I can never stand in one place on stage for more than a minute and am always singing, dancing and jumping.
I hear the singing of the lives of women. The clear mystery, the offering, and the pride.
Write your own songs. It helps you to mean what you're singing, which will then make it mean something to listeners.
To me, a song is a song when you can sit in a room and just sing it from end to end.
There was never any pressure on me to go into the business, but I was always aware of it. I'd go on the set with my father and he and my mother would always be singing.
I really sing songs that move me. I'm not in show business. I'm in the communications business. That's what it's for me.
I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business.
That's pretty much why I went into show business because I wanted to have a guitar and sing unaccompanied, that was like my fantasy of the perfect life.
Anytime I get the chance to sing or work with Michael John, it is such an incredibly fertile and incredibly creative and safe and encouraging environment - and challenging, too, because he is so collaborative!
I am not naturally inclined to history or geography - maybe that's why I like to sing about it, because it helps me remember.
I love theatrics and have a huge imagination: Why would I want to sit onstage and sing a bunch of ballads back-to-back?
I remember tap-dancing and singing in front of the TV when I was a kid, telling my dad to stop watching Ed Sullivan or Milton Berle and watch me.
It doesn't matter if you have a desperate heart when you have to sing about joy; it doesn't matter if you're scared to death when the lights go on.
I can't sing but I can understand wanting to keep a balance, trying to pursue dreams, while creating a stable environment for my children.
For years and years, Christians have been singing about their wandering hearts. Our hearts need to be recalibrated and realigned and reoriented by God.
The Winans have been some of my favorite people, and Marvin certainly has a real anointing when he preaches and sings; he's a great interpreter of my music.
When I got married, I hired a great choir - the St. James Choir, an all-black gospel choir - to sing at my wedding.
I think someone like Carmen Electra would be great in 'Peepshow.' Really, though, I think anyone who can sing and dance would be great.
I know I'm not a great singer. But I love to sing and I like to use my voice in different ways.
There will always be some kid who's the new Kurt Cobain writing great lyrics and singing from his soul. The problem is they're not marketing that anymore or putting it out there.
Feeling emotionally connected to a song, and accumulating every bit of the moment's energy to sing out to the audience is what I believe makes a great performer.
