“As a teenager I was obsessed with music and with writing and performing songs.” WritingSongTeenagerPerformingObsessed Author:Anthony Minghella
“I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song.” I CanAgeRememberSongFolksPerformingBostonWoodyFolk Songs Author:Black Francis
“What always attracted me to [Bob] Dylan, and what has sustained me as a Dylan listener, or has always continued to surprise me, is his voice, the way he sings, the way he wraps his voice around certain words, the way he backs off from melodic moments, the way he moves forward to grab something in a song that, were anybody else performing it, they would have no idea it was even there.” WayIdeasMomentsMovingCertainSongVoiceSurpriseMoving ForwardNo IdeaPerformingBobListenersDylanWrapsSurprise Me Author:Greil Marcus
“I feel like you have to constantly keep proving yourself, and you have to constantly keep getting out there and showing them you're more than just that one song on the radio that's just playing. And that's what I had to do the first time around; I had to keep going out there and keep performing live.” FeelsFirstsSongLike YouProveFirst TimeRadioPerformingKeep GoingGoing OutProving YourselfPerforming Live Author:Bruno Mars
“When I was writing songs or performing or producing or dabbling in movies or even putting my career on hold to go to art school, I was just following my muse. A woman who did that then was criticized for having no direction. Today they call it versatility.” WritingArtTodaySchoolSongCareersFollowingPerformingMuseWriting SongsArt SchoolVersatilityDabbling Author:Jackie DeShannon
“If I had to give up performing, it wouldn't bother me too much. But I couldn't live without my writing. I put all my feelings, my very soul, into my writing. I tell the world in my songs things I wouldn't even tell my husband.” IfsWorldGivingWritingSoulFeelingsSongWorkToo MuchHusbandGiving UpBotherPerformingMy Husband Author:Dolly Parton
“A professional entertainer who allows himself to become known as a singer of folk songs is bound to have trouble with his conscience provided, of course, that he possesses one. As a performing artist, he will pride himself on timing and other techniques designed to keep the audience in his control ... his respect for genuine folklore reminds him that these changes, and these techniques, may give the audience a false picture of folk music.” GivingMayArtistSongCoursesKnownAudienceTroublePrideConscienceBoundsFolksTechniqueSingersGenuinePerformingTimingEntertainersFolkloreFolk MusicPerforming ArtsFolk SongsPerforming Artist Author:Sam Hinton
“Starting in music, where I get a chance to connect with the lyrics of a song, I learned so much about performing on stage and connecting to your audience and to what you're singing about. Singing is very emotional. Every song has its own purpose.” PurposeSongChanceAudienceStageEmotionalSingingStartingPerformingConnectingPerforming On Stage Author:Naturi Naughton
“I'm grateful to be alive, because I really did not think I was going to be alive, onstage performing songs.” ThinkingSongAliveGratefulPerformingGrateful To Be Alive Author:Sharon Jones
“I'm getting bored performing the same songs over and over. Songwriting comes and goes.” SongBoredPerformingSongwritingComes And Goes Author:Sharon Van Etten
“I want to use songs that everybody knows or thinks they know. I want to show them a different side of it and open up that world in a more unique way. You have to believe what the words are saying and the words are as important as the melody. Unless you believe the song and have lived it, there's little sense in performing it. I never wanted to be a singer that” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayWantBelieveLittlesImportantDifferentUseShowsWantedSongSidesUniqueSingersPerformingMelodyDifferent Sides Author:Bob Dylan
“As much as I love performing, nothing juices me up creatively like being in my own studio for an extended period. Songs, ideas, even paintings are pouring out of me. My inspiration and usual subject matter: life.” IdeasMatterInspirationSongMy OwnSubjectsPaintingPeriodsStudiosPerformingUsualJuiceSubject MatterPouring Author:Adrian Belew