"I sing what I sing." — Kathleen Battle

"I sing what I sing."

— Kathleen Battle

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14 Quotes by Kathleen Battle

Kathleen Battle has 14 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I hear music that comes out of need, out of grief, sorrow, suffering and out of overcoming these things, as…
The question is not... if art is enough to fulfill my life, but if I am true to the path…
How many of the original songs survive intact from the slave cabins? Probably not many in their original form. Time…
I bring my classical training - some of it, but not all of it - and also my background and…
I can't imagine life without singing.
In spirituals, the talk of heaven and deliverance was code for a better life. 'Crossing the River Jordan' was code,…
New York is a great place to be fed in the arts. The arts in general are a large part…
Some of the music I listen to is pop. I sing it in the shower - and then for public…
Wherever and whenever I sing, if there is only one spiritual on a program, people will talk about two things…
When I do concerts and recitals, the two most common requests are spirituals and opera.
I think for more than half of my career, I have refrained from talking to the media.
People are drawn to the spiritual. It has a universal appeal.

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I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain and… — Wystan Hugh Auden
All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song. — Louis Armstrong
No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. — Wystan Hugh Auden
I have a buddy of mine who's a musician, and I play guitar and sing quite a bit with him. — Jensen Ackles
I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing. — Lauren Bacall
A lot of people when they try to sing Skid Row songs, they're screaming and yelling too much. It's more… — Sebastian Bach
Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint… — Erykah Badu
I don't sing melodically. Rhyme pattern is how I sing. I also write like a lyricist or an MC because… — Erykah Badu
I have the ability to sing with emotion and feeling, but if you say I sound like Billie Holiday, that's… — Erykah Badu
I had - after I sang the 'Star Spangled Banner' so badly, after my tragic singing accident, after that, you… — Roseanne Barr
I dream about singing. I would love to sing and write. — Emmanuelle Beart
The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no… — Eric Berne

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