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"He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard."
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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"I'm singing background on one of Blondie's songs on her new album."
Melissa Joan Hart
"I'm singing background on one of Blondie's songs on her new album."
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"How nice the human voice is when it isn't singing."
Rudolf Bing
"How nice the human voice is when it isn't singing."
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"When I was singing, everybody liked me."
Nana Mouskouri
"When I was singing, everybody liked me."
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"After using four different languages on an album, it's tough to decide which one I'm gonna actually learn to speak. I always study the lyric, make sure I know what I'm singing, and try to get the pronunciation as perfect as possible."
Josh Groban
"After using four different languages on an album, it's tough to decide which one I'm gonna actually learn to speak. I always study the lyric, make sure I know what I'm singing, and try to get the pronunciation as perfect as possible."
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"I really liked the Mariachi singing in Westerns."
Harry Dean Stanton
"I really liked the Mariachi singing in Westerns."
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"I'm not a big fan of Robert Plant's lyrics or his singing."
Chris Robinson
"I'm not a big fan of Robert Plant's lyrics or his singing."
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"I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields."
Willie Nelson
"I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields."
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"I learned so much about recording and about singing on records from Ken Nelson."
Wanda Jackson
"I learned so much about recording and about singing on records from Ken Nelson."
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"Singing is a form of admitting that I'm alive."
Alfredo Kraus
"Singing is a form of admitting that I'm alive."
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"I'd rather be dead than singing "Satisfaction" when I'm forty-five."
Mick Jagger
"I'd rather be dead than singing "Satisfaction" when I'm forty-five."
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"My own singing voice is not very good and I don't think that anybody really sings in their own voice."
Jane Horrocks
"My own singing voice is not very good and I don't think that anybody really sings in their own voice."
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"You always will be singing a song or humming a line or a melody."
Dennis Brown
"You always will be singing a song or humming a line or a melody."
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"I don't really remember my folks singing to us, but they read to us."
Mary Chapin Carpenter
"I don't really remember my folks singing to us, but they read to us."
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"An album is such a personal thing. It's something I always wanted to do. It's me doing me, singing as me."
Danny Aiello
"An album is such a personal thing. It's something I always wanted to do. It's me doing me, singing as me."
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"Speech lessons probably did more for my singing voice - they teach you breathing, resonance."
Harry Dean Stanton
"Speech lessons probably did more for my singing voice - they teach you breathing, resonance."
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"Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing."
Julie Andrews
"Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing."
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"The only thing better than singing is more singing."
Ella Fitzgerald
"The only thing better than singing is more singing."
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"It's nice to finally have a CD out which reflects my songwriting, my singing and the band that I have."
Mick Taylor
"It's nice to finally have a CD out which reflects my songwriting, my singing and the band that I have."
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"Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously."
Kate Smith
"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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"Unless you're singing something that's kind of in rhythm with the bass, the melodies, it's just difficult."
Kim Gordon
"Unless you're singing something that's kind of in rhythm with the bass, the melodies, it's just difficult."
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"Singing becomes a form of therapy."
Placido Domingo
"Singing becomes a form of therapy."
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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."
Thia Megia
"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."
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"I'm facing upstage, with my back to the audience, and the spotlight comes up on my back as I start singing."
Tom Wopat
"I'm facing upstage, with my back to the audience, and the spotlight comes up on my back as I start singing."
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"Well, over the years, I've developed a stable of songs of which I'm known for and never get tired of singing."
Joe Cocker
"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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"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."
Robert Wyatt
"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."
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"I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe's singing until somebody told me that it wasn't a joke."
Spike Milligan
"I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe's singing until somebody told me that it wasn't a joke."
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"But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud."
Little Richard
"But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud."
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"I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway."
Kate Smith
"I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway."
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"My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences."
Cassandra Wilson
"My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences."
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"The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument."
Herb Alpert
"The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument."
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"When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing."
Tommy Shaw
"When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing."
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"If you are speaking about my own songs, I would think so because we were talking about that particular era and I was singing one of my songs that I recorded 50 years ago."
Ruth Brown
"If you are speaking about my own songs, I would think so because we were talking about that particular era and I was singing one of my songs that I recorded 50 years ago."
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"I came out singing, the doctor slapped me on the head, and I started singing."
Keith David
"I came out singing, the doctor slapped me on the head, and I started singing."
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"Actually I have been singing since I was a kid."
Gregory Harrison
"Actually I have been singing since I was a kid."
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"Everyone who plays the flute should learn singing."
James Galway
"Everyone who plays the flute should learn singing."
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"I write a lot of lyrics and I'm involved in the producing process, because it's like, if I'm singing it, I want it to be something that I can relate to."
Lindsay Lohan
"I write a lot of lyrics and I'm involved in the producing process, because it's like, if I'm singing it, I want it to be something that I can relate to."
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"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."
Patsy Cline
"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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"Conducting has more to do with singing and breathing than with piano-playing."
Colin R. Davis
"Conducting has more to do with singing and breathing than with piano-playing."
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"I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way."
Barbra Streisand
"I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way."
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"In the last century, everybody was singing lower."
Placido Domingo
"In the last century, everybody was singing lower."
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"I don't have the will for singing but I must do it."
Alfredo Kraus
"I don't have the will for singing but I must do it."
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"I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15."
Layne Staley
"I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15."
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"Verse, singing, and speech have a common origin."
Jean Philippe Rameau
"Verse, singing, and speech have a common origin."
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"There is no seam between my songs and myself-they really are me. It's not like I'm performing; I'm just singing stuff that I really believe."
David Friedman
"There is no seam between my songs and myself-they really are me. It's not like I'm performing; I'm just singing stuff that I really believe."
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"I looked in the audience. There were no strangers. Everybody was singing and cheering and hugging. That was a beautiful picture to look at."
Celine Dion
"I looked in the audience. There were no strangers. Everybody was singing and cheering and hugging. That was a beautiful picture to look at."
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"I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound."
Nancy Sinatra
"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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"If you feel like singing along, don't."
James Taylor
"If you feel like singing along, don't."
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"Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics. Half of them I'd hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn't even know it."
Alan Jackson
"Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics. Half of them I'd hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn't even know it."
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"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."
Susan Boyle
"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."
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