“There's not enough money in the world to get me singing 'Because We Want To' again. I wouldn't do it. I think Beyonce Knowles got a couple of million for a private show but I would be happy to turn it down.” ThinkingWorldWantEnoughShowsWould BeTurnsMillionsCoupleSingingBeyonce Author:Billie Piper
“It is winter time, my friend; buy couple of breads; find a place calm and quiet and feed the birds; and for this action of yours, ask no more reward than their cheerful singings!” ActionAsksCoupleQuietSingingBirdMy FriendsRewardsWinterCalmBreadCheerfulWinter Time Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Getting ahead in a difficult profession - singing, acting, writing, whatever requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows and unfair reversals. When I think back to those first couple of years in Rome, those endless rejections, without a glimmer of encouragement from anyone, all those failed screen tests, and yet I never let my desire slide away from me, my belief in myself and what I felt I could achieve.” ThinkingWritingYearsFirstsAbleDesireBeliefFeltDifficultActingAchieveCoupleSingingTestsEncouragementBlowProfessionScreensEndlessRejectionRomeUnfairSlidesFaith In YourselfStaggeringAvidReversal Author:Sophia Loren
“Sometimes I'll go out into the crowd and keep singing, but I'll get maybe seven rows out and I'm out of synch, I'm a couple seconds behind the band and then it becomes chaos.” SometimesBehindsCoupleBandSingingSevenChaosCrowdsSeconds Author:Rob Zombie
“After watching a couple of live performances of bands like Nirvana, I was really excited and inspired by how raw and powerful it was. I wanted to at least aim in that direction with the guitar and do my own version of it. I know it doesn't really sound like that on the other end, but I wanted guitar, heavy rhythms, and singing to be the stamp of the whole thing.” KnowsEndsWholeWantedSoundMy OwnPowerfulCoupleBandSingingPerformancesAimInspiredGuitarExcitedHeavyVersionsRhythmStampsLive Performance Author:Panda Bear
“I think sometimes when people get older they start to limit themselves and think that if they wanted to start singing or they wanted to start playing guitar or if they wanted to, I don't know...become an archeologist - whatever it is, they think they just can't do it anymore because they've hit a certain age and I just think that's like putting yourself in jail. I realised a couple of years ago that the more that I did and made things and created things that I could love; it helped me to realise that I was actually loving myself and what came out of me.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsYearsMadeSometimesAgeWantedCertainCoupleLimitsSingingYears AgoGuitarJailRealisingRealisedPlaying GuitarLoving Myself Author:Theresa Wayman
“Nothing will prepare you for singing the truth like about 35 years in the music business, financial troubles and a couple trips to jail, ... It will get you really humble and really truthful, and gets you ready to sing out about who and what saved you.” YearsTroubleReadyCoupleSingingFinancialHumbleSavedJailTruthfulMusic Business Author:Marty Stuart
“I have been singing since I was two years old, my parents tell me, and started to write songs when I was fifteen. Eventually, my friends and my parents knew that this was something I liked to do. They also knew I had a dream of making my own album. They have always been encouraging me to do something about it, and so I did. So I went to a local radio station in Tromsø, and there I got to record a couple of songs.” WritingYearsHas BeensTwoDreamSongParentMy OwnRecordsCoupleSingingMy FriendsRadioAlbumsLocalsTwo YearsStationsFifteenI Had A DreamRadio StationsTwo Year Olds Author:Lene Marlin
“You had to give, uh, a lot of consideration to the fact that, uh, the artist had to come back into the mike area and start singing, especially the background singers, you know. And you had to make sure they had a couple of bars of music in order to catch their breath. And uh, in many cases a lot of choreographers didn't give that, uh, the proper thought.” KnowsGivingFactsArtistOrderCasesCoupleSingingAreasBreathsSingersBarsBackgroundsConsiderationMikeChoreographers Author:Cholly Atkins
“If singing a couple of songs in a benefit will help keep the Festival alive and known, well, how can I say no to that?” IfsWellsHelpingSongKnownAliveCoupleBenefitsSingingFestivals Author:Stephanie D'Abruzzo
“The only recording studio was in Motown - it was called Tamla/Motown at that time and we used to audition there because Smokey Robinson was at that studio and Berry Gordy was the president. I remember asking Smokey to listen to my group and he did. For the first couple of years we were just singing background. We used to back up Marvin Gaye; Mary Wells was there then, Marv Johnson, the Marvelettes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Junior Walker and the All-Stars.” YearsFirstsWellsRememberUsedStarsPresidentGroupsCoupleSingingAskingStudiosBackgroundsMaryAuditionsJuniorsJohnsonBerriesWalkersMarvinAll StarsMotownRecording Studio Author:Diana Ross
“It's fun singing with other people who are really good singers. There's something kind of poignant about braiding a couple vocals.” PeopleKindFunCoupleSingingSingersVocalPoignant Author:Eddie Vedder
“I'd love to do a character with a wife, a nice little house, a couple of kids, a dog, maybe a bit of singing, and no guns and no killing, but nobody offers me those kind of parts.” KindLittlesCharacterKidsHouseBitsNiceWifeDogCoupleOffersSingingGunKilling Author:Christopher Walken
“Wow,” Kylie muttered, and grinned. “Yeah, wow.” Della leaned in closer. “I think Perry just grew a pair.” Kylie bit down on her lip to keep from laughing. “If this was a movie, there would be some music playing in the background.” “I could sing,” Della chuckled. “And ruin it,” Kylie teased back. “I’ve heard you singing in the shower.” Both grinning, they looked back at the kissing couple.” IfsThinkingWould BeBitsLaughingHeardGrewCoupleKissingSingingYeahLipsBackgroundsRuinsPairsWowShowersGrinningSinging In The Shower Book:Awake at Dawn Source: Awake at Dawn