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Michael Bublé: 'My singing always felt like I was trying to do an impersonation'

Canadian crooner Michael Bublé has revealed that it took him years to find his own voice as a recording artist and performer.

Speaking to Billboard about his niche, the singer explained that because he started out by paying musical homage to the greats such as Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin it was hard to discover who he was, but he got there later on in his career:

"What's funny is it took me up to "Crazy Love" to figure out who I was. I was trying to pull from so many places it took me that long to find out what Michael Buble's distinct voice was. A lot of stuff I did, I was honestly just trying to do an impersonation."

"Listen, I started when I was 26, so by the time I was in my 30s I started to feel like I had finally put together who I am. I also felt like I had the power for the first time to say, "This is how I'm gonna do it."

He added that learning how to channel his own passion was important in coming into his own style: "There was a point I realized too that you can sing the shit out of something, but if you don't mean it, it doesn't work."

"Instead of wondering how it sounded, I tried to really believe in what I was singing and concentrate on that. It was the weirdest thing, I was watching Liza Minnelli and I watched her talk to James Lipton about this and I really got it. I get what she's saying — it's really important for her that she's honest."

 

 

 

 

Watch his latest music video in full below: