The fact that I could sing in a way that might not be right for RADA but is right for me was a brand-new concept.
I have my own thing that I do really well, but it's not singing. It's more of a screaming-type thing.
I mean, it wasnt like I had said to myself beforehand, 'OK, I'm gonna go out there and sing 'The Star-Spangled Banner' in the weirdest way possible and cause a commotion.' I just sang it the way I felt it I sang it the only way I could.
A unique style comes from not being able to do things in a conventional manner. If David Byrne could have sung like Paul McCartney, he would have.
I started rejecting the proper way to sing and I started singing.
I've tried to maintain a certain bit of originality in that I don't want to necessarily sing like a soulful gospel singer or like an ethereal Celtic singer - I never wanted to be pulled into any one direction.
I hear a lot of people singing in funny voices and singing like they're stupid. Singing in a deliberately fey and dumb and childish way. And I find it to be a disturbing trend.
The way that I sing is very mumbled-together, and so I guess I'm kind of stuck with it now.
I feel like my singing is not conventional. I mean, if you look at technique, I'm not a technical singer.
It's not easy, though, singing upside down in a headstand on a raised platform with your unfettered breasts hitting you in the chin.
[Cole Porter] sang like a hinge.
All I ever did was the songs I wanted to sing, in the way I wanted to sing them, and when people went crazy about them, it totally surprised me.
