“It was my Mum who got me into singing properly - she knew I had to do something with my voice because she knew I was talented. She was the one who pushed me into joining a choir all those years ago, when I was about 12. I remember she told me to start with the choir and just see where it took me.” YearsRememberVoiceSingingYears AgoMumJoiningChoir Author:Susan Boyle
“You can begin to see an amalgamation of cultures, the real beginning of one world. Ten years ago, it would have been impossible to imagine a Cockney singing group with a Southern Negro style and Indian and electronic music. I wonder if people have even noticed what a tremendous cultural signal the Beatles are.” PeopleIfsWorldYearsHas BeensRealCultureWonderImagineImpossibleGroupsStyleTenSingingYears AgoIndianSouthernSignalsElectronic MusicCockneysAmalgamation Author:Alan Arkin
“I actually did do a musical many years ago with John Waters called Cry-Baby, but technically it was only half me - it wasn't me singing. Tim's [ Burton] the only person brave enough to actually let me try to sing.” TryingYearsPersonsEnoughWaterHalfCryBabySingingYears AgoLet MeBraveMusicalCry Baby Author:Johnny Depp
“I have memories of being in Yale five years ago. It was December and so damn cold that while professing love to my leading lady and singing a Bollywood ditty which went something like this, Kabhie alvida na kehna – my mouth froze itself to death. I say death because as I inched closer to kiss her, mouthing the words kabhi alvida na… my mouth and jaw just locked.” YearsMemoriesFiveColdKissingSingingMouthsYears AgoDamnFive YearsLockedDecemberYaleBollywoodLeading Ladies Author:Shahrukh Khan
“I think sometimes when people get older they start to limit themselves and think that if they wanted to start singing or they wanted to start playing guitar or if they wanted to, I don't know...become an archeologist - whatever it is, they think they just can't do it anymore because they've hit a certain age and I just think that's like putting yourself in jail. I realised a couple of years ago that the more that I did and made things and created things that I could love; it helped me to realise that I was actually loving myself and what came out of me.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsYearsMadeSometimesAgeWantedCertainCoupleLimitsSingingYears AgoGuitarJailRealisingRealisedPlaying GuitarLoving Myself Author:Theresa Wayman
“On the screen were some flashback shots of Daniel, Emma and Rupert from ten years ago. They were 12. I have also recently returned from New York, and while I was there, I saw Daniel singing and dancing (brilliantly) on Broadway. A lifetime seems to have passed in minutes.” YearsSeemsSawsMinutesNew YorkTenSingingShotsYears AgoDancingLifetimeScreensBroadwayEmmaSinging And DancingFlashback Author:Alan Rickman
“I started singing about three years ago, I entered a local singing competition called Stratford Idol. The other people in the competition had been taking singing lessons and had vocal coaches. I wasn't taking it too seriously at the time, I would just sing around the house. I was only 12 and I got second place.” PeopleYearsThreeHouseLessonsSingingYears AgoCompetitionCoachesLocalsThree YearsIdolsVocalSecond Place Author:Justin Bieber
“At John Schlesinger's funeral at a synagogue in St John's Wood some years ago the person I stood next to said to me encouragingly, 'Come on, Stephen - you're not singing. Have a go!' 'Believe me, Paul, you don't want me to,' I said. Besides, I was having a much better time listening to him. 'No. Go on!' So I joined in the chorus. 'You're right,' Paul McCartney conceded. 'You can't sing.” WantYearsBelievePersonsSaidNextListeningGoes OnSingingYears AgoWoodsFuneralWant MeBelieve In MeChorusSynagogueConceded Book:The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography Source: The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography