Singers Quotes · Page 24

There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate.

— Neville Marriner

It's a folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people

— Woody Guthrie

My trade is a lonely one. I'm a craftsman, if you like. It so happens that these days singers are better paid…

— Jacques Brel

Singers like Gladys Knight are mostly responsible for how I learned to sing.

— Lisa Stansfield

Your brain is your greatest weapon. Connect it to your heart, and you can go anywhere.

— Angelique Kidjo

I don't think I was considered to be a cabaret singer because I didn't have patter that was written.

— Rita Coolidge

The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance.

— Linda Ronstadt

It's good that Bollywood is changing and directors are trying out Pakistani singers as composers.

— Anu Malik

I'm not a jazz singer, blues singer or country singer. I'm a singer that can sing rhythm & blues, that can sing…

— Ray Charles

I never wanted to be like other blues singers. I might like hearing them play, but I've never wanted to be anyone…

— B. B. King

Lana del Rey is not bad at all. She looks very much like a modern-time singer. In her photos she is beautiful.…

— Karl Lagerfeld

What shall I do, singer and first-born, in a world where the deepest black is grey, and inspiration is kept in a…

— Marina Tsvetaeva

Paul [Singer] was very much involved with the anti-Trump or, as I say, "Never Trump," and Paul just left and he's given…

— Donald Trump

Jokes rot. They're not like songs. I always envy singers - Sting is always going to sing 'Roxanne'. But people want to…

— Chris Rock

I think you inherit most of your talent from your parents, although sometimes a fabulously talented singer grows out of the union…

— Joely Fisher

The more I listened and became obsessed with singers, I feel like the more I realized that I had my own little…

— Cecile McLorin Salvant

I say, as a singer grows older, his conception grows a little deeper, because he lives life and he understands what he…

— Sam Cooke

I love Ray Charles. He can still teach everybody a lot about how to make great music. Not necessarily how to make…

— Ahmet Ertegun

I've always considered myself a failure: I feel I've never done anything wholly right. [...] Everybody will tell you, "Oh no, how…

— Ronnie Drew

I wasn't one of those kids that was like I'm going to be a country music singer or I'm going to be…

— William Clark Green

It's difficult for me to describe my own music; every song is an experience that I set to music. There's no lyrics,…

— Marilou

The fact that there are singer-songwriters dealing with substantive issues is encouraging. It's important for young people to perceive that there are…

— Mary Travers

Well, the teacher I studied with for nineteen and a half years was a man named Paul Gavert. He was a great…

— Betty Buckley

I like Adele, Mika, Natacha Atlas and a beautiful old record, 'An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri,' starring Harry Belafonte and Nana Mouskouri. What…

— Christian Louboutin

It's in my genes. My mother was an opera singer. I'm clearly dramatic.

— Mariah Carey

Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer.

— Marilyn Horne

I love English rock music the best and have always been fascinated by The Clash, especially Joe Strummer, their singer.

— Carla Bruni

There are very few singers who know the art of creating music which plays with people's feelings and emotions.

— Sara Khan

It is strange, but nobody is shocked when pop singers make a fortune in the space of two years.

— Placido Domingo

Often you get wonderful singers who maybe aren't as strong as actors, or you get wonderful actors who can't sing very well.

— Alexander Hanson

Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time.

— Elvis Presley

I know I'm not the best. I'm not the best singer, I'm not the best songwriter, I'm not the best player.

— Kid Rock

I'm drawn to singers who have something different to say vocally, and Adele would be in there.

— Rob Halford

Most of the bands that come out of L.A. now have singers that all sound like Daffy Duck.

— Gary Moore

For singers and drummers, you've really gotta have your chops together just to do a rehearsal.

— Wayne Static

I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed.

— Patti Page

I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get…

— Van Morrison

I was looking online; many singers have sung songs for the elections, but I am not doing anything like that.

— Yo Yo Honey Singh

Next up is Paramores new music video called Miz Biz. Ohhhh, my gosh. I LOVE them! The lead singers such a bitch.

— Hayley Williams

If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit songs and play…

— Van Morrison