#singin

I would much rather be a better mother or better human being than I would be a singer. Fortunately for me singing makes me a living. ↗

— Tanya Tucker

#better #better mother #fortunately #human #human being

All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with not too much background. ↗

— Bobby Vinton

#fact #gimmick #in fact #just #me

I come from a singing family and as is said, 'the apple does not fall far from the tree.' ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#come #does #fall #family #far

In so many interviews, they bring up the sexual aspect of the record. I've had some journalists say it sounds like I'm lying down in bed singing with a microphone. It gets so old! ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#bed #bring #down #gets #had

The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much about their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#always #blues #down #fit #jazz

I'm facing upstage, with my back to the audience, and the spotlight comes up on my back as I start singing. ↗

— Tom Wopat

#back #comes #facing #i #singing

When you're doing the traditional musicals, singing songs that are 40 and 50 years old, you realize there's a reason why those musicals are hits. These are amazing songs! ↗

— Tom Wopat

#doing #hits #musicals #old #realize

When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who did a bit of singing, and then I became a singer who did a bit of percussion. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#bass #became #bit #did #drum

When I'm singing I try not be a singer with a capital S. I just try to get it out so I feel comfortable with it. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#comfortable #feel #get #i #i feel

The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing. ↗

— Norman Granz

#big #dancing #first #history #jazz