“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
“I feel sorry for a culture that depends too much on delegating its musical expression to professionals. It is fine to have heroes, but we should do our own singing first, even if it is never heard beyond the shower curtain.” IfsFeelsShouldFirstsCultureMusicToo MuchHeardExpressionFineDependsHeroSingingSorryMusicalShowersCurtainsShower CurtainsMusical Expression Author:Linda Ronstadt
“A lot of people when they try to sing Skid Row songs, they're screaming and yelling too much. It's more singing than screaming.” PeopleTryingSongToo MuchSingingYellingSkid Row Author:Sebastian Bach
“I did not want vocal groups. I was not interested in singing with a group because there's too much problem with groups in the first place.” WantFirstsProblemToo MuchGroupsSingingNot InterestedVocal Author:Carl Gardner
“I thought people wouldn't take me seriously if too much acting was involved in the singing. But now I love the idea of mixing everything together.” PeopleIfsIdeasTogetherActingToo MuchInvolvedSingingTake MeMixing Author:Charlotte Gainsbourg
“I always made sure that I kept the dignity, or tried to keep the dignity that they showed, by standing there and singing and not doing too much else, because I didn't know what else to do. But you know, sometimes you can get carried away and I don't know, lose your composure or something.” KnowsMadeSometimesLosesToo MuchSingingStandingDignityStanding ThereCarried AwayComposure Author:Johnny Mathis
“I went to art school when I was little. I took ballet lessons. I played a little kick ball. I was sort of into everything because I had too much energy and I didn't know where to put it. When I was a preteen, I got into singing, and became really obsessed with it.” KnowsLittlesArtSchoolEnergyToo MuchLessonsSingingBallsObsessedKicksBalletArt School Author:Amanda Seyfried
“Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that's the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing. Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.” IfsGivingHeartChildrenCountryRunningEarthWaterLaughingSunFireToo MuchLandCryMountainSingingBirdRedMovedSilentFingersSettingSettingsBelovedValleysUnbornUnborn ChildBeloved CountryCry The Beloved Country Book:Cry, the beloved country: a verse drama Source: Cry, the beloved country: a verse drama
“Every spring I hear the thrush singing in the glowing woods he is only passing through. His voice is deep, then he lifts it until it seems to fall from the sky. I am thrilled. I am grateful. Then, by the end of morning, he's gone, nothing but silence out of the tree where he rested for a night. And this I find acceptable. Not enough is a poor life. But too much is, well, too much. Imagine Verdi or Mahler every day, all day. It would exhaust anyone.” WellsEndsEnoughSeemsNightFallVoicePoorSilenceMorningGoneToo MuchImagineTreeSkySpringSingingGratefulWoodsPassingPassingsLiftsAcceptableGlowingPassing ThroughI Am GratefulPoor LifeThrushMahlerVerdi Book:A Thousand Mornings: Poems Source: A Thousand Mornings: Poems
“I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is too much for me. Forgive me if I don't have all the words. Maybe I can sing it and you'll understand.” IfsKnowsWantLoveI CanToo MuchSingingForgivingForgive Me Author:Ella Fitzgerald