Quotes About Singing

It's very important for singers to feature in their videos because when we do playback for Bollywood, we tend to become the voice of the character - whether it's the actor or a situation that we are singing for.

I've been singing properly every day since I was about fifteen or sixteen, and I have never had any problems with my voice, ever. I've had a sore throat here and there, had a cold and sung through it, but that day it just went while I was onstage in Paris during a radio show. It was literally like someone had pulled a curtain over it.

God is gracious enough to let us know, in due time while we're here and the fact that I'm still around and I'm still singing, it is really to his glory.

The great thing about Adele is if you put her on top volume, you actually sound like her while you're singing.

I always felt I had to fill silences, usually by singing or whistling. It was nerves and shyness, really.

I have been whistling songs from childhood. I suppose it compensated for a lack of singing voice and satisfied my musical appetite.

The point here is that I enjoyed singing. I enjoyed the rhythm of it. I grew up listening to Louis Prima, who was also rhythmic.

I will be singing primarily all the songs from the musicals that I have been in from over the years.

I'm a big girl. I prioritize. I want to be acting, I want to be singing, but there will be time for that.

I know I can't dance. I am the worst dancer. I have no rhythm. I just do step-and-snap. I love it in the privacy of my own home and every once in a while at a club. But singing and dancing are my two greatest fears.

People at school knew I sang and that this was what I was gonna do, but I was pretty private and low-key.

I've been privileged to meet presidents and sing at inaugurations and other political events.

It was always important to me that I made a record where I really sang well, and I don't think it's happened yet. There's always a possibility with each album that I might not record again, and I wanted to produce one that I could feel was mine.

I sang with a voice that was natural, and I liked the way I produced that sound. I thought of my other friends, that they were singing and dancing, but they didn't have this. I was special.

If you're working with a producer like Rick Rubin or whatever, you sing each line probably 30 different ways. Each time, they're like, 'Can you try it this way? Can you try it that way?' That's each line in the song, for each song.

First, I try to take everything away that doesn't matter to singing. It sounds simplistic, but it works. There is absolute focus on singing: producing sounds and emotions that I have always enjoyed. This is key.

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

Some people are really surprised that I can sing different ways.

Being a backup singer means being able to sing on a dime. Music is oozing out of their every pore.

I like babies, but not in the front row. I don't want to sing directly to a baby.

My singing led into acting, and that is how I discovered acting.

When I was a kid I was always listening and singing along to Disney compilation CDs.

I always enjoyed singing but I was never convinced that I had a big voice like that, that was distinctive, I just thought I can sing in the choir.

You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.