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"When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing."
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"I prefer to sing in the shower 'cause the acoustics are really, really good, I mean, when you're singing against the tile walls then you really hear yourself, hear your voice, you know, throwing itself back at you."
"When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who did a bit of singing, and then I became a singer who did a bit of percussion."
"When I'm singing I try not be a singer with a capital S. I just try to get it out so I feel comfortable with it."
"I don't believe in singing lessons. You can sing or you can't."
"I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15."
"I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe's singing until somebody told me that it wasn't a joke."
"I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound."
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"I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds."
"Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively."
"I was born in Alabama and my first live music experiences were in church. Every Sunday we watched regional gospel groups on television singing their hearts out."
"Once you start thinking about it in a mercenary frame of mind, then you're finished. You're a joke, because there are too many mercenaries out there already."
"If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little dictation machine with me because I'm too lazy to write."
"We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals."
"It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew basic chords."
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