“I sing both in my shower and in my car, mostly in my car, because I have this weird thing - whenever I'm singing to the radio - my friends kind of hate it - but I pick out the harmonies in my head, and I'm singing the harmonies to the tracks and I'm jamming it out.” KindHateCarSingingPicksMy FriendsHarmonyTrackRadioShowersWeird Things Author:Paul McDonald
“I think that one of Elvis' charms was that he could sing almost any kind of music. I am sure that in his heart, which I don't know what was there, but just from his singing I could feel that he was very partial to gospel music.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsHeartKindSingingCharmGospel Music Author:Patti Page
“I think I don't sing as hard as I used to sing. I used to kind of hit the accelerator a lot back in my youth, but now it's just being able to control it, and not work it so hard and use more of an emotional or sub textual kind of approach to singing.” ThinkingKindHardUseAbleUsedYouthEmotionalApproachSingingWorking ItJust Being Author:K. D. Lang
“I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.” TryingKindLongI CanDifferentVoiceStepsCareersSingingDifferent KindsHaulSopranosLong Haul Author:Victoria Clark
“We have a tradition of passing our history orally and singing a lot of it and writing songs about it and there's kind of a calling in Irish voices when they're singing in their Irish accent.” WritingKindSongVoiceCallingSingingTraditionPassingPassingsAccentsWriting SongsIrish Accent Author:Sinead O'Connor
“There's a great relationship between pop music and the way the body could be seen from the inside - when I was singing or listening to music I would change shape in my head, becoming all kinds of things and people. Music is a way of making your body.” PeopleWayKindBodyListeningBecomingShapesMusic IsSingingPopsYour BodyAll KindsListening To MusicPop MusicGreat Relationship Author:Jenny Hval
“My job the same as carpenter. What kind of house you want to build? What kind of food you want to make? You think your ingredients, your structure. Simple. [Other] Japanese restaurants … mix in some other style of food and call it influence, right? I don't like that. … In Japanese sushi restaurants, a lot of sushi chefs talk too much. 'This fish from there,' 'This very expensive.' Same thing, start singing. And a lot have that fish case in front of them, cannot see what chef do. I'm not going to hide anything, right?” ThinkingWantKindJobsHouseSimpleCasesToo MuchInfluenceStyleFrontsSingingStructureFishesRestaurantsExpensiveIngredientsChefMake You ThinkCarpenterSushi Author:Masa Takayama
“Sometimes a god comes.... He brings a new way to do a thing, or a new thing to be done. A new kind of singing, or a new kind of death. He brings this across the bridge between the dream-time and the world-time. When he has done this, it is done. You cannot take things that exist in the world and try to drive them back into the dream, to hold them inside the dream with walls and pretenses. That is insanity. What is, is. There is no use pretending, now, that we do not know how to kill one another.” KnowsWorldWayTryingKindSometimesDoneUseDreamKnow HowWallSingingBridgesInsanityPretendingNew ThingsNew WaysPretense Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“Of pure poetry there are two kinds, that which mirrors the beauty of the world in which our bodies are, and that which builds the more mysterious kingdoms where geography ends and fairyland begins, with gods and heroes at war, and the sirens singing still, and Alph going down to the darkness from Xanadu.” WorldKindStillsTwoWarEndsBodyDarknessHeroPureSingingMirrorsKingdomsMysteriousGeographySirensBeauty Of The World Author:Lord Dunsany
“There's this great kind of spooky dance that happens that I can't access any other way. I think most of us are given kind of one pathway to that dance, and that's why I'm a writer. It's the only way I can get there. I can't do it through art, I can't do it through singing, I can't do it through mothering, I can't do it through invention.” ThinkingWayKindArtI CanHappensGivenSingingAccessInventionPathwaysMotheringSpooky Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“I just kind of thought about doing this my whole life. I never doubted myself once. I've always been singing, and I've always wanted to be on tour with a rock band.” KindWholeWantedRocksBandSingingWhole LifeDoubtedRock Bands Author:Bert McCracken
“One song isn't going to ever change things, but I suppose it's the accumulation of music generally [that is]. If you can imagine a world that has no music in it, it would be a very different world, so music does change the world by virtue of all the music in it. Cumulative music of every kind, from banging a drum to playing a flute or recording symphonies, or singing 'War, what is it good for?' All those things change the whole way we live.” IfsWorldWayKindDoeDifferentWarWholeWould BeSongVirtueImagineSingingChanging The WorldThings ChangeSymphonyAccumulationDifferent WorldsBangingFlutesCumulative Author:Mick Jagger
“Any kind of creativity is not settling down into a happy little space. I don't try to be mellow or anything. I think I have quite... my voice is what it is, no matter what I'm singing, it's always going to sound like me. There's not too far I could go. I sound like myself. I hope that I haven't put any boundaries on anything.” ThinkingTryingKindLittlesMatterSoundVoiceSpaceCreativityHavensSingingNo Matter WhatBoundariesLike MeSettlingSettling DownMellowNot Settling Author:Teddy Thompson
“I remember singing around the house to records that were playing. All kinds of music. And the great James Cleveland was often in our house, and I grew up with his sound as well.” WellsKindRememberHouseSoundRecordsGrewGrew UpSingingAll KindsCleveland Author:Aretha Franklin
“I try to sing many different kinds of songs. If I sing a batch of humorous songs, I'll throw in a deadly serious song. Or if I'm singing too many serious songs, I'll throw in a ridiculous song, to mix it up.” IfsTryingKindDifferentSongSeriousSingingHumorousRidiculousDifferent Kinds Author:Pete Seeger
“For me, no matter how much money you want to make off of singing, no matter what kind of fame you want to make, achieve, the most important thing to me is making music that you're proud of, making music that comes from you, comes from an authentic place in you.” WantKindImportantMatterAchieveProudFameSingingNo Matter WhatImportant Things Author:John Legend
“My vision of punk rock was these dudes who were spitting on the audience and moshing. That's why I kind of left that scene. Then I see all these people around my same age or between 17 and 25 that were making music themselves in their own town. They weren't just singing, but creating. I see them putting out this music where there are tons of women involved in the scene and involved in the bands.” PeopleKindAgeLeftVisionAudienceRocksInvolvedSceneBandCreatingSingingTownsPunkPunk Rock Author:Kathleen Hanna
“My music is kind of laid back, it doesn't have super crispy, shiny production, and I'm not singing my heart out or whatever. But that whole idea of blogs declaring: "this is the new denomination for this sound" is ridiculous to me.” HeartKindIdeasWholeSoundMy HeartMusic IsSingingProductionsRidiculousBlogsDeclaringDenominationsLaid Back Author:Mac DeMarco
“There are also in some places springs which have the peculiarity of giving fine singing voices to the natives, as at Tarsus in Magnesia and in other countries of that kind.” GivingKindCountryVoiceFineSpringSingingOther CountriesMagnesium Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
“I really wanted to get that dynamic on the record onto people and let them know it wasn't just a simple strumming along the guitar type of thing without ramming it down their throats so I kind of went the opposite way and sang some of the songs more quietly which allowed for the louder parts to sound as though there were more. It was the only way singing those songs made sense to me.” PeopleKnowsWayKindMadeWantedSongSoundSimpleRecordsTypeSingingOppositesGuitarThroatStrumming Author:James Vincent McMorrow
“Rock n' roll was a bad and evil thing. l remember once I was singing a Barry Manilow song, "Mandy," In the back seat of the car. It came on the radio, and I kind of sang with it, and I got smacked In the mouth because that song was "evil."” KindRememberSongEvilRocksCarSingingMouthsRadioSeatsRock N RollEvil Things Author:Axl Rose
“Singing is connected to the body. So there's a - there's a depth in the body that's necessary to perform this kind of music. And a lot of that expression comes from a kinesthetic awareness. And it's - that's one thing that I think people identify with, and of course there's the moment that you're in.” PeopleThinkingKindMomentsBodyCoursesOne ThingAwarenessExpressionSingingDepthConnected Author:Dolora Zajick
“I'd like to think I could physically manage doing that, but I don't think it feels authentic to the kind of performer that I am. I think that, for me, being stationary and just sort of singing the songs seems to be the most connected and authentic expression for me on stage.” ThinkingFeelsKindSeemsSongStageExpressionSingingConnectedManagePerformersStationary Author:Sara Bareilles
“I was playing heavy metal when I was 18. I had to evolve out of that into an alternative consciousness about what it meant to change the way I played guitar, and the kind of songs, and the subject matter, and singing about child abuse, and all this stuff. I had to come from somewhere, and I had to take chances to do that.” WayKindChildrenMatterSongStuffChanceConsciousnessSubjectsSingingAbuseGuitarHeavyAlternativesEvolveMetalsChild AbuseTake A ChanceSubject MatterHeavy Metal Author:Billy Corgan
“When you're dressed up as David Bowie, with your eyebrows completely bleached, and you're doing this kind of strange dance with Paul McCartney while singing "Rebel Rebel" in the middle of the Met ball, and Madonna's looking at you . . . I was just thinking, It's become a bit weird.” ThinkingKindBitsMiddleStrangeMetsSingingBallsRebelEyebrowsDressed UpBowie Author:Florence Welch
“When I started it still wasn't okay to be this age and still make this kind of music. And believe me, I consider our stuff to be much poppier than - we're not on like cutting edge, that kind of thing anymore. And even though we're not doing Britney Spears music or Nsync, it's still what I consider to be pop music. So that does give you a little bit more longevity, I guess. But if somebody told me I'd be getting up there and singing "Heartbreaker" at fifty I'd laugh. So I don't know, I have no idea.” IfsKnowsGivingBelieveKindLittlesDoeStillsIdeasAgeStuffBitsLaughingCuttingLittle BitSingingOkayEdgesPopsNo IdeaFiftyBelieve In MeLongevityPop MusicSpearsCutting EdgeHeartbreakerNsync Author:Pat Benatar
“I always really enjoyed our early days, before we got too famous. We used to play clubs and that kind of stuff all the time. And it was fun. It was good because you get to play and get quite good at the instrument. But then we got famous, and it spoiled all that, because we'd just go round and round the world singing the same 10 dopey tunes.” WorldKindPlayUsedFunStuffSingingInstrumentsRoundsClubsEnjoyedTunesSpoiled Author:George Harrison
“I'm not the guy whose gonna shoot 10,000 free-throws until I'm Michael Jordan - and it did happen kind of accidentally that I said, "Okay, yeah, I'll try singing."” TryingKindSaidHappensGuySingingOkayYeahJordanFree Throw Author:D.A. Wallach
“I enjoy singing the songs a certain way, but I don't even know how the writing even began. To me, it's work that is kind of invisible; it's a weird kind of work to have because you're not working, but it's not not work. Formulating your thoughts and making a melody that's catchy enough for people to listen to what you're saying is really hard!” PeopleKnowsWayWritingKindHardEnoughCertainSongEnjoyKnow HowSingingInvisibleMelodyCatchy Author:Angel Olsen
“I kind of knew something was going on, and my older brothers and sisters were singing be-boppish kinds of stuff in the living room, and I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old.” YearsKindNightStuffRoomsBrotherListeningSummerSingingSevenEightBrothers And SistersLiving RoomOlder BrotherSummer Nights Author:Al Jarreau
“There are definitely some songs you sing and you just know there's something about it - there's kind of a touch on it that's different. But there are no rules to that. Every time, it's a surprise and it's humbling to hear that people are singing the songs in different places and different parts of the world. We're always amazed by that.” PeopleKnowsWorldKindDifferentSongSingingSurpriseAmazedDifferent PlaceHumbling Author:Reuben Morgan
“I went through various phases of different accents - I get ridiculously obsessed with different accents, different regional ways of using the voice, different types of singing. It's all tied together. Speaking is a kind of singing, as are crying and laughing.” WayKindDifferentTogetherVoiceLaughingCryTypeSingingVariousObsessedTiedPhasesAccents Author:Jenny Hval
“I approach the singing kind of like with dialect thoughts in my mind. I have to sound like this on certain things to give that Frankie Valli flavor.” GivingMindKindCertainSoundApproachSingingFlavorDialect Author:John Lloyd Young
“I think Frankie Valli did everything right. He kept singing. And you also have to remember, he was confined to a certain society, which was this sort of like - the wrong side of the law kind of society of Italian guys from the streets of Belleville, New Jersey. So he found his way.” ThinkingWayKindRememberLawGuyCertainFoundSidesStreetsSingingItalianJerseyConfinedNew Jersey Author:John Lloyd Young
“What happened was, I always wanted to be a singer/songwriter kind of guy like a James Taylor or Crosby, Stills and Nash type of thing; I went to a lot of coffee houses and used to watch all those guys, but I never had the nerve to get up and do it because singing seems so personal and intimate to me. It was too revealing.” KindStillsSeemsWantedUsedGuyHouseWatchesHappenedTypeSingingCoffeeSingersGet UpIntimateNervesSongwritersRevealingSinger SongwritersCrosbyCoffee Houses Author:Kevin Nealon
“What I think is going on is that probably language was entertainment long before it was meaning. It's a kind of tuneless singing.” ThinkingKindLongLanguageSingingEntertainment Author:Terence McKenna
“I certainly never imagined 80-year-olds singing along, like they were watching Cats. I'm fascinated by that kind of pop cultural zeitgeist that it's attached itself to.” YearsKindSingingCatPopsFascinatedZeitgeist Author:Josh Gad
“I think country music is popular - has been popular and will always be popular because I think a lot of real people singing about a lot of real stuff about real people. And it's simple enough for people to understand it. And we kind of roll with the punches.” PeopleThinkingKindHas BeensRealCountryEnoughStuffSimpleMusic IsSingingReal Stuff Author:Dolly Parton
“Singing is my form of expression; it's what I've always done and I hope that in some capacity I'll always have that outlet. In the next few weeks I'm getting together with many varied kinds of songwriters. I'd really like to explore a few things and see what I can come out with.” KindI CanDoneTogetherFormNextWeekExpressionSingingCapacitySongwritersOutlets Author:Wendy Matthews
“Our whole intention was to make a record of songs that we grew up with and change them up a little bit, but we kind of stumbled on writing "Joseph's Lullaby." The irony is when I originally wrote the song, it was called "Mary's Lullaby." I wrote it from Mary's standpoint and it was in a higher key, a real falsetto, and it just wasn't right. One day, the producer's wife said, "Well, it's kind of odd that you're singing from Mary's perspective, being the guy. Why don't you do Joseph?” WritingWellsKindLittlesSaidRealWholeGuySongBitsRecordsWifePerspectiveKeysGrewHigherOne DayLittle BitGrew UpSingingIntentionProducersIronyOddMaryStandpointLullabyFalsetto Author:Bart Millard
“I grew up bar-singing and saw all kinds of ways people tried to outrun their emotional pain. It doesn't work. You end up with the original pain, as well as new pain added on top of it from the tactics you used trying to avoid it in the first place. It's best to take a deep breath, bolster yourself, and walk through it.” PeopleWayTryingFirstsWellsKindEndsPainUsedWalksSawsEmotionalGrewGrew UpSingingBreathsOriginalsBarsAll KindsTacticsEmotional PainDeep BreathTake A Deep BreathOutrun Author:Jewel
“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
“There are some people who do great stuff singing and playing fiddle at the same time and doing that kind of arrangement. But I think [I don't do that] partially because I'm still a loner on the guitar and banjo.” PeopleThinkingKindStillsStuffSingingGuitarArrangementsLonerFiddleBanjos Author:Sam Amidon
“They understand what their market is and who they should be selling records to, and most importantly, they know the kind of artist that they want to be, but they have to do it themselves. You don't want a 13-year-old singing some awful song from a musical.” KnowsWantShouldYearsKindArtistSongRecordsSingingMusicalSellingAwful Author:Simon Cowell
“Obviously I've always loved singing and performing, but I fell in love with songwriting and then I enjoyed doing that for other people and getting coached. But then I kind of stumbled into the right group of people that really started to create some unique music for me and what I wanted to say, so then it made me want to be an artist.” PeopleWantKindMadeWantedArtistGroupsUniqueSingingEnjoyedPerformingSongwriting Author:Kacey Musgraves
“I guess I've done a lot of different kinds of performing at various times - opera singing, poetry reading, not least high school teaching - and I do enjoy it, at least sometimes. But I find it incredibly anxiety-producing and exhausting. Privacy is more congenial, and I go a little crazy if I can't spend a big chunk of every day, or almost every day, alone. Certainly I have to be alone to write.” IfsWritingKindLittlesI CanDifferentSometimesDoneBigsSchoolReadingEnjoyCrazyTeachingAnxietySingingHigh SchoolVariousPerformingPrivacyOperaDifferent KindsExhaustingChunksPoetry ReadingOpera Singing Author:Garth Greenwell
“When I was a teenager, I dreamed of being an opera singer like Maria Callas or a jazz singer like June Christy or Chris Connor, or approaching songs with the kind of mystical lethargy of Billie Holiday, or championing the downtrodden like Lotte Lenya. But I never dreamed of singing in a rock-and-roll band.” KindSongRocksBandSingingJazzSingersTeenagerHolidayOperaRock And RollMysticalJuneLethargyDowntroddenOpera SingersCallas Author:Patti Smith
“I am incredibly emotionally aware and connected with other people. You know, when you come see me live, you can see that different kind of connection and that connection with what I'm saying, and the things I'm singing about. So it really is about just keeping my eyes open.” PeopleKnowsKindDifferentEyeSingingConnectionsConnectedDifferent Kinds Author:LeAnn Rimes
“I don't know if I'm a heroine; I'm just somebody that can cheer the troops by singing to folks, and have receptions after the show, and tithe a dollar of every ticket sale for all kinds of different great charities and social action groups.” IfsKnowsKindDifferentShowsActionSocialGroupsSingingDollarsCharityFolksAll KindsCheerTroopsTicketsHeroinesReceptionTitheSocial Action Author:Bonnie Raitt
“Performing of any kind: singing, acting, dancing. I also get really excited during interviews.” KindActingSingingDancingExcitedPerformingInterviewsGet Real Author:Coco Jones