Bernard Sumner Quotes

When I started really singing I was 17, 18 years old. I used to go around trying to be a singer in the Bronx. My knees would shake but I learned by doing.

I've always enjoyed singing and can't recall a time in my life where I wasn't singing. I'm most grateful for the strength I have in that department. I have a lot of bad habits on the guitar which limits my playing ability. But I get a little better each year.

Now, when we first started, I would be playing something good and then feel like I wasn't doing the right thing and launch into some idiotic cliche. Luckily for me, Bobby was patient.

I had a kind of artrock band called Peanut for a while, which eventually helped me over my fear of singing. That was a big step for me. I never dreamed I could sing songs in front of people.

When I first began to learn to sing... I would get off on nearly every line and did not know it. I have learned to know when I am off.

I always knew I had a voice and I've always known I could sing, but I was too shy to let it come out. I think it's the hardest thing to do, to sing in front of people. When I finally let go and did it, I realized it's what I'm most talented at and what I love to do the most.

I've never really been a confident person, except from a musical standpoint. I had to push myself early on, but it got easier with each gig.

It took me a long time to find my voice as a singer, and I'm happy that I did.

I picked Dad's guitar up when I was 8. It hurt to play, so I put it down and picked it back up when I was 15 and dug in. The guitar helped me come out of my shell and kind of gave me an identity at school.

Now I'm more sure and I feel myself more comfortable singing.

It Might As Well Be Spring... I used to sing that as a young girl in my voice lessons. Then I picked it up again and it spoke to me in a whole new way.

By the time I did that third solo album, I'd finally learned how to do it, but I'd also learned that I liked being in a band.

I sang a lot as a little girl and entered competitions. I loved singing in choirs, but it was as I got older that I really found my voice.

My only ambition is to grow as a musician.

The short answer is, yes, I think I have become a better singer.

I started playing guitar when I was 14 and eventually gained the confidence to start singing a little bit.

Some people have the gift where they can just sing. I don't have the fail-safe voice, so it has to be something that I need to sing about.

I was a late bloomer, but I realised that people really liked it when I played blues scales and, with the piano, I had that insatiable need to prove myself.

When I started learning the violin, my choir teacher thought I could sing. But when I first got on stage, I froze!

I never thought I could sing. I still don't.

Maybe I was just born with a little bit of vocals or natural talent, but I feel like I taught myself.

Everyone has to start somewhere! I certainly didn't sound great when I first started playing, and I remember all my guitar teachers, both good and bad, and what it felt like to struggle with even the simplest of things.

For me, learning how to sing was just like learning how to speak.

I love singing. I'm a great singer.

I wasn't learning to sing because I thought I could; I was learning to sing because I knew I couldn't.