Commercial to the core, Elvis was the kind of singer dear to the heart of the music business. For him to sing a song was to sell asong. His G clef was a dollar sign.
I don't like writing for myself to sing. I prefer to have other people's voices to dispose of in some way that they'll like or not like or flatter them or not flatter them. It's fun.
Oh, I know I can sing. What I really want to be is an actress.
I think celebrities have an obligation to the public to not just sing or act.
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.
I can sing, but it takes an incredible amount of work for me to sound acceptable.
I've played the clarinet since I was a kid. I love to sing, but I'm not much of a singer. Let's say that when it comes to vocalizing, I have the soul of Billy Bigelow but the voice of Jigger Cragan.
I've always loved to sing in Spanish. To me, it's just my culture. It's what I am; I'm Latina.
You can't just sing the song and live another life.
I went from somebody who didn't sing to somebody who didn't speak.
I just sing what I'm feeling at the time and hope my fans will like that and appreciate that.
I don't like karaoke very much. I like being around it, but I don't like singing it. If I had to sing a karaoke song, it's usually "Son of a Preacher Man" by Dusty Springfield.
My first album was me finding myself and my voice, finding how I sing. I was rolling with the punches because everything was new to me.
I've stayed true to my music and I sing heartfelt songs with a message.
Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.
I knew from a young age that I could sing and it was impressed upon me that if I got a classically trained education in voice, it would serve as a foundation for whatever I chose to do.
If I sing "you broke my heart, you left me flat," everyone knows exactly what that means - they know the story. But if I sing a line that's plaintive or wailing, people can experience their own set of emotions and their own story. Each of us might give that phrase a different meaning. It's open to interpretation, and one song becomes a thousand songs. I love that.
I am out to sing songs that will prove to you that this is your world and that if it has hit you pretty hard and knocked you for a dozen loops, no matter what color, what size you are, how you are built, I am out to sing the songs that make you take pride in yourself and in your work. And the songs that I sing are made up for the most part by all sorts of folks just about like you.
I have to get up the fitness level, sing a lot, practice, get in the mood, and generally do lots of rehearsal. Get your body and mind ready.