Chloe Kohanski Quotes

Singers, like Frank Sinatra and myself, we interpret the songs that we like. Not unlike a Shakespearean actor that goes back to the greatest words ever written, we go back to the greatest songs and bring about my interpretation of them.

I'm always trying to think of something clever and fun to do with the music. There's so many cool things musicians and artists can do with their products.

I've sung other people's music all my life.

It bothers me when musicians listen to music from the '60s and try and recreate it. Those people weren't trying to recreate music from the '20s. Why do it?

Remixed songs in a way are helping the legendary songs revive their charm and reach out to the newer generations.

Springsteen's 'Thunder Road' and Carole King's 'It's Too Late' are examples of why I am a singer/songwriter. I practice these songs every day. The melodies are timeless in the rock world, the lyrics are words that I need to say, and they need to be heard again.

There aren't that many people that cover my music. It's kind of hard to cover. Everybody always has their own spin. The only guy who didn't, I think, was Seal. It just sounded like a bad version of 'Fly Like an Eagle.'

The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of the Instrument.

There is a wealth of twentieth century music that is being re-discovered by a generation that hasn't heard it.

Usually, I cut songs by other people that are artists that I already love.

I'm now comfortable playing a lot of the old songs, and I've gotten out a lot of the old equipment.

A friend of mine once told me that I can't screw up when I play my own music. I also take voice lessons, play other peoples' songs out of music books, and occasionally figure out how to play other people's music from records. This keeps my ears, fingers, and mind working.

I am the architect of rock n' roll. I have to be a fan of all its forms.

I became famous, I think, really because of the interpretation of other people's songs, way back when, and that's what I enjoy the most. And I'm a lazy bugger.

How many of the original songs survive intact from the slave cabins? Probably not many in their original form. Time has transformed them like light in a prism. What we hope to present is a version of those spirituals, and they speak not just to black Americans, but to people worldwide.

Old music is the same as new music - it's just a different way of delivering it.

Music is my passion, singing, performing. I play piano and musical theater is my background.

I think playback singing has a lot to do with voice acting. I would suggest to all the youngsters to understand the character, situation, and the story behind the songs. That is when you can add soul to the rendition which, I think, is missing in today's music.

You can really walk around a song and completely, if it's a good song, look at it from a lot of different angles. Johnny Cash with Rick Rubin illustrated that perfectly.

If I could be a musician, I'd do it. I love singing.

I really - I just wanna sing. And I wanna show people that I can sing.

I trained myself by doing other people's songs in clubs way back when. And so I have no pride about doing covers. I love it. And being a song interpreter, to me, is just as important as, you know, putting your own thing out there. It's all about the soul - where the soul comes from.

Music videos, to me, are like an extension of a song.

I love singing fun songs; I've built a career on them.

I don't think country music needs saving from anything.