Singers Quotes · Page 12

They [The Beatles] were the first band to not have a lead singer in the band.

— Lemmy Kilmister

Having been a singer in a band, back in my youth, music is really important to me.

— Mick Garris

Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.

— Beverly Sills

There were a few singers at home, one or two aunties. We did have a piano but I think that got put…

— Elizabeth Fraser

All singers must be crazy. But we're a nice family of crazy people

— Joan Sutherland

I traveled the world as a DJ, as a singer, as a songwriter, as a producer.

— Al Walser

Pieta Brown is a great singer/songwriter who possesses major star power magnetism.

— Don Was

I was brought up on listening to 78 rpm records from crooners to opera singers to solo piano players.

— Denny Laine

Yes. My mother was and still is a Folk Singer. She was very involved in the political movements for Unions and Civil…

— Vicki Sue Robinson

If I have to hold a note for a long time, I imagine it as moving and spinning, for the note has…

— Renee Fleming

Yeah, I always listen to both classic and newer folk-influenced music. Singer-songwriter, alternative music. I also listen to more experimental dance music.

— Brad Delson

I guess, from the beginning, Thurston and Kim were the dominant singers in the band, and although I was singing in bands…

— Lee Ranaldo

It's a very subjective decision, but yes it is correct that singers are not paid for film recordings, and I don't want…

— Rahul Vaidya

Having hits buries a singer in the past. A lot of singers hide in the past because it's safer back there. If…

— Bob Dylan

I was in the recording studio when Pink was recording for a part of the gay rights anthem. It was just amazing…

— Judd Apatow

(Referring to the piano's natural shape) Isn't it a shame when those big fat opera singers lean against the pianos and bend…

— Victor Borge

You've got to care about the music...You'd better not be doing it for the publicity, the fame or the money. And you'd…

— Waylon Jennings

Indeed we have souls. And if a person is religious, I think it's good, it helps you a bit. But if you're…

— Maya Angelou

Before I joined Kraftwerk in 1971, I played guitar in a band called Spirits of Sound, whose members included (at times) amongst…

— Michael Rother

I wanted to be a singer, of course, but there was something about the songwriting, then and now, that is the most…

— Dolly Parton

When I was 6 I thought that I wanted to be a musician - like a singer-songwriter. That's what I romantically envisioned…

— Andrew Garfield

We [me and my husband] both had our things. Seth was the artist, I was the singer. We were like "You do…

— Rachael MacFarlane

I was raised on piano and saxophone and jazz music for ten or twelve years. Before I even picked up a bass.…

— Matt Snell

I remember someone once saying, "Pete, you know you really should take voice lessons." And I said, "Well, if I could find…

— Pete Seeger

Being brave means knowing that when you fail, you don't fail forever.

— Lana Del Rey

The singers who are the most honest are the ones who become immortalized.

— Tony Bennett

I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s.

— Noah Baumbach

Actually my biggest heroes were the R&B singers like Jackie Wilson and Bobby Bland and people like that.

— B. J. Thomas

When I was 15 I became a full-time singer in a band. At 18 I made my first record.

— Agnetha Faltskog

Whenever I fill out the job description I put 'songwriter', never 'singer' or 'artist.' Singers come and go.

— Brian McKnight

I don't really consider myself a "singer." I am getting more comfortable singing every day, which is great.

— Michael Benjamin Lerner

But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.

— Little Richard

I'm not known as a singer, but in life I like to do things that are a bit beyond my reach to…

— George Hamilton

If you only ever heard Lady Gaga, she's the most boring singer in the world.

— Simon Cowell

There are a lot of aspiring singers who are not paid attention to because they don't look like a fashion model.

— Linda Ronstadt

You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.

— Gavin DeGraw

There are many singers who in spite of not making big in the industry are doing numerous shows and earning a lot…

— Anu Malik

I've always preferred actors who sing to singers who act in all the shows I've done.

— Stephen Sondheim

Being a mother, singer and actress is a definite juggling act, but I don't think I would be comfortable any other way.

— Christina Aguilera

You get better as an actor over time if you're growing. Like singers.

— George Clooney