“What is normally called religion is what I would tend to call music - participating in music, listening to music, making records and singing.” RecordsListeningSingingListening To MusicParticipatingMusic Making Book:Will Oldham on Bonnie Source: Will Oldham on Bonnie
“A musical film is my idea of heaven. You can pre-record, you don't have to sing live. Singing live was the bit I hated the most. I never felt like a confident singer.” IdeasFilmHeavenFeltBitsRecordsSingingMusicalSingersHated Author:Billie Piper
“There was a f**king review in f**king Melody Maker [of the first BOSSANOVA single, 'Velouria'] - 'Sounds like someone's been taking singing lessons'. Like, motherf**king A! I am the singer. Who do sing SONGS. It's like I never sang before; like I was - I don't know - reading PROSE on my previous records and now I sing. EXCUUUUUUSE me for singing” KnowsFirstsSongReadingSoundRecordsKingsLessonsSingingSingersProseMelodyMakersReviews Author:Black Francis
“For me the visual is just as important as the music. I would never record without my red lipstick. It was my way of getting into character, sort of like Method singing.” WayImportantCharacterRecordsSingingRedMethodMy WayVisualsLipstickRed LipsRed Lipstick Author:Christina Aguilera
“I'd been studying the microphone for a dozen years, and I suddenly saw what I'd been doing wrong. I'd been singing too loud. One night I was listening to a record by Lester Young, the horn player, and it came to me. Relax, just relax. It's all going to be all right.” YearsYoungNightStudyRecordsSawsPlayerListeningSingingLoudRelaxDozenHornsOne NightMicrophonesLester Young Author:Marvin Gaye
“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 had always sung in my dad's shop. I worked there after school, and I'd be singing along with the top-40 records of the day.” SchoolRecordsDadSingingMy DadShopsAfter School Author:Neil Diamond
“Eric Peters is a chronicler of his journey; he's been a faithful steward of the story God is telling through him, and this newest chapter, BiRDS OF RELOCATiON, is Eric's testimony that along the way there are moments of deep joy and gratitude-they may seem brief, but they're bright, and they're worth singing about. The joy I hear on this record heralds a long and welcome peace.” WayMayLongMomentsStoriesSeemsJoyRecordsJourneyGratitudeSingingBirdWelcomeFaithfulPeterChaptersTestimonyEricStewardsJoy And Gratitude Author:Andrew Peterson
“The biggest shock of your life is when you first make a record and go to a show and then people start singing the words. Because it occurs to you that they've listened to it!” PeopleFirstsShowsLife IsRecordsSingingShock Author:Nigel Godrich
“Acting is a difficult profession, it really is. It's different than singing. With singing you may have one song and four people to record it - but they'll all do it differently and they'll all have that option. Whereas with actors there might be one part, and five hundred actors all want the same role - it's so much more competitive. It's an incredibly painful profession because you get so much rejection.” PeopleWantMayDifferentMightSongActorsDifficultActingRolesRecordsFiveFourSingingHundredPainfulProfessionRejection Author:Olivia Newton-John
“Some people choose to go on 'American Idol' or another singing contest, and some people choose to beat down barrooms before anyone even knows who they are, in order to get a fan base, so when they do get a record deal, they have that to put in front of a label.” PeopleKnowsOrderDealsRecordsFansFrontsGoes OnBeatsSingingLabelsIdolsContestsAmerican Idol Author:Jake Owen
“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
“I was raised really strongly on The Beatles; they were huge in my family, my parents loved them, and they used to quiz me on who was singing which song, and we'd play certain records for certain events, and things like that. So I mean, they were sort of my introduction to pop music.” MeanPlayUsedCertainSongParentRecordsEventsHugeSingingMy FamilyRaisedPopsIntroductionPop MusicQuiz Author:Eric Hutchinson
“Everything I write is personal, really. Even when I'm sarcastic, it's quite personal. And on this record, from the production to the singing to the performances, I got it really honest. To the modern ear, it seems soft. When you hear it against other things, it seems vulnerable. Lyrically and musically, though, this is more subtle. And, yes, it's asking a lot of someone who's used to being hit over the head with bright neon to listen to this.” WritingSeemsUsedRecordsModernHonestSingingPerformancesEarsAskingProductionsVulnerableSubtleSarcasticNeon Author:Ben Folds
“I'm trying to open up my range and really sing more. With The Fugees initially, and even with 'Miseducation,' it was very hip-hop - always a singing over beats. I don't think people have really heard me sing out. So if I do record again, perhaps it will have an expanded context. Where people can hear a bit more.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingBitsRecordsHeardBeatsSingingHip HopHipsRangeHops Author:Lauryn Hill
“My record label, which is a huge record label who represents massive, massive stars - they've never done anything like this before, and they were so excited about this idea of an animated character which is singing legitimate music. It's not a comedy record, it's a legitimate record. And they really jumped on board. So, we've got our Facebook page up, we'll be jumping on Twitter very soon, and sort of be creating Haley outside of American Dad.” IdeasDoneCharacterStarsRecordsComedyHugeDadCreatingPagesSingingExcitedLabelsBoardsMassiveJumpingAnimatedRecord LabelsHaleyFacebook PageAmerican Dad Author:Rachael MacFarlane
“There were very few real folk singers you know, though I liked Dominic Behan a bit and there was some good stuff to be heard in Liverpool. Just occasionally you hear very old records on the radio or TV of real workers in Ireland or somewhere singing these songs and the power of them is fantastic.” KnowsRealSongStuffBitsRecordsHeardTvsSingingWorkersFolksRadioSingersFantasticIrelandLiverpoolOld Records Author:John Lennon
“I learned so much about recording and about singing on records from Ken Nelson.” RecordsSingingNelson Author:Wanda Jackson
“I left my record label, Polydor, by mutual agreement, but I'm going to carry on with my singing career.” LeftCareersRecordsSingingLabelsAgreementMutualRecord LabelsSinging Career Author:Alex Parks
“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 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
“I want to have a record with Beyonce or Lady Gaga. They are both my inspirations. Especially Beyonce. She's like number 1 right now because I love everything about her. Her fashion, her style, her attitude when it comes to singing. She's perfect.” WantInspirationPerfectNumbersAttitudeRecordsFashionStyleRight NowSingingGagaBeyonce Author:Charice Pempengco
“I started singing Folksongs with my mother when I was 6 years old. We sang at Folk festivals and concerts and schools. There was always music being played either on record, Jazz and Folk, by musician friends of my mother. I took to singing very early, I believe it has been a Gift I was born with.” YearsBelieveHas BeensSchoolMotherI BelieveBornRecordsMusicianMusic IsSingingJazzFolksConcertsFestivalsBeing Played Author:Vicki Sue Robinson
“I've made solo records and that's all been a learning experience. I've just got better at singing and more comfortable with who I am and my voice.” MadeVoiceRecordsComfortableSingingWho I AmSoloLearning Experience Author:Roddy Woomble
“There is a lot of incredible talent out there, however, talent alone is not enough. Being a great singer does not matter, if you are not singing great songs. Having great songs will not be obvious to record executives if they are not professionally produced. Consistently performing those songs extremely well is essential.” IfsWellsDoeMatterEnoughSongRecordsTalentEssentialsSingingIncrediblesObviousSingersPerformingExecutivesConsistently Author:Wendy Starland
“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
“I started as a writer and when I sent my demos out everyone wanted to know who was singing and if that person wanted a record deal.” IfsKnowsPersonsWantedDealsRecordsSingingDemos Author:Brian McKnight
“I had a record deal with Sony in the beginning of the 90s, and I was rapping and singing in my band.” DealsRecordsBandSingingRapSony Author:Volker Bertelmann
“It was a chance meeting with a lady at Mariah Carey's record company who was here in our office, actually. And I pulled her in here to this very office that we're sitting in now, and I played her the clip of me and George Michael singing. And I was like, it's joyful. And that's what people want.” PeopleWantChanceCompanyRecordsOfficeSingingSittingMeetingsJoyfulRecord CompaniesClipChance Meeting Author:James Corden
“I picked songs that I've been singing my whole life that stuck with me. I tried to pick stuff that was a variety. And I think the same way I always imagine that people are going to play the record at their house and I imagine them doing stuff with music on, like the way I am.” PeopleThinkingWayPlayWholeSongHouseStuffRecordsImagineSingingPicksWhole LifeStuckVarietyImagine That Author:Chris Isaak
“Just getting back to the essence. Even the record I put out, "1 of 1," I went to Jamaica and shot that video and I'm singing in the song - that was different for me.” DifferentSongRecordsSingingShotsEssenceVideoJamaica Author:Tyga
“I remember getting up and singing with them at Mile One arena in St. John's. It was such an honour that they asked me, but all I could think of was, "But I'm such a fan!" Later I sang on one of their records, that was awesome.” ThinkingRememberRecordsFansSingingMilesHonourArena Author:Sarah Harmer
“We sing a lot of the soundtrack in this film [Swiss Army Man] - me and Paul Dano - and on the last day of filming we had to just get into the back of our sound mixer's van and record a really crappy, rough version of the singing then. For some reason that was one of the most fun days.” MenReasonLastsFilmFunSoundRecordsSingingArmyVersionsRoughVansLast DaySoundtracksSwissFun Day Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“[Some] times I'd have sound but no image. When Patti [Smith] was singing with her guitar, or doing something amazing with her clarinet, I'd just mess around and record the sound. So we'd use those sounds as another layer in the film [Dream of Life].” UseDreamFilmSoundRecordsSingingGuitarMessLayersClarinet Author:Steven Sebring
“When I finally stopped [singing], he had been saying, like, the last day or so, he'd been saying, now, I think we should put this one in the album. So without him saying I want to record you and release an album, he kept - he started saying, let's put this one in the album. So the album, this big question, you know, began to take form, take shape. And Rick [Rubin] and I would weed out the songs.” ThinkingKnowsWantShouldBigsLastsFormSongRecordsShapesSingingAlbumsReleaseWeedLast DayBig Questions Author:Johnny Cash
“I'm from a singing family, but they're not professional singers, only gospel - my grandfather was a minister. I started to sing the music that was out then because my mother used to play it all the time. It was the end of the '50s, the beginning of the '60s. There was Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers, Etta James... We used to sit outside on the stoop and sing. We even used to put our radios and record players outside.” EndsPlayUsedMotherRecordsPlayerSingingRadioSingersTeenagerMinistersGrandfatherMy GrandfatherStoopsRecord Players Author:Diana Ross
“I was singing a lot of waltzes. And I was with Jerry Kennedy, my producer, and he was playing me some songs, and he said, hey, I want to play you this song that I'm going to get Jackie Ward to record.” WantSaidPlaySongRecordsSingingProducersHeyJerryJackie Author:Reba McEntire
“The closest I ever came to getting married was just before I started singing. In fact, my first record saved my neck.” FirstsFactsRecordsMarriedSingingSavedNecksClosestGetting Married Author:Elvis Presley
“What comes first? The melody, always. It's all about singing the melodies live in my head. They go in circles. I guess I'm quite conservative and romantic about the power of melodies. I try not to record them on my Dictaphone when I first hear them. If I forget all about it and it pops up later on, then I know it's good enough. I let my subconscious do the editing for me.” IfsKnowsTryingFirstsEnoughForgetRecordsSingingConservativePopsCirclesMelodySongwritingGood EnoughEditingSubconscious Author:Bjork