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Quotes about song and singing
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The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless. (Wopat Tom)
I have two favorite songs. My first is called 'Dance of The Robe' and it's a very powerful number where she is feeling the pressure from her people to take on the responsibility of leading them. (Wopat Tom)
I think it's his perception of knowing how to make a record build, keeping the integrity of the song in the music and really adding a lot of musical elements to compliment my voice and to compliment the song. (Wopat Tom)
Singers like her, Patti, Tina Turner, I revere them when I'm in their presence. (Wopat Tom)
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That's what I admire about women like Tina Turner and Patti and Gladys Knight and Cher, it's a wonderful path to follow. (Wopat Tom)
The opportunity to record the song came when Phil Collins' record label, Atlantic, was doing a tribute album to him and they asked all these different artists to do renditions of his songs. (Wopat Tom)
The song came out to be a gem, just came out to be a really, really interesting rendition of it. (Wopat Tom)
This song 'Dance of The Robe' is a ritual that they do to give this princess the strength to take on the responsibility. (Wopat Tom)
When I first heard that song, it was a ballad but it had a lot more. It felt like a gospel song when I first heard it and it just moved me. (Wopat Tom)
That's why these songs have lasted as long as they have because they're just about feelings that don't change. They are love songs, they are not specific, those kinds of feelings don't change. (Wopat Tom)
The album is a definite departure. I haven't written original material before, except for one song on my first album, but Elvis and I did six songs together on this one. (Wopat Tom)
You know, I've sung a lot of emotional songs in my life, but when you're writing it yourself, it's very difficult to decide what to reveal. (Wopat Tom)
Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a concept. There's no overriding theme I'm trying to represent. It's all about the individual songs. (Wopat Tom)
I'm never sure if I'll ever write another song, what the song will be about and if what initially sparked the beginning of a song might complete it. (Wopat Tom)
My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listened to all of the crappy songs that I wrote when I was 8 years old and encouraged me to keep doing it. (Wopat Tom)
Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse. (Wopat Tom)
The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or something I've felt, or something somebody's told me. It all comes together. (Wopat Tom)
I still have my hands and I can still write songs. I still have my body and I can still dance. I owe God so much because things are going so well. (Wopat Tom)
It's so different from sitting in your living room and writing a song on the piano by yourself. When I first started recording I had no idea what was going on. As time went by I figured it out. I had to learn about other instruments and how they work and fit together. It's like a puzzle. (Wopat Tom)
My songs are a direct route into my brain and my heart. (Wopat Tom)
I had just lost my dad and I remembered all the songs we used to go and hear at concerts, and the records around the house and sometimes we'd play together. (Wopat Tom)
So I didn't have anything to do with picking the songs, but I got to musically take them in places I thought might be interesting, so it was a real neat collaboration among the three of us. (Wopat Tom)
That's the one thing that is really timeless is the songs. The artistry, the popularity of the artistry, that's going to come and go. (Wopat Tom)
The real amazing thing about all of this is I think I've maintained the mentality of a musician throughout it all, which I'm proudest of. And I'm still playing on people's records and singing on people's records. (Wopat Tom)
“I'm a country songwriter and we write cry-in-your-beer songs. That's what we do. Something that you can slow dance to.” (Wopat Tom)
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