Basically, my mother couldn't hold a tune and when I was a baby, a rather tactless baby, I would ask her not to sing... you can't get to sleep if someone is singing off key nearby.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her.
When you're a parent, you sing better. It becomes a pure pleasure, rather than something I have to do.
My mother tried to teach me when I was a small child to sing but failed because of my inability to carry a tune.
As I got older, I got Parkinson's disease, so I couldn't sing at all. That's what happened to me. I was singing at my best strength when I developed Parkinson's. I think I've had it for quite a while.
I found it was really impossible for me to write songs when I couldn't sing.
I could always sing, from a really young age, but my voice was really weird. I used to make my mum turn up the radio every day in our house. She was well into music so I got that from her.
I don't over-sing anymore, which I used to suffer from terribly because I couldn't hear myself.
When I was 6, I opened my mouth and didn't stop singing. I had a voice and wanted to use it.
I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet.
I sing seriously to my mom on the phone. To put her to sleep, I have to sing 'Maria' from West Side Story. When I hear her snoring, I hang up.