I don't rely on catchphrases or really like sing-along. I just do whatever I feel. Whatever the beat makes me say, I do that and I run with that. It's been working for me, so I'd be cool with that.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.
You know, I think you have to sound right singing whatever it is that you sing.
Attempting to write vocal oriented songs to me felt like going through the motions and if you are going to go through the motions you might as well just do any gig that caused you to do repetitive motions like banging a hammer or serving fries.
I have never sung a whole song on my own before and I am not the best dancer in the world, but I would rather try and fall than not not try at all.
A lot of the way I sing is playing off other musicians. It's what I love to do the most.
The choruses are important for me. I want to say something, and sing-along is great.
Sometimes you sing songs about the way you want to feel more than the way you actually do feel.
If you're working with a producer like Rick Rubin or whatever, you sing each line probably 30 different ways. Each time, they're like, 'Can you try it this way? Can you try it that way?' That's each line in the song, for each song.
In some ways, I've always approached singing as acting, and the voice is just like a way of carrying the song.
The way I teach people to sing... I have them talk the lyric out until it sounds like something they really believe, like an actor with a monologue.