#song

It's always interesting - how do you actually convey thought through song? We're used to the convention on stage. In film, we used to be used to it, and now sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. You need to be fresh and really look at the material. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#always #convention #convey #film #fresh

The most scared I'd ever been was the first time I sang at a rugby match, Australia versus New Zealand, in front of one hundred thousand people. I had a panic attack the night before because people have been booed off and never worked again... just singing one song, the national anthem. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#anthem #attack #australia #because #been

I've never been one for keeping a journal, so my songs were my journals. They allowed me to express my feelings and let people know what was going on with me. I knew that somebody would relate. ↗

— Janet Jackson

#been #express #feelings #going #i

Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope. ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#despair #gospel #gospel songs #hope #songs

Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals? ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#jewish #know #most #sadness #same

I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better. ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#close #eyes #feel #i #i can

If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check. ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#check #christmas #feeling #locate #me

If you look at the charts every year, there may be five or ten memorable songs from each year. ↗

— Randy Jackson

#each #every #five #look #may

I don't do any songs that I'm sick of now - sometimes even songs that I request. If I'm sick of 'em I don't do 'em even for myself. ↗

— Jonathan Richman

#even #i #myself #now #request

That song is a story that shows how easily you could get slipped into being labeled as the bad guy, even though what you really trying to do is tell the bad guy to leave you alone. ↗

— Slick Rick

#bad #bad guy #being #could #easily