“I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound.” SoundHigherSixSingingNotesRange Author:Nancy Sinatra
“I always feel like the less I think of stage presence, the better, because then I have to face the fact that I have really complicated guitar parts, I'm singing almost all the time, and I have like six pedals I've got to keep on top of” ThinkingFeelsFactsFacesStageSixSingingGuitarComplicatedPedalsStage Presence Author:J. Robbins
“Sometimes, especially in the last six months, I still feel like going to the window and singing out all my troubles.” FeelsStillsSometimesLastsTroubleMonthsSixSingingWindowSix Months Author:Christina Aguilera
“I always wanted to be a comedian. I loved comedy since I was a little kid, and while I was at university I started doing stand up shows. Once I realized that I was good at it I quit college and left although I had six months left. I went to England. I could have done the last six months but I realized that I was better at standup comedy than I was at singing opera.” LittlesDoneShowsKidsWantedLastsLeftComedyCollegeMonthsSixSingingEnglandUniversityI RealizedQuittingComedianOperaSix MonthsLittle KidI Quit Author:Jim Jefferies
“The first six years of my career, I got more comments on my weight than on my singing. So I think I became so self-conscious that I started working on it harder.” ThinkingYearsFirstsSelfCareersSixSingingConsciousWeightHarderCommentSelf Conscious Author:Kenny Rogers
“He was a Baptist minister who prayed through his six-shooter which he claimed was the most efficacious form of prayer, especially in dealing with Yankees...he would go into battle singing the songs of David.” WarFormSongPrayerBattleSixSingingMinistersYankeesBaptistsShooter Author:John S. Mosby
“I've always loved music. I wasn't one of those "composing since I was five" kids, but I was definitely involved with music since I was that age - singing in musicals and taking lessons. Lots of lessons! Singing, dancing, acting, drums set. My mom pretty much had a full-time job carting me all over town six days a week.” KidsAgeJobsActingFiveWeekMomInvolvedLessonsSixSingingTownsDancingMy MomComposingFull Time JobsSinging Dancing Author:Jason Graves
“I was age six or seven, and singing, "Jesus wants me for her son, beep, to shine for him," and people smiled and pinched my cheeks till the blood vessels broke, and I knew I was doing something right.” PeopleWantAgeJesusBloodSonSixSingingShiningSevenBrokeWant MeCheeksVesselBlood Vessels Author:Al Jarreau
“I sustained an injury by singing with the flu during the second performance of Andrea Chenier in Buenos Aires. I was very sick, with chills and sweats, but against my better judgement I let them talk me into singing. Of course I gave the performance everything I had and my voice was hurt. It was scary at first, but fortunately there was no permanent damage. I just had to be patient and wait for the voice to return. It took six weeks of physical recuperation and it took time to recover my confidence as well.” FirstsWellsCoursesWaitingVoiceHurtWeekReturnSixSingingPerformancesSickPatientScaryPermanentJudgementDamageInjurySweatChillBe PatientFluAndreaBuenos AiresRecuperation Author:Ben Heppner
“When I was 19 I went to art school. I had six months of teaching myself to play baritone ukulele under my belt so I was sort of a novice folkie... I was singing folk songs at that time.” ArtPlaySchoolSongTeachingMonthsSixSingingFolksSix MonthsBeltsArt SchoolNovicesUkuleleFolk SongsBaritones Author:Joni Mitchell
“Well, since I'm six years old, I've been playing the violin, the piano, I've been singing. It's always been a dream of mine, but I really never had the courage to actually go and do it professionally.” YearsWellsDreamMinesSixSingingPianoViolinSix Year Olds Author:Paris Hilton
“Music is the first thing I ever cared greatly about. I've been singing and writing songs since I was six or seven.” WritingFirstsSongSixMusic IsSingingSevenWriting Songs Author:Angel Olsen
“I felt like I was homeless anyway, so the change in environment wasn't that much of a big deal. I felt pretty much the same. After six months of living on the streets [in Camden], I started singing, busking.” BigsFeltDealsEnvironmentStreetsMonthsSixSingingHomelessSix MonthsBig DealLiving OnCamdenBusking Author:Benjamin Clementine
“I was in a Broadway musical called Big Time Buck Wright.The play didn't make it but I was a success. It lasted six days but I sung four songs and there were critics, seriously, in New York who said that my part was perfect. So I can beat Joe Frazier singing.” SaidI CanPlayBigsSongPerfectFourNew YorkSixBeatsSingingCriticsMusicalBroadwayBucksBroadway Musical Author:Muhammad Ali
“I've been singing for six years. I've been in and out of the studios with top producers, but it wasn't something I was ready to express to the public or to the press. I wasn't ready to come out. I wanted to perfect my voice and be 100 percent positive that I could come out right.” YearsWantedVoicePerfectReadySixSingingPercentPressesStudiosProducers Author:Tyra Banks