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Nusrat F. A. Khan

"He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard."

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Donna Grant

"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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Donna Grant

"You're gonna have to learn to get out there in front of those cameras and hold your head up. Take charge when you're singing."

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Donna Grant

"You put a song on the record or on tape and you stop singing it. You just don't sit around and sing it anymore unless you're performing. That's kind of sad."

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Donna Grant

"Well, over the years, I've developed a stable of songs of which I'm known for and never get tired of singing."

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Donna Grant

"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."

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Donna Grant

"The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument."

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Donna Grant

"I don't really remember my folks singing to us, but they read to us."

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Donna Grant

"Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously."

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Donna Grant

"I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway."

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Donna Grant

"I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15."

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Nusrat F. A. Khan
"I have tried to make the music a bit easier for them to understand."

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Nusrat F. A. Khan
"Yes, I tried to change the classical style in a way that people who don't understand it can enjoy."

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Nusrat F. A. Khan
"I also like Western classical music and jazz."

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Nusrat F. A. Khan
"I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer."

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Nusrat F. A. Khan
"He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard."

Singing

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Nusrat F. A. Khan
"I have a daughter, she's twenty years old."

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Nusrat F. A. Khan
"In his day, the audience was well aware of the music, of the classical beat."

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Nusrat F. A. Khan
"When people start dancing, they dance like they don't know they are doing it."

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Nusrat F. A. Khan
"On the fortieth day after his death, we held the ceremony, and I performed for the very first time."

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Nusrat F. A. Khan
"Yes, you've got to sing from the depths of the heart."

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