Singers Quotes · Page 23

I had wanted to be a dancer when I was younger. But at some point I figured out I was a better…

— Katy B

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

— Grace Jones

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

— Mick Hucknall

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

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

— Alessia Cara

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 listened to Billie Holiday a lot in order to learn to sing. She remains one of the extraordinary jazz singers. But…

— Madeleine Peyroux

I don't think I'm the best singer in the world, for sure, but I loved doing it in 'Into the Woods.' I'll…

— Emily Blunt

People think top singers are overpaid, but opera houses have a top fee, which is a good thing. Of course concerts are…

— Bryn Terfel

I think if you are going to be a singer, you should sing. If you are going to be a dancer, you…

— Kesha

I've had albums out since the 1970s. I was in a musical, 'The Boy Friend,' directed by Ken Russell, and I was…

— Twiggy

In general all celebrities, no matter how they became a celebrity, or if they're an actor or singer or a model, whatever…

— Rachel Uchitel

Texas people are really strong in their roots. I started writing and playing guitar at 17. I've always loved music, and my…

— Miranda Lambert

I know a lot of people who are 12 and doing things they shouldnt be doing. Whether youre an actress or a…

— Serena Williams

The mass media causes sexual misdirection: It prompts us to need something deeper than what we want. This is why Woody Allen…

— Chuck Klosterman

I'm not interested, Larry, in being a perfect, plastic pop singer that looks great in bikinis and is on the cover of…

— Lady Gaga

I had a hole in my voice. It's an area in the voice where it's air. It's just - there's no -…

— Cecile McLorin Salvant

I just became obsessed with looking for new singers, unknown singers, people that maybe have been forgotten, and really checking them out…

— Cecile McLorin Salvant

I started playing around with local rock band swith the alto. And then, in a nutshell, somebody fell ill one night, the…

— David Bowie

I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now…

— Carlos Santana

As I’ve said, I’ve never believed in God, which technically makes me an atheist (since the prefix “a” means “not” or “without”).…

— Greg Graffin

In the eighth grade I found I had a voice for opera, so I followed that path a little, but my impulse…

— Robert Davi

One of my all-time favorite country singers is a guy named Conway Twitty.

— Blake Shelton

I had classical training but I don't consider myself an opera singer though.

— Emmy Rossum

It don't spit or swear or sleep around. I've always maintained I'm the most radical rock'n'roll singer Britain has ever seen.

— Cliff Richard

Why can't we actually sing and get respected as good singers and songwriters without having our boobs and butt hanging out?

— Dolores O'Riordan

I always wanted to be a singer, but none of my friends thought I could sing.

— Nate Ruess

Today's singers don't have the time and are very restless and they want to record and just run away.

— Rajesh Roshan

I do have a romantic interest in outlasting everybody else. There's a sort of sad machismo to singer-songwriters, I think.

— John Darnielle

I was not going to be a stupid girl singer. I was going to be way more than that.

— Stevie Nicks

It's very difficult to get recognized in Bollywood. There are so many talented singers and so much competition.

— Javed Ali

I think the more removed I feel, the more I warm up to the role of singer.

— Dan Bejar

What you were singing about was believable and convincing, that's the key to a great singer.

— Bruce Springsteen

There's a lot of maintenance that goes into being a professional singer.

— Betty Buckley

I always said that I'm not the best singer in the world, just the loudest.

— Tammy Wynette

My mother was a singer, and I never heard her sing a note in my life.

— Jon Gordon

I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.

— Loretta Lynn

Ever since grammar school, I knew I wanted to be famous - I always wanted to be a singer.

— Jennifer Hudson