“Even if I'm exhausted, I always try to go into a show with a smile on my face. It's always good to try and bring the energy up. If I'm in a bad mood, people are going to act bad. The energy you give off is the energy you receive. I really think that, so I'm always myself - jumping, dancing, singing around, trying to cheer everybody up.” PeopleThinkingGivingTryingEnergySingingDancingMoodCheerExhaustedBad MoodSmile On My Face Author:Cara Delevingne
“I learned to play guitar on my lying back while I was bed-ridden. I only thought to record the songs because sometimes I would I couldn't remember what I had just done. Eventually I started singing, because I thought if I sang it that would help to remember even more. But I wasn't trying to sing. And then one day-this is really weird -I just wrote a song. It came out at a rapid rate and I recorded it and I listened back to it and was like "Wow, it's a tune."” TryingSometimesDoneHelpingRememberLyingSongOne DaySingingRateReally Weird Author:Melody Gardot
“I really like and singing, and songwriting and producing. It depends on the song and the mood and who I'm working with, what the song is about and where it came from, any number of things affect the levels of creativity. I try not to do too much delineating with my art. Really, it's art, so for me I don't have a most, I just really enjoy my entire process.” TryingArtSongEnjoyCreativitySingingMoodSongwriting Author:Lalah Hathaway
“The logic was, there weren't too many female comedians, so I thought I might as well try a field that had fewer competitors than the field I was in, which was acting, singing and dancing.” TryingWellsMightActingFieldsSingingFemaleLogicDancingComedianFewerCompetitorsSinging And DancingFemale Comedian Author:Rita Rudner
“When Ke$ha tries to rap like L'Trimm, she sounds like any ordinary lonely teenage girl stuck in a nowhere town, singing along to her radio and dreaming of a party where she's the star. Ke$ha's greatness is that in her voice, you can hear both the loser girl and the star. All hail the Queen of Noi$e!” TryingDreamGirlStarsSoundVoicePartyGreatnessSingingOrdinaryLonelyTownsRadioRapStuckQueensLoserTeenageHailTeenage Girl Author:Rob Sheffield
“I wondered how people would take me being a country music singer. I thought about deviating from that and singing other things. But... it doesn't really make sense for me to try to be something that I'm not.” PeopleTryingCountrySingingSingersMake SenseTake MeRock N Roll Author:Carrie Underwood
“When I'm singing I'm always trying to get to the highest point possible. I'd fly to the top of Buckingham Palace to sing to the queen.” TryingHighestSingingQueensPalacesAlways TryingBuckingham Palace Author:Florence Welch
“A guitarist or a drummer can get a cold and still play; I get a cold and sound like a wet mitten trying to sing you a love song. Charming.” TryingStillsPlaySongSoundMusicColdSingingWetCharmingMuseDrummerGuitaristMittens Author:Tori Amos
“Really, I'm trying to care, Artemis, really. But I thought it was all supposed to be over when the fat lady sings. Well, she's singing, but it doesn't appear to be over” TryingWellsCareSingingFatsSupposed To BeArtemis Book:Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony Source: Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
“What do you miss about being alive?" The sound of my mom singing, a little off-key. The way my dad went to all my swim meets and I could hear his whistle when my head was underwater, even if he did yell at me afterward for not trying harder. I miss going to the library. I miss the smell of clothes fresh out of the dryer. I miss diving off the highest board and nailing the landing. I miss waffles" - p. 272.” IfsWayTryingLittlesSoundAliveMissingKeysMomDadClothesHighestSingingHarderLibraryMy DadMy MomSmellBoardsSwimLandingDivingUnderwaterWafflesDryers Author:Laurie Halse Anderson
“Here I am leaving you clues. I am singing now while Rome burns. We are all just trying to be holy. My applejack, my silent night, just mash your lips against me. We are all going forward. None of us are going back.” TryingNightHolySingingSilentLeavingLipsRomeClueHere I AmSilent Night Author:Richard Siken
“So . . . middle school? Awkward.Having a hobby that's different from everyone else's? Awkward. Singing the national anthem on weekends instead of going to sleepovers? More awkward. Braces? Awkward. Gain a lot of weight before you hit the growth spurt? Awkward. Frizzy hair, don't embrace the curls yet? Awkward. Try to straighten it? Awkward!So many phases!” TryingDifferentSchoolGrowthMiddleHairSingingGainsWeightEmbraceWeekendAwkwardPhasesHobbiesCurlsMiddle SchoolAnthemBracesNational AnthemSleepoversSinging The National Anthem Author:Taylor Swift
“Where is Arland?" "Rapunzel decided to walk around in the woods to get 'the feel of the battleground.' He won't leave the grounds and he promises to defend the inn with 'all the strength in his body.' I told him if he gets in trouble, he should try singing prettily so his woodland friends will come to the rescue. I don't think he got it.” IfsThinkingFeelsShouldTryingBodyWalksTroublePromiseSingingDecidedWoodsRescueInnsRapunzelWoodlandBattleground Author:Ilona Andrews
“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