"What you were singing about was believable and convincing, that's the key to a great singer."
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"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."
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"I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across."
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"It was like I had evolved to a certain stage where I was stuck in this songwriter bag as an image. But basically at heart, I'm a rocker. And I still am. But I was caught up in the singer/songwriter bag and I wasn't really enjoying it."
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"I didn't want to just be another girl singer. I wanted there to be something that set me apart."
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"No one remembers the singer. The song remains."
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"I can't stand any music that requires its singers to be so dumb they wear their baseball caps backwards."
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"Your voice is like a very serious instrument that you have to tame if you want to be an amazing singer - Marvin Gaye or Michael Jackson."
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"I am not a natural singer, but I can sing, and probably the way I sing is more imitative than from myself, which is why I am never going to be an amazing recording artist."
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"I've never been the type of singer that can sing in heels and the gown and all this stuff, because I can't get to where I want to go while I'm in that getup."
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"I want to be a soul singer."
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"I'm not really a good singer. But most people aren't, either."
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"Whether it be Beyonce or Justin Bieber, we see singers who have absolutely nothing to offer anyone as they walk off stage clutching three Grammys in each hand."
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"I wasn't a great background singer."
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"The world is made by the singer for the dreamer."
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"The best work in literature is always done by those who do not depend on it for their daily bread and the highest form of literature, Poetry, brings no wealth to the singer."
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"The thing with me is, I'm from a rap background so I'm not really a traditional singer in that sense."
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"Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American."
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"I wanted to be a professional singer/actress, though I knew it would be hard."
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"The Brits was an amazing place to get a broad musical education. But I never really thought I was going to be a singer because there was always someone better than me in my class."
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