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title: "6 Singer Write Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 6 Singer Write quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Singer Write sayings and thoughts."
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> [I was a soul singer first and I'd write love songs. I find with soul music it's really hard to write about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-drew/i-was-a-soul-singer-first-and-i-d-write-love-songs-i-find-with-soul/)

[Ben Drew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-drew/)

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> [Darren Hayes is an artist. Im a singer, I write songs, but the things I do have always been bigger than me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-hayes/darren-hayes-is-an-artist-im-a-singer-i-write-songs-but-the-things-i/)

[Darren Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-hayes/)

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> [Really the only thing holding a lot of records together is the personality of the singer, and the will to write all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elvis-costello/really-the-only-thing-holding-a-lot-of-records-together-is-the/)

[Elvis Costello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elvis-costello/)

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> [I think it's fine for a singer to sing someone else's song. But the thing I don't like is when a singer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-lawrence/i-think-it-s-fine-for-a-singer-to-sing-someone-else-s-song-but-the/)

[Howard Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-lawrence/)

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> [I've played football with George Best, the greatest footballer that ever lived. That doesn't make me a footballer. And I've sung a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-gillan/i-ve-played-football-with-george-best-the-greatest-footballer-that/)

[Ian Gillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-gillan/)

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> [I sung from an early age and I was always given nice parts in school musicals, but I definitely wasn't the golden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessie-ware/i-sung-from-an-early-age-and-i-was-always-given-nice-parts-in-school/)

[Jessie Ware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessie-ware/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/038/jessie-ware-16666_age_i-sung-from-an-early-age-and-i-was-alway_3174106.png)

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