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You can't fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the need, that's got nothing to do with it. It's how you connect to the songs and to the history behind them.

— Etta James

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

When you are real in your music, people know it and they feel your authenticity.

— Wynonna Judd

You can't fake listening. It shows.

— Raquel Welch

Not compromising the music, but there is a way, by just showing the people that you're sincere and honest with what you're doing, and by talking to them.

— Chuck Mangione

Each time I play a song it seems more real.

— Robert Smith

Some music comes from a real place; some music comes from your imagination. It's difficult to find out what's real and what's not, especially with the gangster stuff.

— Ice T

It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When I hear that happening, I have to say, 'What's the point?'

— M. Ward

You have to focus hard on recording songs that you believe in.

— Trisha Yearwood

Anything I sing is supposed to be genuine. It's not supposed to be make-believe or I'm making something for the crowd to jump or to hold up their hands.

— Wayne Wonder

Most of all I want to make pop music that has something real behind it.

— Alex Winston

✗Opposing Perspectives

If you wanna be famous, then it's okay if the music is fake, because fame isn't real.

— Josh Homme