Maybe it is true what they say, that playing these Chuck Berry songs is easy. But try singing them. The words come out hard, like bullets.
And my voice now is a struggle, it's a daily struggle to keep it up. Gravity has begun to fight the vocal cords the way it does with everybody. So I have a vocal therapist, and we record the sessions and I use them on tour every day.
When people are training to become singers, they all have moments when they hit a wall.
I started singing in the bathroom. Nothing was coming out. It was ghastly.
I still struggle with my low notes. It's just always been something for me: I'm not a low singer. I have a really high voice.
When I sing, there is an almost constant struggle with pitch and with reaching notes in the higher register.
As my mother said, I never sprang out of bed with a glad shout! My voice needed oiling and then it took off.
Early on, I tried to sing, but sustaining a note was something I wasn't comfortable with. So I tried to get off of the note as soon as I could.
With stammering lips and insufficient sound I strive and struggle to deliver right the music of my nature.
Do you know the solo at the end of 'Why Don't You Love Me Any More?' that sounds like a chainsaw breaking through? That is what I can't do with my voice. That's when you hear how painful this has been to me.
