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

I never thought of myself as a singer, like ever, ever, ever. It's hysterical that I sing.

I've never really thought of myself as a singer.

I never thought of myself as a good singer.

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

I never tried to sing like anybody else, fortunately I didn't sound like anybody else. It just happened.

I was never much of a singer. I was terrible. It's embarrassing: I was trying to sound like everybody else. I went through a big Cure phase, so I was trying to do that kind of dramatic voice.

Originally I considered myself a singer.

I don't know many singers who actually do like the sound of their own voice.

In my vocal, I think you can hear something of my earlier times when I'd sing in subway halls for the echo and perform doo-wop on street corners. But I had a lot of influences, too - singers like Sam Cooke, Brook Benton and Roy Hamilton.