I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer.
If you only ever heard Lady Gaga, she's the most boring singer in the world.
I always wanted to perform in some capacity since I was a kid - I was a ballerina, then a singer before acting.
I was always a bit of a showgirl; it was in my blood. I never thought I would have a career as a singer, though.
As soon as you get off stage, that's the most dangerous time for a singer to kiss people because your vocal chords are receptive to any kind of germ.
My family was very encouraging, and both of my grandparents were both beautiful singers. My grandmother was a coloratura soprano, and my grandfather was an Irish tenor in a barbershop quartet.
Until now, I've not done a project where the produce, rapper and singer has never worked together like this before, and I had a chance to try a variety of styles.
I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and everybody. But the music course was too dry and I really wanted to get away from home.
I'm a car singer, in fact sometimes I pretend to take my dog out for a walk, and I'll just drive him around and start singin'.
My mom was a dancer, my dad's a singer and I've always had that kind of music in my life.
My dad was a soul fan and a singer himself, and he loved vocal harmony, stuff like the Beach Boys and Motown like the Four Tops, which was a big influence on me.
When I was younger, all I wanted to do was be a singer, and then I got into a great acting class in New York and became obsessed with that.
I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer.
I know I'm not a great singer. But I love to sing and I like to use my voice in different ways.
I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer.
It may be that my most helpful contributions to music aren't my compact discs but my articles about other great singers of the past for American Heritage magazine.
I love dancing, but I'm not that good of a singer. I sang in punk rock bands in high school and college and stuff, but that mostly involved lots of screaming.
If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you're going to the bank to borrow money.
I did this thing with Trisha Yearwood, a song called 'The Price.' I had been sitting on it for a while, because I figured, you know, this really needs a good singer.
I'm not a trained singer at all. I've auditioned on occasion for proper musical theatre-type stuff, but I can't read music, and I wasn't particularly good at it.
I've been messing around in the studio the last couple of years. But I don't want to worry about being taken seriously as a singer. It just really feels good to do it.
