Pastoral Resources

Country and western is ignored by the intellectuals. They don't look at it as an art form. They think it's just somebody sitting on his couch singing about his life.

My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.

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

This nation loves singing and loves acting.

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

I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of.

In fact, people have been very complimentary about my act and very tolerant of my singing ability.

When Frank the Pug is singing I Will Survive, the only reason it's funny is that Will is in that shot trying not to get angry. A shot of a dog singing I Will Survive on its own will not get a laugh.

I used to cry myself to sleep every night. I missed singing so much. And performing. Man, I missed it so much.

I love Ruth Brown, not just her singing, but Ruth Brown has more girl power than anyone, because she fought hard against people who ripped her off and then helped other artists through the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.

I had four or five years in school training as a soprano. I fell into pop singing because of economics. I got out of high school and had to go work, and they weren't hiring opera singers.

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

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

I really liked the Mariachi singing in Westerns.

Speech lessons probably did more for my singing voice - they teach you breathing, resonance.

A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.

With the supermarket as our temple and the singing commercial as our litany, are we likely to fire the world with an irresistible vision of America's exalted purpose and inspiring way of life?

I started singing in the bathroom. Nothing was coming out. It was ghastly.

Half the battle is selling music, not singing it. It's the image, not what you sing.

My friends are Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, and we're singing about mortality, getting older. It's an interesting time.