Singing Quotes · Page 49

I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.

— Aretha Franklin

The prose as such has to be singing the song the story is telling.

— Leonard Michaels

When Satan makes impure verses, Allah sends a divine tune to cleanse them.

— George Bernard Shaw

Nothing is more beautifully and acceptably self-assertive than good singing.

— Iris Murdoch

I've always been singing, and acting was just something that happened.

— Thalia

Some of the greatest sermons that have ever been preached were preached by the singing of a song.

— Spencer W. Kimball

“But the best part of catching Neil in the shower was, hands down, the loud, awful singing.”

— Abigail Barnette

When I have downtime, music is a big part of my life. Not so much singing, but I play the guitar.

— KJ Apa

If I had a chance to do things over again, I might not start singing. It was my husband Doolittle's idea. He…

— Loretta Lynn

I remember driving to North Carolina when I was a little girl in a snowstorm to get down to my mom's family…

— Tori Amos

The same people who are murdered slowly in the mechanized slaughterhouses of work are also arguing, singing, drinking, dancing, making love, holding…

— Raoul Vaneigem

I never did music for awards. I did music because I love it and I do music because I love singing and…

— Jay Sean

I just want to unify people. A crowd full of people singing one song... that doesn't derive from anything dishonest... It's someone's…

— Bibi Bourelly

Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in, they still know…

— Lou Rawls

People don't look at you singing. They go within themselves and listen. Music is about listening, not looking. That's why I wore…

— Dolores O'Riordan

When I look back at what musical theatre music and show music meant to me, first of all - more than anything…

— Jason Mraz

Some playwrights are obvious influences on younger writers. Arthur Miller (realistic, politically engaged dramas) and Christopher Durang (satirical dark comedies) are examples.…

— Daniel J. Sullivan

Once upon a time there was a girl who discovered that if she played a certain tune on a jade flute, she…

— Ursula Vernon

Because of things like 'The X Factor' and 'Autotune', the real art of communicating a song is not treasured any more. But…

— Katie Melua

I did enjoy singing the song, called "The Count", which is Count Olaf's big song that he sings to the kids when…

— Neil Patrick Harris

I spent a fair amount of time editing the lyrics and allowing the song to kind of evolve. ... anytime there's anything…

— Jeff Tweedy

Singing in second language makes you brave in a way you're not aware of. You say things in very blunt ways or…

— Anna Ternheim

If you are a cabaret artist and you are mostly singing other people's songs, you're asking them to rethink a song, listen…

— Alan Cumming

Lots of people think I'm telling porky pies when I say how nervous I get about singing. I was good at working…

— Laura Mvula

Nowadays in pop, there's not a lot of men that are singing big and loud and high - it's not as common…

— Adam Lambert

You never imagine that the Green Bay Packers were going to be in something you wrote or singing 'Bootylicious.'

— Kay Cannon

I don't believe in singing lessons. You can sing or you can't.

— Harry Dean Stanton

“It’s easy to sing the song, but to pray the lyrics from deep within… that’s worship!”

— Gangai Victor

If I'm singing, I'm happy - that's what I've learned about myself.

— Vanessa Hudgens

I can read music, but I have no technique, and singing was never an option even though I sang a lot growing…

— Mark Morris

I can't imagine actually singing on this show like I did on 'Felicity', but it would be kind of funny.

— Amy Jo Johnson

I wanna drive around the city with some friends in a convertable singing forever young.

— Anonymous

You don't have to be doing vocal acrobatics or singing all over the scale to have soul.

— Mariah Carey

There's gonna be a lot of slow singing and flower bringing If my burglar alarm starts ringing

— The Notorious B.I.G

First of all, I love singing. I mean, I get out of bed and I sing. I can't help it.

— Tom Jones

I sing 'Beirut' for what the city is for me, but I am also singing as an exile.

— Yasmine Hamdan

If you go to church, and like the singing better than the preaching, that's not orthodox.

— E. W. Howe

Some of my earliest memories are singing along to Freddie Mercury in the back of my mum and dad's car.

— Sam Ryder

I don't use backing tapes when I am singing and dancing on stage. I can do cartwheels and sing.

— Anonymous

I have been singing since I was a child, and I am a trained Hindustani classical singer.

— Parineeti Chopra