“Every singer has three or four or five techniques, and you can force them together in different combinations. Some of the techniques you discard along the way, and pick up others. But you do need them. It's just like anything. You have to know certain things about what you're doing that other people don't know. Singing has to do with techniques and how many you use at the same time. One alone doesn't work. There's no point to going over three. But you might interchange them whenever you feel like it. It's a bit like alchemy.” PeopleKnowsWayNeedsFeelsDifferentUseMightTogetherCertainThreeForceBitsFiveFourSingingPicksTechniqueSingersCombinationNo PointAlchemyInterchange Author:Bob Dylan
“In most musical instruments the resonator is made of wood while the actual sound generator is of animal origin. In cultures where music is still used as a magical force, the making of an instrument always involves the sacrifice of a living being. That being's soul then becomes part of the instrument and in the tones that come forth, the 'singing dead,' who are ever present with us, make themselves heard.” MadeStillsSoulUsedCultureForceSoundAnimalHeardSacrificeMusic IsSingingInstrumentsMusicalWoodsToneMusical InstrumentsGenerator Author:Joscelyn Godwin
“I do feel pretty lucky that I'm not so great at playing and singing, it forces me to make sure I've really got something worth presenting because I can't rely on any kind of virtuosity to dazzle people with.” PeopleFeelsKindI CanForceLuckySingingRelyBecause I CanPresentingDazzleVirtuosity Author:Jeffrey Lewis
“Several things can throw me into that space where I feel energetic and peaceful at the same moment - often things that force me to utilize all my senses. Sunshine does it for me. Music for sure, singing, and dancing. Conscious breathing. Nature. Silence. Meditation. Sport is a great one.” FeelsDoeMomentsForceSportsSpaceSilenceMeditationSingingConsciousDancingSensesPeacefulBreathingSunshineEnergeticGreat OnesSinging And Dancing Author:Richard Brancatisano
“I get the greatest feeling when I'm singing. It's other-worldly. Your feet are anchored into the Earth and into this energy force that comes up through your feet and goes up the top of your head and maybe you're holding hands with the angels or the stars, I have no idea.” IdeasFeelingsHandsEarthEnergyForceStarsFeetSingingAngelCome UpNo IdeaWorldlyAnchorsHolding Hands Author:Cyndi Lauper
“That was the big thing when I was growing up, singing on the radio. The extent of my dream was to sing on the radio station in Memphis. Even when I got out of the Air Force in 1954, I came right back to Memphis and started knocking on doors at the radio station.” DreamBigsForceGrowing UpGrowingDoorsAirSingingRadioStationsBig ThingsKnockingAir ForceRadio StationsMemphisKnocking On Doors Author:Johnny Cash
“Brute force crushes many plants. Yet the plants rise again. The Pyramids will not last a moment compared with the daisy. And before Buddha or Jesus spoke the nightingale sang, and long after the words of Jesus and Buddha are gone into oblivion the nightingale still will sing. Because it is neither preaching nor commanding nor urging. It is just singing. And in the beginning it was not a Word, but a chirrup.” LongStillsMomentsLastsTimeJesusForceGoneSingingPlantCrushSpokesEndurancePreachingOblivionBrutesPyramidsMother NatureDaisiesNightingalesBrute ForceBirdsongBirds Chirping Book:Sketches of Etruscan Places and Other Italian Essays Source: Sketches of Etruscan Places and Other Italian Essays