Alan Cumming Quotes About Songs

Quotes about: Songs

• If you are a cabaret artist and you are mostly singing other people's songs, you're asking them to rethink a song, listen to it in a different way. The most impact you can have while asking them to re-listen to a song is if it's a song they know very well.

  Alan Cumming

  Song, Artist, Impact

  "Cumming around again". Interview with Gregg Shapiro, chicago.gopride.com. February 18, 2016.

• Often for me, if I hear a song I know, it clicks for me and I hear it in a different way and I think, "I could sing that song. I've got something to say about that song. Wanting to connect with an audience and wanting them to rethink songs; it is actually important to do songs they're familiar with. Also, I love those songs. In a way, I think I've changed people's perceptions of what a cabaret show like this could be.

  Alan Cumming

  Song, Thinking, People

  "Cumming around again". Interview with Gregg Shapiro, chicago.gopride.com. February 18, 2016.

• Usually, there's a story I've told that leads up to why I'm singing the song. The whole concept of the show was about being authentic and connecting with these songs. The best way to do that was in a room with an audience and for people to listen to that.

  Alan Cumming

  Song, People, Singing

  "Cumming around again". Interview with Gregg Shapiro, chicago.gopride.com. February 18, 2016.

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