Prince Philip Quotes

If you don't write good music, people aren't going to listen to anything you say.

You've just got to believe that people will see and appreciate the value in the music and the artistry that we bring when they hear it.

There's no difference in a lot of people's minds between good musicians and popular musicians.

You know, when I did 'American Idol' the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

The music that is played on the radio all the time or written about in magazines has nothing to do with musicianship.

Boy bands should be exploded from a great height. They're just pretty people singing music written by others.

I went from a playing in a bar on a bar stool for free beer and tip money, where people weren't paying attention to me, to now I've got their attention. It's up to me to what I feed them with my music. It's up to me how I do that. I've put a lot of thought into how great the songs are, and how I want people to perceive me.

Growing up, I was in all the musicals and everything... I'd come home from school and bash out a few Whitney Houston songs.

I had some great mentors as I was coming up and starting to sing so early - I've been singing since I was four.

In case you're wondering whether I lip synch, the answer is no... people think so because I sound so good.

There are a lot of singers who cannot sing to save their lives. We have to accept it, but thank God there is such a thing as live shows. It's only when people are faced with live shows that the world gets to know how good or how bad they are.

I'm so crazy about making albums and singing and dancing.

All I really care about is making great music and putting on great shows. I think, to do that, you have to be fearless. It certainly doesn't help to be insecure.

Bands in the Nineties seem to forget the entertainment aspect of rock music.

You hear what Thug says in his songs - the musical level of it is so crazy that it doesn't register with some people, so they call it trash. But anybody who loves music can appreciate what he's doing.

I want to write songs, and I would like to play and sing them. I'm not a politician; I'm not a comedian. I hate coming up with bits to do between songs.

I know how to do music, no matter how weird I look on stage with the face paint, mask, and hospital scrubs.

You see somebody rapping and you're like, "Nah, my cousin can do that." You're spoiled by the experience. Overseas, it's still something that people can appreciate.

I think I will always be performing; I don't think I can take that away. Because I really just enjoy it. I like getting up to sing; I like the challenge of learning new material and singing it in front of an audience.

I always said that I wouldn't use a teleprompter, and if I start to sing real flat, I'll hang it up.

The world must be filled with unsuccessful musical careers like mine, and it's probably a good thing. We don't need a lot of bad musicians filling the air with unnecessary sounds. Some of the professionals are bad enough.

I want to get to the point where one day I don't have to have anything but a rug and a microphone stand on stage and still be able to sell out places like Madison Square Garden, like Bruce Springsteen does.

It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs.

I knew I always wanted to sing.