Singers Quotes · Page 23

When you go to karaoke with a professional singer and they really start singing, there's no bigger buzzkill than that.

— Megan Hilty

Even if you're the best singer in the world, there's a good chance no one will ever hear you.

— Lana Del Rey

I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist.

— Cassandra Wilson

As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels.

— Bjork

The thing with me is, I'm from a rap background so I'm not really a traditional singer in that sense.

— Negash Ali

The 'Missa Mirabilis' is a big work which was conceived for a large organ and a lot of singers.

— Stephen Hough

I'm not interested in being known as the singer from Led Zeppelin.

— Robert Plant

My advice to singers is always the same: 'Don't sing the song, sing the lyric.'

— Mitch Leigh

I don't think of myself as a folk singer per se, but I really like blues and string-band music. When I started…

— Loudon Wainwright III

I'm one of the best producers, one of the best singers. You hear me? I'm not just one of the best rappers.…

— Scarface

Singers, like Frank Sinatra and myself, we interpret the songs that we like. Not unlike a Shakespearean actor that goes back to…

— Harry Connick, Jr

Youtube was the start of my career officially, although since I was 4 I've wanted to be a singer. I've performed here…

— Christina Grimmie

Thanks to many great K-pop singers, the groundwork has been laid for more Korean songs to be readily accessible to an overseas…

— PSY

I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get…

— Janet Jackson

As a singer and songwriter, I have great admiration for many of the budding stars who come to try their hand at…

— LeAnn Rimes

It is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain the services of first-class conductors. They are sick and tired of dealing with singers, as…

— Rudolf Bing

As a singer, I've had many opportunities to travel, and one thing I've learned is that through my music, I can be…

— Celine Dion

Come indoors then, and open the books on your library shelves. For you have a library and a good one. A working…

— Virginia Woolf

Sometimes a photographer is a passenger, sometimes a person who stays in one place. What he watches changes constantly, but his watching…

— Shomei Tomatsu

I read a story about some old opera singer once, and when a guy asked her to marry him, she took him…

— Janis Joplin

Thank God, 50 years ago I learned that our entire business is all based on two things; a great song and a…

— Quincy Jones

It [my vocal] didn't sound like what I wanted to hear; the vibrato isn't what I liked anymore. So I got myself…

— Joan Baez

I think I would have had an easier time of it if I had had training much earlier. Because when I got…

— Joan Baez

I just essentially stayed at home for three years and just learned to play as many instruments as I could and listened…

— James Vincent McMorrow

I want you to remember something for me. My name is Robbie Williams. I'm a singer, a songwriter, and a born entertainer.

— Robbie Williams

I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that…

— Dolly Parton

Nathan McEuen's light is shining bright. A fine singer, guitarist and an excellent songwriter. There is hope on the horizon.

— Chris Hillman

My biggest celebrity crush is either Ryan Reynolds or Caleb Followill, the lead singer of Kings of Leon.

— Hillary Scott

I've learned 2 things about tv. It's always easier with vodka & SOME OF THE BEST SINGERS ARE FROM THE PHILIPPINES

— Ellen DeGeneres

There's no way to be able to tell what it's like to be a country singer until you're walking in the shoes.

— Tanya Tucker

In order to succeed, a record producer needs good singers. You can't just rely on pretty faces and fancy dancing.

— Frank Farian

My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I was around that growing up.

— Bobby McFerrin

Singers aren't supposed to have dairy before a show, but we all know I'm a rule breaker.

— Justin Bieber

I don't know how much more expressive you can get than being a rock and roll singer.

— Robert Plant

Both my mother and my grandmother aspired to be opera singers. And they studied it.

— Jihae

Mine is an actor's voice, not a singer's voice, but the part was written for an actor (Richard Burton), not a singer.

— Jeremy Irons

I've only ever wanted to be a singer; I never wanted to be famous.

— Katherine Jenkins

My mom was an opera singer, and she gave up her career to raise a family. But she also taught my sisters…

— Tika Sumpter

The focus is on singer/songwriters now rather than huge shows. I mean, of course there's always a place for that too.

— Emeli Sande

When a singer puts his hand on his heart, it means usually, I will always love you!

— Charles Baudelaire