“I think what really separates artists from the rest of the world is that artists feel like they have permission to keep exploring and expressing their process. Most people censor that because they don't think it's good enough. Everything is measured against this patriarchal hierarchy of value, as if one person's singing voice is more important than another's.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldFeelsPersonsImportantEnoughArtistValuesProcessVoiceSingingGood EnoughPermissionExploringHierarchy Author:Antony Hegarty
“When I started writing, I used the singing side of the production as a vehicle for melody and lyrical ideas. Eventually, that process of using my voice to bring ideas across became more complicated, and I felt I could use it more as an expressive tool.” WritingIdeasUseUsedFeltProcessSidesVoiceSingingToolsProductionsComplicatedMelodyVehicleLyricalExpressive Author:M. Ward
“Just because I said lyrics are a sign of the inability to sing doesn't mean....A) I believe that, or B) I don't think they're cool. They are cool. Words are great. I sing along with my favorite songs, but when I am drumming and singing, the words become a note that for me. In the process of playing they have more emotional impact as notes then an actual word.” ThinkingBelieveMeanSaidSongI BelieveProcessEmotionalSingingImpactNotesMy FavoriteInabilityFavorite SongDrumming Author:Brian Chippendale
“Concurrently, while I was in school, while I was winning awards for acting, I was winning awards for singing, in high school. One of the reasons why I decided to continue on with the acting was the opera world is fraught with a very long process, and I did love the acting, as well. The acting took off sooner, and then you get involved with that.” WorldWellsLongReasonSchoolWinningProcessActingInvolvedSingingHigh SchoolDecidedReason WhyAwardsOperaGet InvolvedWinning Awards Author:Robert Davi
“I write a lot of lyrics and I'm involved in the producing process, because it's like, if I'm singing it, I want it to be something that I can relate to.” IfsWantWritingI CanProcessInvolvedSingingRelate Author:Lindsay Lohan
“The most miraculous process is watching a song go from a tiny idea in the middle of the night to something that 55,000 people are singing back to you.” PeopleIdeasNightSongProcessMiddleSingingTinyMiraculousMiddle Of The Night Author:Taylor Swift
“The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated. Kids turn up unrehearsed, wearing the wrong clothes, singing out of tune and you can either say, "Good job" and patronize them or tell them the truth, and sometimes the truth is perceived as mean.” MeanSometimesKidsJobsTurnsWinningProcessObjectsTruth IsClothesLosingSingingCriticismCompetitionWinnerTunesLoserFrustratedGood Job Author:Simon Cowell