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Singing instrumental music is most important because, while you play an instrument, you are singing through the instrument... actually, you are singing inside.

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

We didn't have movies in this little mining town. When I was 12 my mom took me to New York and I saw Bye Bye Birdie, with people singing and dancing, and that was it.

We influence singing but never really songwriting.

Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.

There happened to be guitar classes at the college, and there was a guitar teacher there with whom I used to play. In addition, I also would go out into country schools and teach little kids basic guitar and singing a few times a week.

To teach a child an instrument without first giving him preparatory training and without developing singing, reading and dictating to the highest level along with the playing is to build upon sand.

Singing connected with movements and action is a much more ancient, and, at the same time, more complex phenomenon than is a simple song.

There were some things that I found I really enjoyed singing about; like, on the title track, there's this film-noir character of a woman who's sort of losing it in a room.

I don't have the will for singing but I must do it.

Singing is a form of admitting that I'm alive.

Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became a teen, I sought out making money from music, weather that was singing lounge gigs, backup in studios, or weddings.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.

I worked on my voice for Sweet Dreams, but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual singing voice. That was my way into that character.

After being so bad I could hear the angels singing.

I get the greatest feeling when I'm singing. It's other-worldly. Your feet are anchored into the Earth and into this energy force that comes up through your feet and goes up the top of your head and maybe you're holding hands with the angels or the stars, I have no idea.

As the audiences got larger, the participation got larger. And I found myself in Dallas, and 20,000 people were singing 'Madonna Whore' back at me. I thought... this is really a great thing. They wanted to hear it really badly, and here they are.