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If they're singing about heartbreak, they've lived it.

My favorite type of music to sing to would be rock and roll, Tenacious D, Led Zeppelin, some Queen - I love all of them. I love singing to them because they're all just great voices. I love listening to very obscure jazz.

No matter what as an artist that's always what you want to do, you want to connect to the audience, you want to be able to send whatever message it is that you're singing about, you want to be able to convey that - and not make them feel - you want them to feel it, you want them to feel what you feel.

An album is such a personal thing. It's something I always wanted to do. It's me doing me, singing as me.

If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.

The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument.

I get even more nervous singing when everyone's fallen silent, but I really try to communicate the meaning of the lyrics, and there's people there listening to that, and if they're moved by it, then I'm moved as well.

Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing.

I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career.

I like what it is to sing, or to be with the others singing, to make music, but the fuss and all the things that are the exterior part of a career, has never interested me.

Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing and saying.

There will always be some kid who's the new Kurt Cobain writing great lyrics and singing from his soul. The problem is they're not marketing that anymore or putting it out there.

They look for the top note to end every song. They don't know what they are singing about. There is no style.

What comprises good performance? The ability through singing or playing to make the ear conscious of the true content and affect of a composition.

There is no singing anymore, everything is yelling and shouting and rapping and that is real boring to a guy like me.

There's the most resistance to an actor singing. It's like I'm being disloyal to my industry.

I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.

I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.'

I'm very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I'm singing.

I still love to walk in the mountains or be on the sea. I like to be in nature. Sometimes I bicycle. It's important to feel good with your body. The body is extremely important. If you feel good, you have more energy in your singing.