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He learned through the way that my father and I felt about his songs, his country songs, that they were great songs. And then he went out and sang them for the audiences that we found, and he found a tremendous reaction to that.

I do know a good singer when I hear one.

I never saw myself as a singer; I never really thought I had the voice for it.

I never thought of myself as a really particularly great singer.

There are so many great singers out there.

There's a lot of great singers out here.

Bill Bennett really became an idol for me. I listened to him every morning from 6 to 9 for, oh, years.

I never thought of myself as a good singer.

Let's be clear: I love singing at the Met.

I went to watch Coldplay in Florida and saw Chris Martin before they went on. He sang 'What Makes You Beautiful' before the chorus of 'Yellow' kicked in. That was so strange because he's an inspiration for me. I think he's so good, he's sick... he's a really nice guy too.