Alia Shawkat Quotes

I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him.

So I went into jazz and performed in jazz clubs all over the country.

What I always expect to deliver to my audience is a very entertaining evening of singing and playing.

Whether you are doing it in the bar, the church, the strip joint, or the Himalayas, the first duty of music is to complement and enhance life.

I went to School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, and we had a bunch of singing classes. My first job in New York was an Off-Broadway musical.

I sang a lot in college - I was in a choral group in college. But, then, when I moved to New York, I really just concentrated on acting.

I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants.

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

I enjoy playing clubs. I still enjoy the closeness of the nightclub venue. However, after a certain period of time and after playing around some of the clubs in New YorkI felt that jazz should be presented in a more prestigious atmosphere.

I've never been in a band, but I've hung out with a lot of musicians and helped them with their shows. It's something that I'm really drawn to.

I was in New York doing musicals in the theater and on Broadway before 'Orange,' so people always ask, 'Are you ever going to get to sing? Does she even sing?' But people who know me know I actually do sing.

Between sixteen and eighteen, I was singing anywhere I could, in bars or down at the pub.

I can play characters who sing, but I don't like singing in a nightclub or something. It's not my metier.

I love to conduct opera.

I preferred not to be laden down with a big instrument. If you're behind a guitar, you get used to being behind a guitar, and you don't really perform because you can't. I wanted to be able to just hold on to the mike and sing.

I think a duet with Janet is a great idea.

I'm not a huge musical fan. It's like when people just jump out singing; it's not real.

I think, generally, I just cannot really envision life without writing and producing records and singing.

I played piano back in my elementary school days and I sang a cappella back in college.

The Tinted Windows shows were very fun but it's very different for me as a performer. I'm not playing music - I'm just singing and I missed that. I miss rocking out on keys, drums, guitar... whatever it is.

I have been called the human jukebox, yes. But karaoke is not meant for people who can sing!

I love singing! I was a musical theater girl in high school. We were always singing and dancing around, and just doing little community theaters and high school musicals. Then, when I got to NYU, I focused more on drama.

'm not saying I would never do acting again, because I love it, but there really is nothing compared to getting up in front of people and singing your music.

The jazz boom was goin' on then so there was a lot happenin' in New York at that time.

I have always loved music. My mom used to sing with my sister and I when I was younger, and I was in choirs and loved to perform, but when I was in college, I went on a study abroad to Trinidad, and while I was there, I sang backup at my first concert.