Aaron Neville Quotes

Singing isn't always about being on key; it's about emotionality.

I listen to a lot of singers, because I find phrasing to be one of the most essential elements of playing.

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

Singing and playing have always gone hand-in-hand with me. I love 'em both equally.

I've always loved to sing.

I sing like a lark.

I love singing. I love singing at home.

You don't play around with a good song. You try to just say it right in the proper place, and if you get the music and voice in tune, you'll be all right. That's always worked for me.

As a singer, you kind of are able to feel notes.

I really love singing. I love singing harmony, mostly.

I have always loved singing.

When people ask me, 'Are you a singer?' I say, 'No, I'm not a 'singer' - but I love the craft of singing,' going in and finding out what that means or why the hell I'm singing in the first place. My thing is really the craft of it.

Music is the universal language.

Unless you're singing something that's kind of in rhythm with the bass, the melodies, it's just difficult.

If you lose your concentration singing harmony, then it's lackluster and no fun to watch.

I enjoy all aspects of singing and I'm luckily given the choice to be part of different styles of music.

I went to college at North Carolina School of the Arts and took a lot of singing classes, and it really is so connected to emotions.

I may be learning guitar, but I'll never be able to sing.

I sing around the house, in the shower.

I liken movies to playing a piano: Sometimes you're playing the chords and different notes with unresolved cadences and playing all major chords that are all over the place, and you're enjoying yourself with a great, simple melody.

I can't sing, like, I can't saaang. I'm no Luther! That to me is singing. Being able to hit a note doesn't mean you can sing.

Starting in music, where I get a chance to connect with the lyrics of a song, I learned so much about performing on stage and connecting to your audience and to what you're singing about. Singing is very emotional. Every song has its own purpose.

You have to follow every melodic line, every emotional idea, or you don't get your money's worth.

To me, playing an instrument and singing, all of these different things are just as natural to me as rhyming.

I'm the kind of person who can hear that stuff. If you sing along to the radio and you're not going to sing unison with the melody, but find the harmony, I find that pretty easy to do.