I am a singer, not a full-on rapper.
I really don't think of myself as a singer. I think of myself as an entertainer, and the best place I do it is onstage.
I don't want to feel that I'm a singer or an actress - being able to say that those are just experiences is what I enjoy.
No, I'm a horrible singer, I'm awful.
I was just a folk singer. I cut my teeth on the streets, you know.
If you're a good singer, you're going to make anything sound good.
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'.
It's a wonderful way to get at who someone is through their own love of music and going right at their subconsciousness if you will. You don't play girl singers for girl singers. You know, there's certain things. You do play Ellington for Bobby McFerrin.
It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black.
So many artists who came out during that time, including myself, were able to get on radio. New forms of singer-songwriters developed out of that.
My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything.
I love English rock music the best and have always been fascinated by The Clash, especially Joe Strummer, their singer.
A great singer has to learn how to inhabit a song.
What you were singing about was believable and convincing, that's the key to a great singer.
I studied other singers, so I would learn how to phrase, and learn how to breathe. And the main thing was, I learned how to inhabit my song.
It's not enough to hit the notes. There is no point in the singers just standing there and sounding wonderful if they're not connecting with the characters they are portraying.
I always wanted to be a singer, it's what I wanted to do since I was little. I'm doing it now and I couldn't be happier.
I am at my core a singer/songwriter a la James Taylor or a la Billy Joel. It's not that I don't want to work with people, but I do just love doing my own thing.
When I started making my own records, I had this idea of drowning out the singer and putting the rest in the foreground. It was the background that interested me.
Reggie Watts is a most unusual talent: a huge vocal range, a natural musicality, and a sidesplitting wit. Is he a comedian? A singer? A performance artist? I've seen him a few times since then and I still can't decide. Whatever, he ain't like nobody else.
A lot of what I have always done is do other singers.
The short answer is, yes, I think I have become a better singer.
I didn't have to be a pop singer with a certain look. When I started, there was really a revolution in natural artists with blues and folk artists crossing over; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to get started.
Yes was without a singer at that point, cause they were doing ABWH, so you had ABWH, and then you had the 90125 band without a singer.
I think Americana music is music that is generally more singer/songwriter oriented. It has more to do with the songwriting. The music, it's more like stories set to music.
