Lata Mangeshkar Quotes

With singing, the name of the game is to make yourself believable. When somebody hears you sing a song, and they say, 'Oh, that must have happened to him,' that's when you know you're transmitting. It's like being a good actor. You make people feel things, emotions and what not.

I love Emmylou Harris's version of my song, 'Sweet Old World.' Her intonation is great.

As a singer, you have to bring the soul to the song.

Reading music is good for training, getting things done in a hurry. It doesn't teach you nothing about feeling.

I'm pretty good at delivering my songs, but I just want to perfect the craft by creating melodies.

We have to put expressions in a song when we sing it.

When I feel it, I got it, 'cause, like, on 'Changes,' I didn't never know what that song was, never knew who it was or who did it, but Tom Brenneck asked me to do that song.

I love the whole aspect of music, especially the singing; I never get tired of finding new songs to sing and sing them in a way that's interesting for the public.

I'm always thinking about songs and how I can sing a song that would resonate with my voice, my persona. I want it to be a pleasant experience that's not just about hearing my voice. I remember some singers whose voices were so pretty, it didn't matter what they sang - you loved it.

One day, I was taken into a room with 25 animators, all working on Sadness. They asked me a lot of questions, and they got something of the way I move into the character.

Doing audiobooks is kind of an actor's dream because you get to play all the parts.

Singers have a lot in common with actors because you have to dig deep into a song and show the audience what you are feeling as you sing.

We're in the business of using real emotions to bring pretend emotions to life.

Doing voiceover is so much fun because you can play with the lines as much as you want. You can put a whole bunch of energy into it, jump up and down, whatever you got to do.

We're more about other things over odd timings: orchestration, composition, horn/vocal arrangements - that's where we get super weird.

I tried to get a job in music but was too unique to stand behind someone as a backing vocal or to sing in weddings.

I use a lot of piano riffs in my production, and someone who I was working with said that I played so good that it sound like Beethoven.

Dubbing is an important part of acting, and I feel complete only when it's my voice that is heard. Having essayed the character, I know the kinds of emotions that are required for each scene.

The fundamental job of the actor is to tell about the human condition, to be a voice for the truest ideas and deepest emotions.

When I'm in a session with an artist, my job is to help execute their vision - so it's whatever story they're telling, and the news doesn't specifically affect that.

My experience and growth in the film music world and the time I've spent studying legendary film composers have given me depth of insight into how music can inspire a range of emotions.

I am a pop and R&B singer. I'm not necessarily an Indian singer or musician. I sing in English, and the music I do blends hip hop, pop, R&B, and soul.

I am happy film stars are singing in their films. I hope to work as a music director for a film where actors will sing all the songs.

If you're good enough to play a role with emotion and universal human elements, then you'll get others coming to you.

I enjoy singing soulful melodies because they add that extra zing to your performance.