#singing

You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not to act, you tried to tell the truth. The idea of being a troubadour on the road singing for your supper was very disturbing to him. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#being #church #disturbing #him #idea

I put out a recording of me singing mostly jazz because I wanted people to know I'm coming from a jazz background. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#because #coming #i #jazz #know

Then I came up with this crazy idea just to walk out on the stage with no band at all and just start singing whatever came to mind. I actually fought the idea for a while because it seemed almost too radical, but it became obvious what I was supposed to be doing. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

#almost #band #became #because #came

I don't want anything to get in the way of me and my singing. I want my mind as clear as possible. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

#clear #get #i #me #mind

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death. ↗

— Henry Miller

#been #confounded #death #entered #ever

I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe's singing until somebody told me that it wasn't a joke. ↗

— Spike Milligan

#i #joke #laughing #many #me

I grew up thinking that singing was my security. ↗

— Nana Mouskouri

#i #security #singing #thinking #up

My energy to sing, I get it from my singing. Singing was not a reason to make a living. This is the only thing I wanted to do. ↗

— Nana Mouskouri

#get #i #living #make #only

There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer. ↗

— Nana Mouskouri

#first time #i #moments #olympia #pregnant

There has always been a feeling with people that they love my singing but not always the choice of material. ↗

— Alison Moyet

#been #choice #feeling #love #material