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Singing Quotes


"I was always singing the way I felt, and maybe I didn't exactly know it, but I just didn't like the way things were down there-in Mississippi."


"I don't believe in singing lessons. You can sing or you can't."


"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."


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


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



"If I didn't think and feel the way I think and feel, I couldn't sing the way I sing. And I like singing the way I sing."


"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."


"You know, your speaking voice comes back, but your singing voice you use in a different way."


"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."


"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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