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Cynthia Erivo

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2379 total appearances

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Fresh Air
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'

And I just sort of fell in love. I didn't really, I didn't really know because I didn't know who that was. And then I started asking questions and my mum told me it was Aretha Franklin. And so I was aware of How much I loved music and that I wanted to be a singer and I just sort of fell in love with her voice.

Fresh Air
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'

And I just sort of fell in love. I didn't really, I didn't really know because I didn't know who that was. And then I started asking questions and my mum told me it was Aretha Franklin. And so I was aware of How much I loved music and that I wanted to be a singer and I just sort of fell in love with her voice.

Fresh Air
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'

The fact that she could do that with Annie Lennox and then that on her own just was astounding to me. Did you try to emulate her? I don't think I tried to emulate her. I just wanted to listen to everything she had. And I started learning her music pretty, pretty early. Yeah.

Fresh Air
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'

The fact that she could do that with Annie Lennox and then that on her own just was astounding to me. Did you try to emulate her? I don't think I tried to emulate her. I just wanted to listen to everything she had. And I started learning her music pretty, pretty early. Yeah.

Fresh Air
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'

The fact that she could do that with Annie Lennox and then that on her own just was astounding to me. Did you try to emulate her? I don't think I tried to emulate her. I just wanted to listen to everything she had. And I started learning her music pretty, pretty early. Yeah.

Fresh Air
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'

The fact that she could do that with Annie Lennox and then that on her own just was astounding to me. Did you try to emulate her? I don't think I tried to emulate her. I just wanted to listen to everything she had. And I started learning her music pretty, pretty early. Yeah.

Fresh Air
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'

The fact that she could do that with Annie Lennox and then that on her own just was astounding to me. Did you try to emulate her? I don't think I tried to emulate her. I just wanted to listen to everything she had. And I started learning her music pretty, pretty early. Yeah.

Fresh Air
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'

Oh, yeah. Why was that important? Because the breath, I think, tells you everything about what the person is trying to say. You know, if you look at a sentence, where the comma goes tells you what the sentence means. If I say, today I've been feeling really, really bad. But, and now I say, today I've been feeling really bad. Bad. But it'll be all right.

Fresh Air
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'

Oh, yeah. Why was that important? Because the breath, I think, tells you everything about what the person is trying to say. You know, if you look at a sentence, where the comma goes tells you what the sentence means. If I say, today I've been feeling really, really bad. But, and now I say, today I've been feeling really bad. Bad. But it'll be all right.

Fresh Air
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'

Oh, yeah. Why was that important? Because the breath, I think, tells you everything about what the person is trying to say. You know, if you look at a sentence, where the comma goes tells you what the sentence means. If I say, today I've been feeling really, really bad. But, and now I say, today I've been feeling really bad. Bad. But it'll be all right.

Fresh Air
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'

Oh, yeah. Why was that important? Because the breath, I think, tells you everything about what the person is trying to say. You know, if you look at a sentence, where the comma goes tells you what the sentence means. If I say, today I've been feeling really, really bad. But, and now I say, today I've been feeling really bad. Bad. But it'll be all right.

Fresh Air
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'

Oh, yeah. Why was that important? Because the breath, I think, tells you everything about what the person is trying to say. You know, if you look at a sentence, where the comma goes tells you what the sentence means. If I say, today I've been feeling really, really bad. But, and now I say, today I've been feeling really bad. Bad. But it'll be all right.

Fresh Air
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'

Well, now it's one is I feel ill and one is emotionally I feel bad. You see? And so when she would breathe in different places and it would change the sentence structure, it would change the meaning of the song. Another person might sing it a completely different way. Can you sing us an example of what you mean? Sure. I use the song often to explain it because it's one, it's a beautiful song.

Fresh Air
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'

Well, now it's one is I feel ill and one is emotionally I feel bad. You see? And so when she would breathe in different places and it would change the sentence structure, it would change the meaning of the song. Another person might sing it a completely different way. Can you sing us an example of what you mean? Sure. I use the song often to explain it because it's one, it's a beautiful song.

Fresh Air
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'

Well, now it's one is I feel ill and one is emotionally I feel bad. You see? And so when she would breathe in different places and it would change the sentence structure, it would change the meaning of the song. Another person might sing it a completely different way. Can you sing us an example of what you mean? Sure. I use the song often to explain it because it's one, it's a beautiful song.

Fresh Air
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'

Well, now it's one is I feel ill and one is emotionally I feel bad. You see? And so when she would breathe in different places and it would change the sentence structure, it would change the meaning of the song. Another person might sing it a completely different way. Can you sing us an example of what you mean? Sure. I use the song often to explain it because it's one, it's a beautiful song.

Fresh Air
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'

Well, now it's one is I feel ill and one is emotionally I feel bad. You see? And so when she would breathe in different places and it would change the sentence structure, it would change the meaning of the song. Another person might sing it a completely different way. Can you sing us an example of what you mean? Sure. I use the song often to explain it because it's one, it's a beautiful song.

Fresh Air
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'

And two, I had to really, really dig in and learn it. And three, just is a wonderful example of how the breath work changes. It's called Never Grow Old. I had to learn it for the Amazing Grace episode. And it, It goes like this. The sentence is, I have heard of a land on a faraway strand. That's the sentence. The normal way to sing it is, I have heard of a land on a faraway strand.

Fresh Air
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'

And two, I had to really, really dig in and learn it. And three, just is a wonderful example of how the breath work changes. It's called Never Grow Old. I had to learn it for the Amazing Grace episode. And it, It goes like this. The sentence is, I have heard of a land on a faraway strand. That's the sentence. The normal way to sing it is, I have heard of a land on a faraway strand.

Fresh Air
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'

And two, I had to really, really dig in and learn it. And three, just is a wonderful example of how the breath work changes. It's called Never Grow Old. I had to learn it for the Amazing Grace episode. And it, It goes like this. The sentence is, I have heard of a land on a faraway strand. That's the sentence. The normal way to sing it is, I have heard of a land on a faraway strand.