Frankie Valli Quotes

I like writing all different kinds of songs. I've wanted to run the gamut of artists.

I am comfortable with anything I sing: jazz, gospel, classical. It doesn't matter. I can do it all.

I'm not really a country singer, although I did make a couple albums and love its simple, straight-from-the-heart approach, but I have always sung a lot of jazz, show tunes, pop tunes, gospel and blues.

If you call yourself a singer, then you must have the ability to sing anything, whether it's pop, classical, rock, sufi, or folk.

I don't just sing R&B: I'm able to sing pop and play with other sounds, but it's all real soulful.

I know that composers know my voice type and what songs will suit me. I have been able to mould my voice according to the nature of the song given to me, be it rock, pop or jazz.

I like to sing very much.

What is music about? You can't listen to one era, one composer, and know what music is about.

I enjoy all aspects of singing and I'm luckily given the choice to be part of different styles of music.

I can't sing anything other than country!

Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer.

I never called myself a jazz singer. I just call myself a vocalist because I love to sing all kinds of things.

You know, I am very versatile in music.

I have a high range. Sometimes I sound like Stevie Winwood. Some people say I sound like Peter Gabriel. Some of the songs I write are funky. Others are slow. Some are ponderous, and some are there to shock. I must say some are pretty damn good, too.

As a songwriter, I've got a lot of facets, so to speak. When you come to a live show, you get a better sense of that, because you'll see me performing a piano ballad and some acoustic songs and some not acoustic songs, all in the same set.

I've always had a close connection to both rock and classical music.

I have more than one side of me that likes to get out on a stage and sing.

It's probably a combination of personal and non-personal matters that have led us to where we are musically.

Every violinist has a different style, so it's important to be able to recognise their styles. You don't have to like everyone's style but you have to know these styles.

I can't just turn over and sing disco or rock.

We are rich in the quantity of songs rather than in the quality. The singer has to go through hundreds of compositions before he finds one that really says something.

I really love singing.

It's a real gift to be able to have the works of brilliant, great people to learn from and build from. It gives you so much more to draw on, and then you don't have to be all about three-chord pop songs. I don't really like that kind of writing.

Since my father is a musician as well, he taught me growing up that if you can play jazz, you can learn all instruments and write on them. He wanted me to be a songwriter that can do anything in any genre. I'm all about doing every genre.

The word music is a convenient way to talk about what I'm interested in, but actually, in some ways, it's a limitation.