Backup singers just bring so much more life to the situation. When a voice opens up, there comes the life.That's when it's… — Lynn Mabry Copy Share Image
I was always a natural performer. It was easy for me. I danced and I sang, and all that stuff. I felt… — Kari Matchett Copy Share Image
Reggie Watts is a most unusual talent: a huge vocal range, a natural musicality, and a sidesplitting wit. Is he a comedian?… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
She is amazingly creative, bringing so much more to a song than just a singer. She is a first-class musician and the… — Ella Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
When I was 2 my mom said she knew I was going to be a singer. I've been performing ever since I… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
I can do the vocal acrobatics but I really try not to. I've always been drawn to singers who sing it like… — KT Tunstall Copy Share Image
I never thought about making music because it has to be a hit. There are so many better singers out there who… — Atif Aslam Copy Share Image
I was a singer professionally when I was four years old, and I did not really begin to play any instrument -… — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
I think we owe it to children to let them dig their knowledge, of whatever subject, for themselves out of the "fit"… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
I started playing violin because I was fascinated by how violin players could play so fast. I would buy their cassettes, and… — Toby Lightman Copy Share Image
... even when I'm touring, I feel like a sideman ... everybody's working together. We get to play longer solos; it's not… — Vince Gill Copy Share Image
I never pretended to be rock star. I would make a lousy rock star. I don't have the right voice for it.… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
All music is what awakes from you when you are reminded by the instruments. It is not the violins and the cornets-it… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I listen to music mostly in the evening. I've come to love what is called world music, like the Zimbabwean Oliver Mtukudzi… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
There is such a place as fairyland - but only children can find the way to it...until they have grown so old… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
What I mean is that none of my talents had a - what's that great word - rubric. A singer, an actor,… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Everybody I've ever seen live sings out of tune, even the greatest singers in the world. And of course if you make… — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
I said,'Instead of going in the direction that a lot of the women singers are going in [revealing], I'll be very, very… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
I love, love, love music - have since I was a kid, and I'm still really into music - and I became… — Cassandra Peterson Copy Share Image
The best work in literature is always done by those who do not depend on it for their daily bread and the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Bid a singer in a chorus, Know Thyself; and will he not turn for the knowledge to the others, his fellows in… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
I had the title poet, and maybe I was one for a while. Also, the title singer was kindly accorded me, even… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Well, the first thing I wanted to be was a carpenter. Then I wanted to be a painter and then a singer.… — Michael Pitt Copy Share Image
I always tell people is really make sure you know why you want to do it. For me, I didnt make a… — Jhene Aiko Copy Share Image
A musical film is my idea of heaven. You can pre-record, you don't have to sing live. Singing live was the bit… — Billie Piper Copy Share Image
I would much rather be a better mother or better human being than I would be a singer. Fortunately for me singing… — Tanya Tucker Copy Share Image
What you find with singers, no matter where they're from, if they have any kind of an accent, the accent tends to… — Jason Alexander Copy Share Image
I do watch 'American Idol' sometimes. It's not really that pleasurable... I take that back. It is the epitome of a guilty… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
Maybe you're a singer or not, but what taps into the soul leads to the heart, and that's really what I came… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a… — Cynthia Weil Copy Share Image
I think the best singers in the world, historically, are American. Britain's got its fair share, as well, but some of the… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
I don't know what other singers feel when they articulate lyrics, but being an 18-karat manic-depressive and having lived a life of… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
Yeah, well, I guess Andy Williams would be considered by some to be schmaltzy, but to me, he's one of the greatest… — Mark Lanegan Copy Share Image
I took the song The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face from a folk singer called Bonnie Dobson. I knew her… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
And the thing that I always tried to do with important singers when I met them was to sit down and record… — Alan Lomax Copy Share Image
I'm very comfortable as a singer. In fact, I think it's more - I identified my self-esteem, my self more in those… — Katey Sagal Copy Share Image
The Black Parade has to go home soon, so you're gonna be stuck with My Chemical Romance. I'm sorry. That singer has… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
I've tried to become a singer with the guitar and not let any technological licks run my life. Just write the licks… — Jeff Beck Copy Share Image
I think my music is born out of the music that I personally like to listen to. I love amazing singer-songwriters and… — Hoodie Allen Copy Share Image
Every technology that comes into filmmaking is first a gimmick. Think about sound with 'The Jazz Singer' or the first colour or… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image