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Cynthia Erivo

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

And I remember her saying, well, you can sing. I was like, oh my God, this is nuts. It just, you know, I don't know if I needed anything more meaningful than that, to be honest, because if the Queen of Soul can remember you as the person who can sing, well, wonderful. Wonderful.

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

And I remember her saying, well, you can sing. I was like, oh my God, this is nuts. It just, you know, I don't know if I needed anything more meaningful than that, to be honest, because if the Queen of Soul can remember you as the person who can sing, well, wonderful. Wonderful.

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

I did grow up in church, but different because I'm Roman Catholic is what I was raised on. But I was a bit of a rebel. So when... I was in church. It was a lot of like Christian hymns. And I wanted more because I was sort of, I was listening to gospel music and I was learning about gospel singers and I was learning about that sound. And I wanted to I wanted to hear it in my own church.

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

I did grow up in church, but different because I'm Roman Catholic is what I was raised on. But I was a bit of a rebel. So when... I was in church. It was a lot of like Christian hymns. And I wanted more because I was sort of, I was listening to gospel music and I was learning about gospel singers and I was learning about that sound. And I wanted to I wanted to hear it in my own church.

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

I did grow up in church, but different because I'm Roman Catholic is what I was raised on. But I was a bit of a rebel. So when... I was in church. It was a lot of like Christian hymns. And I wanted more because I was sort of, I was listening to gospel music and I was learning about gospel singers and I was learning about that sound. And I wanted to I wanted to hear it in my own church.

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

I did grow up in church, but different because I'm Roman Catholic is what I was raised on. But I was a bit of a rebel. So when... I was in church. It was a lot of like Christian hymns. And I wanted more because I was sort of, I was listening to gospel music and I was learning about gospel singers and I was learning about that sound. And I wanted to I wanted to hear it in my own church.

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

I did grow up in church, but different because I'm Roman Catholic is what I was raised on. But I was a bit of a rebel. So when... I was in church. It was a lot of like Christian hymns. And I wanted more because I was sort of, I was listening to gospel music and I was learning about gospel singers and I was learning about that sound. And I wanted to I wanted to hear it in my own church.

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

So one of the churches, when we moved to East London from South London, and that church had a choir. So I remember they asked if I could join the choir, and so I did. And then somehow I managed to... end up being, like, one of the conductors of the choir. And I would just, like, sneak gospel songs in from time to time and just have them, like, sing a couple gospel songs.

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

So one of the churches, when we moved to East London from South London, and that church had a choir. So I remember they asked if I could join the choir, and so I did. And then somehow I managed to... end up being, like, one of the conductors of the choir. And I would just, like, sneak gospel songs in from time to time and just have them, like, sing a couple gospel songs.

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

So one of the churches, when we moved to East London from South London, and that church had a choir. So I remember they asked if I could join the choir, and so I did. And then somehow I managed to... end up being, like, one of the conductors of the choir. And I would just, like, sneak gospel songs in from time to time and just have them, like, sing a couple gospel songs.

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

So one of the churches, when we moved to East London from South London, and that church had a choir. So I remember they asked if I could join the choir, and so I did. And then somehow I managed to... end up being, like, one of the conductors of the choir. And I would just, like, sneak gospel songs in from time to time and just have them, like, sing a couple gospel songs.

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

So one of the churches, when we moved to East London from South London, and that church had a choir. So I remember they asked if I could join the choir, and so I did. And then somehow I managed to... end up being, like, one of the conductors of the choir. And I would just, like, sneak gospel songs in from time to time and just have them, like, sing a couple gospel songs.

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

Consequently, I got into trouble for it. And they were like, you can't sing those songs in here anymore. And I never understood why, because I felt like all music that was for the same reason was equal and was meaningful.

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

Consequently, I got into trouble for it. And they were like, you can't sing those songs in here anymore. And I never understood why, because I felt like All music that was for the same reason was equal and was meaningful.

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

Consequently, I got into trouble for it. And they were like, you can't sing those songs in here anymore. And I never understood why, because I felt like All music that was for the same reason was equal and was meaningful.

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

Consequently, I got into trouble for it. And they were like, you can't sing those songs in here anymore. And I never understood why, because I felt like All music that was for the same reason was equal and was meaningful.

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

Consequently, I got into trouble for it. And they were like, you can't sing those songs in here anymore. And I never understood why, because I felt like all music that was for the same reason was equal and was meaningful.

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

I think it's the style of singing. I think the style of singing was where the objection came. There's a particularly straight-laced way of praising that's correct music. for the Catholic Church. There's a specific way that you should do it and a specific thing that you can sing. There are specific songs and anything outside of the lines is too far.

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

I think it's the style of singing. I think the style of singing was where the objection came. There's a particularly straight-laced way of praising that's correct music. for the Catholic Church. There's a specific way that you should do it and a specific thing that you can sing. There are specific songs and anything outside of the lines is too far.

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

I think the style of singing was where the objection came. There's a particularly straight-laced way of praising that's correct music. for the Catholic Church. There's a specific way that you should do it and a specific thing that you can sing. There are specific songs and anything outside of the lines is too far.