Singers Quotes · Page 18

Women are a key part of the sound of the groups that accompany male singers like Kirk Franklin, Israel Houghton, and myself.

— Fred Hammond

People are more willing to accept a singer as an actor, than an actor as a singer.

— Zachary Levi

Tom Jones told me only a few singers have got the pipes, and he's right. He has. Sinatra did. I have.

— Mick Hucknall

I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.

— Grace Jones

Marty Robbins was one of the first singers that really hit me hard.

— John Waite

The Four Aces asked me if I'd like to sing with them as they didn't really have a lead singer.

— Desmond Dekker

I feel people are seeing me as a true artist rather than a singer, or an entertainer, or a girl who just…

— Alessia Cara

All singers have this fault: if asked to sing among friends they are never so inclined; if unasked, they never leave off.

— Horace

I feel responsible to make something original as a Japanese artist. There are lots of singers and guitarists, but I feel that…

— Miyavi

I was always a singer. But I was always focused on being an actor as my trade. Music I do just for…

— Jeremy Renner

I wish I could sing. I don't technically have a terrible voice, but it's certainly not as good as most of my…

— Moby

This group came on stage, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and this whirling dervish, this electrifying white soul singer was so…

— Clive Davis

It's nice to establish yourself as an actor first and a singer second. Proof is such a tremendous piece of work, and…

— Neil Patrick Harris

The world calls them its singers and poets and artists and storytellers; but they are just people who have never forgotten the…

— Anonymous

At times, Singer Johnny Cash rubbed dirt from the earth under his fingernails in order to avoid any arrogance which might stem…

— Robert Hilburn

I sang 'A Closer Walk with Thee' along with blues singer Brownie McGhee, ... Then there was a show where Carol Houston,…

— Andy Griffith

You're always in a tunnel that you can't see the end of. But there's something that took place on this movie that…

— Dustin Hoffman

“If you're an artist, always keep at it, there will be someone out there who sees the universe and soul in what…

— Jennifer Megan Varnadore

Unnur Birna is a Reykjavik-based violinist and singer. She has performed as a session musician with countless Icelandic and international artists while…

— Ian Anderson

Years ago I was in a band called Two Lane Blacktop - we deliberately named ourselves after the 'Two-Lane Blacktop' movie, 'cuz…

— Ladyhawke

My mom was an amazing singer and music was a big part of my life, so I grew up listening to Nat…

— Gloria Estefan

The music industry is not what it used to be. Being in a good band is great, and I've been lucky to…

— James Iha

I have friends of mine that are actors or singers, and they're the classic guys where, they're onstage, and they're like, 'Okay,…

— Jaime Camil

There's a lot of female singers and I don't want to dismiss them, but the male - and I have to be…

— Gregory Porter

I love Chris Brown. He's a superstar. He's one of the best singers out there.

— DJ Khaled

I'm obsessed with karaoke, but I don't like to sing. I just like to go and watch amateur singers.

— Hannah Simone

I'm not the singer that I wish I was or that some people think I could be. I wish I had the…

— Michael Urie

My sole focus as far back as I can remember was all about my dream to become a singer.

— Sheena Easton

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be.

— Fanny Brice

It may take me a long time before I feel 'ready' to tour as a lead singer. I may never be ready...…

— Stone Gossard

I came from an upper-middle class home, which is always a hard cross for a country singer to bear.

— Kinky Friedman

Even though I'm a pop singer, I really have more the life of a country singer.

— Kelly Clarkson

Obviously there are a lot of 12-year-olds over in America who are incredible singers.

— Shayne Ward

If you think about the popular singers, actors, lyricists, directors, most of them don't have a background in the industry.

— Aditya Narayan

If I wasn't a singer, I think I'd be studying to be a psychologist.

— Rihanna

If you're the singer in the band, you always get more attention than anyone else.

— Mick Jagger

I used to be a folk singer, but I was... dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog.

— Billy Connolly

I started my career as a singer in Japan, but left it all behind to focus on my dancing career.

— Carrie Ann Inaba

Hard as I try, daddy-o, I really do not like concert singers. They are always singing in some foreign language.

— Langston Hughes

Singers come and go; the music business waxes and wanes. The blues are popular and unpopular, often at the same time.

— Linda Barnes