The songs that I sing and the songs that I write have always just been what I feel my voice does well, and what my inspirations have been and a kind of culmination of everything. Josh Groban More Quotes by Josh Groban More Quotes From Josh Groban I'd give away my soul Josh Groban soul song giving After using four different languages on an album, it's tough to decide which one I'm gonna actually learn to speak. I always study the lyric, make sure I know what I'm singing, and try to get the pronunciation as perfect as possible. Josh Groban singing perfect trying When you're walking in, basically like a kid a candy store, to a project where there's an endless canon of material, you have to step back from it as a self-indulgence. You have to look at it neutrally. Josh Groban self kids looks Don't try to be like me. Try to be like yourself. Try to be very good at being yourself. Josh Groban being-yourself like-you trying Don't give up. It's just the weight of the world. Josh Groban dont-give-up giving-up world Acting was definitely half of what I loved about storytelling and about theater. So, when I get a chance to do a cameo in a show or do a movie, it's a lot of fun and it's always great stepping outside of yourself and either playing a bizarro version of yourself or playing a character. Josh Groban acting fun character It's really tough to make a name for yourself without compromising and without fitting yourself into a real specific mold. When I made the choice that I would be involved in every aspect of music and not necessarily make music for radio or MTV, I was saying, 'OK, this is me. You decide who it is.' Josh Groban mtv real names I have to work hard to not look like a nerd all the time. My friends are the only people I know that don't care about my image. I need to have people who treat me just as Josh, not as Josh the singer. Josh Groban nerd hard-work people Music is so 100 percent for me that the idea of giving that up in any way, shape, or form would be terrifying to me. Josh Groban would-be giving ideas I believe That angels breathe And that love will live on and never leave Josh Groban i-believe angel believe Art matters because it is the one true great connector in a world that seems to be very unconnected. Josh Groban matter world art My life is an unfinished product, but instead of just saying, 'How do I top what I've accomplished,' I decided I wanted to move forward, express my growth and take a big step into the next chapter. Josh Groban next growth moving The shower is my time to open up my operatic chops, because of the enormous echo. You sound five times as big in the shower, so I break into some "Nessun Dorma" from Puccini 's Turandot or Pearl Jam. You've got to go big when you're in the shower. There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva. Josh Groban echoes rocks stars Musically, between me and my fans and also me and my team, who between management and record label have always just let me be me, it's fun to pave a path. It's fun to feel like you're doing things your own way. So in that regard I haven't had to worry about any bar but my own. Josh Groban team worry fun I wanted to focus on songs that I was inspired by growing up. I love so many of them from the last 100 years, but I really wanted, for my first step forward, to choose material that has inspired me and got me into the world of musical theater. Josh Groban growing-up song years There is a certain... chivalry to the style of singing I normally do. Part of the fun for me will be to leave that at the door. Josh Groban style doors fun My feeling is, Twitter's free. If people want to have a political discourse with me on Twitter, and they disagree with me, I've got all the time in the world for that. It's when it gets nasty that I have problems. Josh Groban political feelings people I'm the depresso guy on holidays. Josh Groban holiday guy I hate birthdays. It's so funny, people always come up to me, "Hey! It's my birthday!" But when it's my birthday, I don't want to talk about it, I don't wanna tell anybody. Josh Groban my-birthday hate people I think some industries are so far behind the rest of humanity, in the way they see characters and cast shows. Once those walls get broken down, it changes everything. Josh Groban wall character thinking
