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In high school, I had a wonderful teacher who, coincidentally also taught Meryl Streep before me. At the same time I had my own rock band, I played bass and sang. I was one of those kids who really enjoyed being with my friends and doing rather insane, but fun, creative things Picture Quote #1

I sang the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium - at a baseball game - which was crazy; there was, like, 60,000 people there, which is a huge deal in America - singing the National Anthem Picture Quote #1

My father has a beautiful, beautiful voice. His father was a pastor of a church. He sang in church. My mother sang in a church choir. I can take no credit for my vocal talent, because, both my father, and mother have beautiful, beautiful voices Picture Quote #1

We sang a lot of church music. We were very active Baptists. Supposedly, I started singing when I was being given a bath - at 14 months or something like that. My mother and dad both swore that was true, but I’m sure it wasn’t very good... We always had the Metropolitan Opera on the radio on Saturday afternoons Picture Quote #1

I always did plays. When I was in kindergarten, I got chosen to be Alvin in ‘The Chipmunks.’ We did a Chipmunks song. I was always a natural performer. It was easy for me. I danced and I sang, and all that stuff. I felt like I’d be something in the arts, but it vacillated between being a dancer and a singer, or whatever Picture Quote #1

My parents had a love for music. There were so many records, so much music constantly being played. My mother played piano, my father sang, and we were always surrounded in music Picture Quote #1

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Professionally, when I did the Olympic games and sang for my country in Australia. It was a big moment, Sydney in 2000. It was just a brilliant moment in my life Picture Quote #1

The biggest surprise to people is that I sang background on Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’ album Picture Quote #1

[Billie Holiday] was keeping it super real, and you can feel that to this day. Everything that she sang, she believed in. So I had to pick songs that I felt the same about Picture Quote #1

No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I sang what I liked in the only voice I had Picture Quote #1

I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music Picture Quote #1

I can still remember the afternoon, on my 15th birthday, when I opened up ‘The Virgin and the Gypsy,’ D.H. Lawrence’s novella, in my tiny cell in boarding school, and whole worlds of possibility opened out that I had never guessed existed. The language was on fire and sang of liberation Picture Quote #1

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Within the bottle’s depths, the wine’s soul sang one night. Drink wine, drink poetry, drink virtue Picture Quote #1

When I was a teeny little girl, I was in dancing school, and I sang. We had to put a dance to a song, so I went to the 10-cent store one day and looked at all the sheet music. It was all laid out, and I picked ‘Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries.’ Picture Quote #1

Unlike many Sixties rockers,[Bob] Dylan sang about getting old, about broken dreams. His return to roots music pointed the way for many of his contemporaries to forsake trying to sound ‘current’ and to instead make music that would stand the test of time Picture Quote #1

All of my brothers and sisters are very talented. They all sang all right Picture Quote #1

If only all the contradictory voices shouting in my head would calm down and sing a song in unison, whatever it was I wouldn’t care as long as they sang without dissonance Picture Quote #1

In high school, I had two friends that were suffering from cancer. I would go and sing for them while they were in hospital, and I sang at their services after they passed Picture Quote #1

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When you are very old, and sit in the candle - light at evening spinning by the fire, you will say, as you murmur my verses, a wonder in your eyes, ‘Ronsard sang of me in the days when I was fair Picture Quote #1

I had something nobody else could do - I sang in a way that separated me - and, when you’re trying to get noticed, you play your trump card Picture Quote #1

I did get to sing at Carnegie Hall when they were made Landmarks! I sang ALL THAT JAZZ with the NY Pops ...what a total thrill Picture Quote #1

My father sang well, and he was a handsome man. When he walked down the street, people sometimes mistook him for Cary Grant and asked for his autograph Picture Quote #1

The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion Picture Quote #1

My aunt is the director of the acapella group Black Voices. I was so struck by them as a child. They sang with such passion and conviction. By the time I turned 15, I had plucked up the courage to ask if I could join the group. Acapella is a different discipline from singing with an accompaniment - it is much more exposed Picture Quote #1

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Gospel music was the thing that inspired me as a child growing up on a cotton farm, where work was drudgery and it was so hard that when I was in the field I sang all the time. Usually gospel songs because they lifted me up above that black dirt Picture Quote #1

I was once part of a Christmas cabaret. I sang ‘I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.’ I tap-danced. I had a ten-gallon hat. It was quite absurd Picture Quote #1

My house was really like ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’ I sang in the choir and was very involved in the church Picture Quote #1

I grew up the son of a Seventh Day Adventist minister, so I was really close to the church and sang church music between sips at my bottle, you know? I sat on the piano bench next to my mother. She was the church organist, so that music is deeply inside of me Picture Quote #1

I sang in church, but growing up in the neighborhood, music was more of an expression of relief or entertainment Picture Quote #1

I grew up in the Southern Baptist Church, where my father was a minister at music, so I sang in the church all the time Picture Quote #1

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In high school, I had a wonderful teacher who, coincidentally also taught Meryl Streep before me. At the same time I had my own rock band, I played bass and sang. I was one of those kids who really enjoyed being with my friends and doing rather insane, but fun, creative things. (Sang Quotes) I sang the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium - at a baseball game - which was crazy; there was, like, 60,000 people there, which is a huge deal in America - singing the National Anthem. (Sang Quotes) My father has a beautiful, beautiful voice. His father was a pastor of a church. He sang in church. My mother sang in a church choir. I can take no credit for my vocal talent, because, both my father, and mother have beautiful, beautiful voices. (Sang Quotes) We sang a lot of church music. We were very active Baptists. Supposedly, I started singing when I was being given a bath - at 14 months or something like that. My mother and dad both swore that was true, but I’m sure it wasn’t very good... We always had the Metropolitan Opera on the radio on Saturday afternoons. (Sang Quotes) I always did plays. When I was in kindergarten, I got chosen to be Alvin in ‘The Chipmunks.’ We did a Chipmunks song. I was always a natural performer. It was easy for me. I danced and I sang, and all that stuff. I felt like I’d be something in the arts, but it vacillated between being a dancer and a singer, or whatever. (Sang Quotes) My parents had a love for music. There were so many records, so much music constantly being played. My mother played piano, my father sang, and we were always surrounded in music. (Sang Quotes) Professionally, when I did the Olympic games and sang for my country in Australia. It was a big moment, Sydney in 2000. It was just a brilliant moment in my life. (Sang Quotes) The biggest surprise to people is that I sang background on Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’ album. (Sang Quotes) [Billie Holiday] was keeping it super real, and you can feel that to this day. Everything that she sang, she believed in. So I had to pick songs that I felt the same about. (Sang Quotes) No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I sang what I liked in the only voice I had. (Sang Quotes) I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music (Sang Quotes) I can still remember the afternoon, on my 15th birthday, when I opened up ‘The Virgin and the Gypsy,’ D.H. Lawrence’s novella, in my tiny cell in boarding school, and whole worlds of possibility opened out that I had never guessed existed. The language was on fire and sang of liberation. (Sang Quotes) Within the bottle’s depths, the wine’s soul sang one night. Drink wine, drink poetry, drink virtue. (Sang Quotes) When I was a teeny little girl, I was in dancing school, and I sang. We had to put a dance to a song, so I went to the 10-cent store one day and looked at all the sheet music. It was all laid out, and I picked ‘Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries.’ (Sang Quotes) Unlike many Sixties rockers,[Bob] Dylan sang about getting old, about broken dreams. His return to roots music pointed the way for many of his contemporaries to forsake trying to sound ‘current’ and to instead make music that would stand the test of time. (Sang Quotes) All of my brothers and sisters are very talented. They all sang all right. (Sang Quotes) If only all the contradictory voices shouting in my head would calm down and sing a song in unison, whatever it was I wouldn’t care as long as they sang without dissonance. (Sang Quotes) In high school, I had two friends that were suffering from cancer. I would go and sing for them while they were in hospital, and I sang at their services after they passed. (Sang Quotes) When you are very old, and sit in the candle - light at evening spinning by the fire, you will say, as you murmur my verses, a wonder in your eyes, ‘Ronsard sang of me in the days when I was fair. (Sang Quotes) I had something nobody else could do - I sang in a way that separated me - and, when you’re trying to get noticed, you play your trump card. (Sang Quotes) I did get to sing at Carnegie Hall when they were made Landmarks! I sang ALL THAT JAZZ with the NY Pops ...what a total thrill. (Sang Quotes) My father sang well, and he was a handsome man. When he walked down the street, people sometimes mistook him for Cary Grant and asked for his autograph. (Sang Quotes) The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion (Sang Quotes) My aunt is the director of the acapella group Black Voices. I was so struck by them as a child. They sang with such passion and conviction. By the time I turned 15, I had plucked up the courage to ask if I could join the group. Acapella is a different discipline from singing with an accompaniment - it is much more exposed. (Sang Quotes) Gospel music was the thing that inspired me as a child growing up on a cotton farm, where work was drudgery and it was so hard that when I was in the field I sang all the time. Usually gospel songs because they lifted me up above that black dirt. (Sang Quotes) I was once part of a Christmas cabaret. I sang ‘I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.’ I tap-danced. I had a ten-gallon hat. It was quite absurd. (Sang Quotes) My house was really like ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’ I sang in the choir and was very involved in the church. (Sang Quotes) I grew up the son of a Seventh Day Adventist minister, so I was really close to the church and sang church music between sips at my bottle, you know? I sat on the piano bench next to my mother. She was the church organist, so that music is deeply inside of me. (Sang Quotes) I sang in church, but growing up in the neighborhood, music was more of an expression of relief or entertainment. (Sang Quotes) I grew up in the Southern Baptist Church, where my father was a minister at music, so I sang in the church all the time. (Sang Quotes)

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