I started out to be a person on the street, just like everybody else. I didn't start out to be a singer.… — Janis Joplin Copy Share Image
I wasn't cut out to be an opera singer, but it was a nice fantasy for a teenager growing up in Hungary… — Andy Grove Copy Share Image
The first artist I really loved was Stevie Wonder. That opened the doors to other soul singers like Ray Charles and Aretha… — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
I love music; I was never the type of singer to say, "This is my specific genre, or I only sing R&B… — Heather Headley Copy Share Image
It is time of individualities now. Good performing skills are not enough now, you may sing better or worse - tons of… — Verka Serduchka Copy Share Image
Well first of all, I'm a singer. I sing since I talk. So the great ballad singers, the people that sang with… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
Judy Henske, who was the then reigning queen of folk music, said to me at The Troubadour, 'Honey, in this town there… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
Every good gospel singer you can hear is a scat singer; they're just using different syllables. There are a lot of jazz… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
Las Vegas has become a child's picture-book dream of a city -- here a storybook castle, there a sphinx-flanked black pyramid beaming… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I first knew Laurie Lewis by her considerable reputation as a fiddle player and a writer of songs. When an opportunity came… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
I have such happy memories of performing in a choir and I don't think I'd have got where I am today without… — Katherine Jenkins Copy Share Image
I'd like to have James Brown as my singer. I already have the best drummer, Tommy Clufetos. I've jammed a bunch with… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
I wanted to learn a little bit about acting, not because I thought I'd find a star vehicle and set the world… — Iggy Pop Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, I dreamed of being an opera singer like Maria Callas or a jazz singer like June Christy… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
They say for every light on Broadway there is a broken heart, an unrealized dream. And that’s the same in any profession.… — Sutton Foster Copy Share Image
Tho' the world could turn from you, This, at least, I learn from you: Beauty and Truth, tho' never found, are worthy… — Robert Williams Buchanan Copy Share Image
The reason that some singers go on to become great artists has very little to do with their voices, but rather with… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
For me, it's never been about being famous. I just want to be a successful singer. I wanna work hard If I'm… — Shane Filan Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people who are 12 and doing things they shouldnt be doing. Whether youre an actress or a… — Serena Williams Copy Share Image
Mozart is always a bit of a challenge - you know, even though it is often given to very young singers, it… — Sarah Brightman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a singer. I wanted to be a musician. I wanted to travel and write songs and be a… — Brett Dennen Copy Share Image
We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers. We study the mysteries of laser and circuit, crystal and scanner, holographic demons and invocations… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
The best songs are stories, and the best singers storytellers. Great singers can make you care about what they're feeling. You have… — Steve Ross Copy Share Image
It may be that my most helpful contributions to music aren't my compact discs but my articles about other great singers of… — Susannah McCorkle Copy Share Image
I've had albums out since the 1970s. I was in a musical, 'The Boy Friend,' directed by Ken Russell, and I was… — Twiggy Copy Share Image
I think, being a male singer, I always hate another great male singer's voice before I can love it, unless it's just… — Mikky Ekko Copy Share Image
I listened to Billie Holiday a lot in order to learn to sing. She remains one of the extraordinary jazz singers. But… — Madeleine Peyroux Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think if you are going to be a singer, you should sing. If you are going to be a dancer, you… — Kesha Copy Share Image
People think top singers are overpaid, but opera houses have a top fee, which is a good thing. Of course concerts are… — Bryn Terfel Copy Share Image
Reality shows are giving a fair chance to singers hailing from far-flung areas like Jharkhand and Jhansi, which otherwise wouldn't have been… — KK Copy Share Image
I am a moderately good singer. I am not a great singer but I can interpret a song, which I don't think… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
Most singers begin with a band and then go solo. I started making music on my own and subsequently chose to carry… — Natalia Lafourcade Copy Share Image
I have always been a singer, a writer, and a musician, not as a prodigy or as in a trade handed to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Johnny Guitar... just one of my favorite singers of all time. I met him when we were both on the road with… — Etta James Copy Share Image
The lead singer of Creed says he won’t endorse President Obama. Well that settles it -- Obama will not win the 1998… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
A lot of singers find a musical genre people like and stick with it. That's being a conformist. I sing ballads, rock,… — Thalia Copy Share Image
When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
