#singin

The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#die #how #indian #knew #live

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

For a while, I couldn't decide whether or not I should pursue singing in the opera or acting. And I'm glad that I chose the latter because I wasn't a very good singer. ↗

— Christoph Waltz

#because #chose #decide #glad #good

I was always singing the way I felt, and maybe I didn't exactly know it, but I just didn't like the way things were down there-in Mississippi. ↗

— Muddy Waters

#down #exactly #felt #i #just

I don't want to wreck my voice. I love to concentrate on playing the bass and keeping it very rock-solid. If I were singing, I would have blown out my voice. ↗

— Tina Weymouth

#blown #concentrate #i #i love #keeping

I don't want the giant ego. I don't want to become Kevin Costner, singing on the soundtrack to The Postman. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#costner #ego #giant #i #kevin

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

Unless you're singing something that's kind of in rhythm with the bass, the melodies, it's just difficult. ↗

— Kim Gordon

#difficult #just #kind #melodies #rhythm