Ella Fitzgerald
The only thing better than singing is more singing.
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Richard Byrd
Singing is such an excellent thing, that I wish all people would sing.
Oscar Wilde
The birds that were singing in the dew-drenched garden seemed to be telling the flowers about her.
Montserrat Caballé
When a singer truly feels and experiences what the music is all about, the words will automatically ring true.
Maria Callas
I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
Mahalia Jackson
If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check.
Ludwig von Beethoven
Eine falsche Note zu spielen, ist unbedeutend; ohne Leidenschaft zu spielen, ist unverzeihlich.”
Louis Armstrong
All music is folk music. I ain’t never heard a horse sing a song.
Jessye Norman
(On critics:) They may write it, but I don’t have to read it. I don’t need it.
Jessye Norman
If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something different, to find out what people are going to think about it, you’re going to limit yourself. That’s a very strange way to live.
Harvey Fierstein
But actually just yesterday we raised the key of one of my songs two steps up, so my voice is obviously responding. It’s a muscle, and the more you use it, the more you use it right, the more you should get out of it. So yes, I sing.
Frank Sinatra
Whatever else has been said about me personally is unimportant. When I sing, I believe. I’m honest.
Esther Broner
The total person sings, not just the vocal chords.
Elvis Presley
I like to sing ballads the way Eddie Fisher does and the way Perry Como does. But the way I’m singing now is what makes the money.
Ella Fitzgerald
I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
Leontyne Price
Singing is so exhilarating that it’s difficult to try to explain it.
Montserrat Caballé
When a singer truly feels and experiences what the music is all about, the words will automatically ring true.
My Ten Favourite Aarhus Moments
In April 2011 I participated in the Aarhus Vocal Festival in Denmark and had a wonderful time. Afterwards, Florian Städtler, one of Europe’s leading a cappella advocates, invited participants to add their 10 favourite Aarhus moments to his Vocal Blog, which I happily did. He gave me permission to repost my contribution here. As you’ve probably … Lees meer