Vocalist Quotes
'Somebody That I Used to Know,' like a lot of the record, was a bit of a struggle to finish. It was written fairly quickly - I wrote it in November 2010 - but it took six months to find Kimbra and really realize she was the right vocalist to make the female part come to life. There were constant hurdles.
Gotye
![Bernie Worrell quote: "We used to have a main female vocalist. But she had a baby...."](/pic/168444/600x316/quotation-bernie-worrell-we-used-to-have-a-main-female-vocalist-but-she.jpg)
![Cassandra Wilson quote: "I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz..."](/pic/156269/600x316/quotation-cassandra-wilson-ive-often-cringed-when-i-heard-myself.jpg)
When it's open and honest, that's when the real nature of who you are as a vocalist or as a performer, all of that stuff can finally start to become what it's supposed to be. Like a settling into yourself. It's not even a musical thing, it's a whole mindset, a whole acceptance of who you were supposed to be. Life sounds good.
Alison Krauss
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Van Morrison is probably, at this point in time, my biggest influence as a vocalist. When we were making our last album I had a vinyl copy of 'Veedon Fleece' in the vocal booth in front of me, in the dorky sense. I think there were candles around, which is really tacky, but hey, I needed to channel Van the Man!
Nate Ruess