Songs & singing
Did you enjoy singing when you were younger?
No, not really. I couldn’t sing. In fact, I still can’t. I have a good sense of rhythm, but I’m tone deaf. I can remember trying to sing when I was at school, but it was awful, and everybody told me how bad it was. I just couldn’t follow the melody right.How often do you sing now?
Honestly, never. I have no reason to and I don’t enjoy it, so I just don’t do it. I have friends who sing in the shower and stuff, but I don’t even do that. I might tap my foot or drum my fingers to the rhythm, but I never sing along.Do you have a favorite song you like listening to?
One particular song, not really. I like to listen to lots of different songs. I might have a favorite at any given time, but in general there isn’t just one song I would say was my all-time favorite. I’ve never had a favorite song.My tastes change a lot, sometimes I like to listen to English pop music and other times I prefer older blues songs, and recently I’ve started learning Spanish so I’m listening to more songs in Spanish now.
How important is singing in your culture?
I’m not sure what you mean, we don’t have a very strong ‘singing culture’ although there are some famous singers and musicians. But as a culture, generally, we’re not a country that is famous for producing international singers or anything like that.People generally sing at concerts and special occasions, or maybe when they’ve had too much to drink, just for fun but I wouldn’t say we have a particular singing culture, not that I’m aware of anyway.