“I never would have guessed that I would get a job for the way I sound. I would get notes about how I should lose my accent, and part of me thinks, 'How dare you! This is who I am! Millions of people want to sound like me!' But it's sensitive, and I have tried to change it, with little to no success.” PeopleThinkingWayWantShouldLittlesJobsSoundLosesMillionsNotesDareWho I AmLike MeSensitiveAccents Author:Jack McBrayer
“Any kind of creativity is not settling down into a happy little space. I don't try to be mellow or anything. I think I have quite... my voice is what it is, no matter what I'm singing, it's always going to sound like me. There's not too far I could go. I sound like myself. I hope that I haven't put any boundaries on anything.” ThinkingTryingKindLittlesMatterSoundVoiceSpaceCreativityHavensSingingNo Matter WhatBoundariesLike MeSettlingSettling DownMellowNot Settling Author:Teddy Thompson
“I have to be ahead of myself so I don't just fit into the realm of everybody who sounds like me.” SoundFitLike MeRealms Author:Kid Cudi
“I have an older sister who sounds, unfortunately, exactly like me, and we sound like our mother did.” MotherSoundLike MeOlder SisterBig Sister Author:Jill Abramson
“They can sonically sound like me, but nobody's ever gonna be able to write songs like T-Pain. There's only one of those.” WritingAblePainSongSoundLike MeT Pain Author:T-Pain
“The rush of creating sounds and mixing sounds is always an interesting challenge, especially for someone like me, who doesn't know about sound.” KnowsSoundChallengesInterestingCreatingLike MeMixing Author:Hank Williams III
“There's a lot of people out there that's starting to sound like me so I guess I'm doing something right.” PeopleSoundStartingLike Me Author:Kirko Bangz
“I think it was the perfect gestation time for this particular piece [ Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song]. One of the songs that I considered talking about was "Manhattan," because it was chronicling the end of a long relationship that was part of the reason why I moved from Los Angeles to New York, which was such a life-changing decision. I don't regret that it's not in there, but that's one that I considered diving into, and I have little piecemeal snippets of writing about that floating around” ThinkingWritingLittlesLongEndsReasonSongSoundDecisionPerfectTalkingPiecesNew YorkParticularRegretMovedLike MeReason WhyLife ChangingLos AngelesFloatingManhattanDivingDon't RegretLong RelationshipGestation Author:Sara Bareilles