So in those days, they were scooping up any young person who could sing and look decent, ah, at the same time.
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There are a lot of people who look great but can't sing.
When I joined the music scene, a lot of big-ticket singers were not getting good work... It was a lean phase.
I learned so many roles so quickly as a young singer, I thought it was time to come back to them and make them better - deeper, more nuanced.
Well, the music industry is littered with actors who belatedly came to singing.
They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time.
It worries me that young singers think you can shortcut the training and go straight to fame and fortune, and programmes like Pop Idol have encouraged that.
When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music.
The thing about a music career is that it ain't over until the fat lady sings. Look at all the times people threw in the towel on Dylan - or Neil Young. Remember when Young was doing things in the '80s like 'Trans' and the rockabilly album and being completely lambasted by critics who now think he is wonderful again?
There are a lot of unseen elements to having a successful singing career.
So many songwriters peak in their early 20s because they're living off their passions.
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