Singers Quotes · Page 10

I have so much respect for the big opera singers that I never dare to say I'm a singer.

— Barbara Sukowa

I love TLC and Aaliyah and all those early-millennial R&B singers.

— Olly Alexander

I've been influenced heavily by great soul artists. I see myself as a soul singer. I sing from my soul - I…

— Robin Thicke

A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that's the bottom line.

— Quincy Jones

My brother is the lead singer of The Torn, and my parents are in a country duo.

— Sheridan Smith

I don't have a rock voice. I have to force it. I am like an opera singer.

— Meat Loaf

I love it when an aria fits a singer as perfectly as a suit of well-tailored clothes.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Some singers think they are gods who can do everything. But I have always been honest with myself and my possibilities.

— Mirella Freni

For me, the intent in a song is to sing it. I compose songs, meaning I'm writing words to be set to…

— Cornelius Eady

It's OK if Tim McGraw goes and does a movie, and it's OK if Justin Timberlake does a movie, but it's not…

— Christian Kane

I've had the pleasure of working closely with Marc Von Em as a singer, but when I heard his original stuff, I…

— Rob Thomas

Gaps can be very emotional. I mean, that's in my drumming. When I drum, you know, I don't need to drum all…

— Ringo Starr

It's really painful when four singers are asked to sing one track, and in the end, only one of them is kept.…

— Kumar Sanu

When I see a good singer, I get teary-eyed. Part of it is jealousy because all comedians are frustrated rock stars. That's…

— Jeff Ross

As for music, my tastes are eclectic. Elvis Costello is my all-time favorite. I listen to a lot of jazz, primarily the…

— Laura Lippman

The one thing all famous authors, world class athletes, business tycoons, singers, actors, and celebrated achievers in any field have in common…

— Mike Dooley

I don't know why people call me a jazz singer, though I guess people associate me with jazz because I was raised…

— Sarah Vaughan

I've never been a puppeteer, I conceive and I write and I design and I direct. And not just puppets. I direct…

— Julie Taymor

Because of social media, a lot of people think they can be, like, a rapper or a singer or a musician because…

— Sky Ferreira

In vocal choreography you had to give a lot of consideration to the fact that you were working with singers and not…

— Cholly Atkins

But once I saw them [Jackson 5 during audition], I rushed out with my video camera to start taping them because I…

— Berry Gordy

The beauty of Billie Holiday is that she gave every singer after her the license to interpret and perform music in ways…

— Dianne Reeves

Every singer has three or four or five techniques, and you can force them together in different combinations. Some of the techniques…

— Bob Dylan

I sang Violetta with Karajan at La Scala too early. The problem was that I was too young and there were fans…

— Mirella Freni

My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer.

— Jan Hammer

Rather than becoming the best, I want to become a singer with meaning.

— Taeyang

My mother always wanted me to be a jazz singer, but I always wanted to be raunchy,

— Etta James

The short answer is, yes, I think I have become a better singer.

— Boz Scaggs

I'm the lead singer of the Beach Boys and an ambassador of this amazing music that touched a generation.

— Mike Love

Being able to fantasize for a couple of days at being a rock singer surpassed most things I've done on stage.

— Gary Cole

Forgiving is not forgetting. Forgiving is remembering without pain.

— Celia Cruz

You can make yourself the greatest singer in the world or the best drummer in the world with the aid of technology.

— Dave Grohl

Artists make art. Singers sing. Players play. Gypsies travel. Music lights fires everywhere. It's like oxygen!

— Ann Wilson

Dust into Dust, and under Dust to lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and-sans End!

— Omar Khayyam

When I heard Bjork's debut, that was when I first realized that I could be a singer, even with my unusual voice.

— Ellie Goulding

I think a lot of singers are shy people. I suppose singing on stage is not like talking; you are not as…

— Alison Goldfrapp

I think of myself as a singer. The acting is just something I have to do between songs.

— Deanna Durbin

The best advice I can give a young aspiring singer is not to become an old aspiring singer.

— Renata Scotto

You don't want R&B singers to get into beef. Leave that to the rappers, let them do that - R&B, be classy.

— R. Kelly

I think the black R&B singers of my day were the best singers of my generation.

— B. J. Thomas