“I think that there's a strong crossover in that Janis, studying the visual arts, was learning how to break it down into details and see how to get the expression that we wanted. And her visual art is emotionally expressive as her singing was. And, I think, when she switched over to singing, she already knew that it was something serious that you broke into pieces so she developed the ability to break it down and learn little riffs that she could throw in here and there.” ThinkingLittlesArtWantedStrongAbilityBreakStudyPiecesSeriousExpressionSingingArt IsDown AndDetailsBrokeVisualsHere And ThereExpressiveVisual ArtCrossover Author:Laura Joplin
“Even if my throat bleeds from singing and my body breaks from dancing,I will never give up on stage.Under the circumstances where you cannot enjoy yourself whole-heartedly.Just scream and shout 'till your throat hurts” IfsGivingWholeBodyEnjoyHurtBreakStageCircumstancesGiving UpSingingDancingThroatScreamNever Giving UpEnjoy YourselfI Will Never Give Up Author:Jaejoong
“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.” BigsStarsSoundHalfBreakFiveRocksSingingEnormousMy TimeOperaEchoesShowersPearlsRock StarJamPearl JamSinging In The Shower Author:Josh Groban
“For poetry exists to break through to below the level of reason where the angels and monsters that the amenities keep in the cellar may come out to dance, to rove and roar, growling and singing, to bring life back to the enclosed rooms where too often we are only 'living and partly living.” MayReasonLevelsRoomsBreakSingingAngelMonstersBreak ThroughCellarsAmenitiesGrowling Book:Writings on Writing Source: Writings on Writing
“Only when we break the mirror and climb into our vision, only when we are the wind together streaming and singing, only in the dream we become with our bones for spears, we are real at last and wake.” RealDreamTogetherLastsVisionBreakWindSingingMirrorsBonesClimbsSpearsStreaming Book:Circles on the Water Source: Circles on the Water
“I stop and think what they call "punk rock" today...give me a break! Let me know when they can walk in the vapor trail of Little Richard, which was punk. You've got a gay black guy with a pompadour singing about tutti frutti with your white girl. Fuck you.” ThinkingKnowsGivingLittlesTodayGuyGirlBlackWhiteWalksBreakRocksGaySingingLet MeGive MePunkTrailsPunk RockVaporBlack GuysWhite Girl Author:Ted Nugent
“I'm not sure about this Live 8 thing. Correct me if I am wrong, but are they hoping that one of these guys from the G8 is on a quick 15-minute break at Gleneagles and sees Annie Lennox singing "Sweet Dreams" and thinks: "F... me, she might have a point there, you know." It's not going to f... happen, is it? Keane doing "Somewhere Only We Know" and some Japanese businessman going: "Aw, look at him...we should really f... drop that debt, you know." It's not going to happen, is it?” IfsThinkingKnowsShouldLooksDreamMightHappensGuyBreakMinutesSweetSingingDebtNot SureBusinessmanAnnieSweet Dreams Author:Noel Gallagher
“I got my first break and became a singing waiter at eighteen or nineteen. I couldn't make a living at it. I quit. Then I got married and sold aluminum siding. My wife had problems physically. It was not good.” FirstsProblemBreakWifeMarriedSingingMy WifeQuittingEighteenI QuitWaiterNineteenAluminumSiding Author:Rodney Dangerfield
“When I first organized the King Cole Trio back in 1937, we were strictly what you would call an instrumental group. To break the monotony, I would sing a few songs here and there between the playing. I sang things I had known over the years. I wasn't trying to give it any special treatment, just singing. I noticed thereafter people started requesting more singing, and it was just one of those things.” PeopleGivingTryingYearsFirstsSongKnownBreakGroupsSpecialKingsSingingSingersOrganizedJust OneTreatmentHere And ThereMonotonyTriosSpecial Treatment Author:Nat King Cole
“I started out playing big bands shows and different things. I was with several different small bands and groups, doing comedy and singing, emceeing, and I got a break with a very big star of the late fifties whose name was Tommy Sands.” DifferentShowsBigsNamesStarsBreakComedyGroupsBandLateSingingSandDifferent Things Author:Hal Blaine
“I'd like to keep singing - whether that's small or big. To stop singing for a living would break my heart.” HeartBigsBreakMy HeartSingingBreaking My Heart Author:Shane Filan
“I'd always believed that any song worth singing is worth putting harmony on. When it comes time for the harmonies to come in, I will move to my left because my brother and I always used to use one microphone, and so you had to share the mic. And, even today, I will move over to the left to give the harmony room, knowing in my mind that there's no harmony standing on my right. But it's just old habits are hard to break.” GivingMindTodayMovingSongBreakShareBrotherHabitSingingHarmonyMy BrotherAlways Believe Author:Charlie Louvin
“I had lots of breaks. I guess the one that got my foot in the door was singing the National Anthem at the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City in '74.” CitiesBreakDoorsFeetSingingFinalsAnthemOklahomaRodeoNational AnthemOklahoma CitySinging The National Anthem Author:Reba McEntire
“I'll bet she's beautiful, that girl he talks about, and she's got everything that I have to live without... He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar, the only one who's got enough of me to break my heart. He's the song in the car I keep singing; don't know why I do.” KnowsHeartReasonEnoughBeautifulSongGirlBreakCarMy HeartSingingGuitarThat GirlBreaking My HeartTeardrop Author:Taylor Swift
“A dog — a dog teaches us so much about love. Wordless, imperfect love; love that is constant, love that is simple goodness, love that forgives not only bad singing and embarrassments, but misunderstandings and harsh words. Love that sits and stays and stays and stays, until it finally becomes its own forever. Love, stronger than death. A dog is a four-legged reminder that love comes and time passes and then your heart breaks.” HeartSimpleTeachBreakForeverFourDogGoodnessSingingStrongerForgivingConstantImperfectHarshMisunderstandingRemindersEmbarrassmentHeart BreakTime PassesForever LoveWords LoveHarsh WordsConstant Love Author:Deb Caletti
“I can destroy a dance floor. I think life should be a musical. I always hate it when people watch a musical and they go, 'Oh, it's so unrealistic, no one just breaks into song in the middle of their day.' Yeah, they do- if they're me.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldI CanHateSongMusicWatchesBreakMiddleSingingYeahDanceMusicalDestroyingUnrealDance FloorFunny MusicMusic And LifeMusic Is My Life Author:Zachary Levi