy challenges as a rule. I have always felt that what doesn't kill you, will make you stronger. I have learned to love with the rawness a little bit more and I know what I need to work on a little bit more as the tour goes on.” KnowsNeedsFeelsLittlesFeltBitsEnjoyChallengesNiceGoes OnComfortableLittle BitBeatsStrongerGuitarSingersElectricI Have LearnedGuitaristMakes You StrongerElectric GuitarRawness Author:Stephen Kellogg
“I think I would have had an easier time of it if I had had training much earlier. Because when I got to the training, it was in my late 30s and I already probably had every bad habit a singer could have. In fact, it still goes on. It's un-training those habits and retraining new ones - the breathing, the relaxation, the tongue, the lungs, the everything.” IfsThinkingStillsFactsGoes OnHabitEasierLateTrainingTongueSingersBreathingRelaxationLungsBad HabitsEasier Times Author:Joan Baez
“I think there are people that still hold on that like Heavy Metal like a bit of what is going on now, but it isn't all of what they love and which goes on and it's the same with me... There's still a lot of Ray Charles, Sam Cooke songs that I still happen to like a lot, but then there are a lot of Madonna and... a lot of the female singers that I like as well, but it's like liking it with different emotions, you know.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWellsStillsDifferentHappensSongBitsEmotionGoes OnFemaleHeavySingersRaysMetalsHeavy MetalDifferent EmotionsSam CookeFemale Singers Author:Tina Turner