You have to have a little soul in your singing. The kind of soul that's in the spirituals. That's why I'd like to include spiritual material in the sets I do. It's a part of my life.
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Wherever and whenever I sing, if there is only one spiritual on a program, people will talk about two things afterward, and one of them will be the spiritual. What I bring to this is the best of my classical training - not all of it. I apply what is appropriate.
I would love to put out music that was just stunning or soul-baring or whatever. But I don't think I have the voice for it.
I grew up listening to a lot of soul music, which has probably informed the way that I sing on my tracks.
People think you have to go through a lot of changes to become a soul singer, You just have to go through life.
Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.
There are a lot of unseen elements to having a successful singing career.
As far as I'm concerned, I'm now in the business of making spiritual records and using my voice for that purpose. I'm not going to be singing songs that I made in the past. I closed the door on that incarnation of Sinead O'Connor.
My music has a very spiritual background, a sanctity that is almost like worship.
I think there are times when a song can be a spiritual experience - just making music, in general, is pretty much that.
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