'Hallelujah' is going to be a standard that our grandkids, our great-great grandkids will learn to sing in church. It's one of those really, really special songs.
I'm the first has-been star singer ever to sing with the circus. I mean, Presley sang with the circus, but that was before he became a star.
When entertainment was begun, during the Depression, it was supposed to take people's minds off reality. People could sing, dance, act or do anything. It was the type of entertainment that was available.
Street performances?" "A little singing. A little martial arts. Some interpretive dance." "Wow." "I know! The Portuguese have taste.
I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me isn't a song that I need to sing.
There are a few YouTube clips of me singing at The King's Head in Santa Monica, so you can see how bad I am.
There was a singer-songwriter who slept on our couch for a year when I was about 7 or 8. She used to sing these songs for us, and I loved it. It was magical to watch her.
In your heart, you have a song that will change the world, once you give yourself permission to sing.
I don't feel like singing should be taken lightly. It's one of the hardest things I've ever done, but it's coming along.
Writers who used to show off their erudition no longer sing in the bare ruined choir of the media.
What I say is from my heart. You must be sincere. So when I sing a song, people are supposed to feel it.
You speak and my heart sings to harmonize with the tone of your voice, but I smile at the melody you bring doing what you do
When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.
I like singing as much as I like acting, and all through high school I thought I might be a Broadway singer.
No, I've been singing forever. I started out doing musicals. I think that was part of the reason why they gave me the part, because I sang.
I had to teach myself to let go of the conventional rock way of playing guitar and singing. Some things you wouldn't expect to work, did and some things won't ever work.
Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds.
I mean these people who work on Broadway, in my opinion, are the most gifted of everyone. I mean they really know how to dance. They really know how to act. They really know how to sing. They know how to perform.
Here in America, every single actor, since they were little boys, they sing and dance and perform like angels. We don't do that. We are actors who work in a theater in very classic performances or plays.
Well, as an artist, I think that Elvis's generosity to me he always talked very highly about me, he always spoke very highly about my work and singing and my writing.
Brenda did some little vocal arrangements for us and she got to sing as well. So, we're happy to be able to work together and that's another reason why we look forward to doing more of these.
