Quotes About Community

As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be some jazz.

Russians are sincere, understanding and cook well.

I think it's gonna take a sincere empathy and compassion for people of all races, to really reflect and process on the true history of the black community in this country. The history has been filled with incredible oppression and we really have to acknowledge that, to start to change the lens of how we see true equality.

Far more books get written about how to get more people in your church than how to get the people already in your church to have more humility and sincere love.

Most people in protest mobs are pretty sincere and don't want to fight cops or break things.

One of the great values of the theater is a communal search for truth; I believe that sincerely.

I like to sing with my cousins. We're in a church choir.

There can be inhibitions, but there are millions of people who like to sing.

I want to sing of humanity, friendship, what's happening to the Earth and the like.

I used to sing at mata ki chowkis and other religious events, and people loved me.

I was in choir in school. I kind of just did it. I already knew I wanted to sing. My music program in my school wasn't really great - people didn't really want to be part of the choir, they didn't want to do the plays and stuff like that. It definitely wasn't the cool thing to do.

Whatever initiatives we launch, we must always put the interests of Singaporeans and Singapore first.

If I go to Singapore, I have friends there. If they came to Zambia, they'd feel the same way. I've made connections, and I have friends in many, many countries.

It has to be good to live in Singapore because otherwise, nobody will stand for it.

If you don't have that Singapore core, you can top up the numbers, but you are no longer Singapore. It doesn't feel Singapore - it isn't Singapore - and we can issue everybody red passports, but where is the continuity?

We want to build a compassionate and truly democratic Singapore where good values and people matter.

It's tough, because I come to Singapore, and people say I'm not Singaporean, and I go to England, and people say I'm not English. It's really hard to find your place, not just in the entertainment industry, but in life.

For me, any chance to serve Singapore even in its limited capacity... I would be glad to take it up and use it to serve Singaporeans.

Some artists see a gig as an audience worshipping them. I think it is about having a great time together. I have a part as the singer. An audience has a part. Playing a gig doesn't make me high on myself.

If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if folk music means music for the people, and playing music to entertain them and share different messages, then sure, I'd like to think that I'm part folk singer.

I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that.

The greatest MCs came out of groups; the greatest singers came out of groups. So you can't tell us we're not MCs.

A lot of young people want to become jazz singers, but there are not more jam sessions like there used to be. I just want to have the opportunity to be able to bring that to some young people.

So many great singers we know have come from the church.