Singers Quotes · Page 28

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

— Barbara Sukowa

I wish people would just like me for what I am, the singer in an OK new wave band.

— Courtney Love

The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.

— Chinua Achebe

I really like female singers; I've got zero interest in working with male singers. Any male voice I need to do, I…

— Devin Townsend

People ask me who is my favorite country artist. I say, you mean besides George Jones.

— Johnny Cash

When you said you were a terrible singer, I thought you were being humble. But you weren't.

— Paul McCartney

A lot of people do not like singer-songwriters, and a lot of people who like them do not like hard rock. It's…

— Art Alexakis

People often talk about me as a singer, but they don't often talk about you when you're a woman as a songwriter.

— Sinead O'Connor

I think I come under the singer/songwriter badge. I've always written songs right from the very beginning. Because of my style of…

— Bert Jansch

Singer Boy Dylan was stopped at his own sow by security guards who failed to recognize the singer. Asked to comment, Dylan…

— Craig Kilborn

The question is not... if art is enough to fulfill my life, but if I am true to the path I have…

— Kathleen Battle

I had no desire to become a singer until I heard Billie Holiday. The first time I heard her on a record,…

— Susannah McCorkle

I always thought competition was for horse races and it never belonged in art. I never felt that competitive with other girl…

— Linda Ronstadt

I definitely feel like, as a singer, I've been able to transition into acting because I always saw them in the same…

— Naturi Naughton

Singing has nothing to do with the affairs of this world: it is not for the law. Singers are merry, and free…

— Martin Luther

If you want to be a singer or a performer or absolutely anything in the world that you want to do, I…

— Perrie Edwards

Ali Woodson was one of the few Iconic Soul-Singers left from the Motown Era that could STILL sell out a crowd, light…

— Luenell

[I would like to be] one of [the first pop singers to perform in a free Cuba]. I know the list is…

— Gloria Estefan

I get ticked off a lot because I don't think she [Faith Hill] gets the respect she deserves. I tell her all…

— Tim McGraw

I've been close friends with Katy since teenagers, before she was Katy Perry. She's always been a great resource for me to…

— Bonnie McKee

I've always been a bit of a decorator. I think if I wasn't a singer I'd probably be in stage setting or…

— Florence Welch

Aretha Franklin's 'Let Me in Your Life' is one of the few recent R&B albums that places the emphasis entirely and deservedly…

— Jon Landau

It came from my mother. She was a singer, and literally every day of the week she sang at a different club…

— Robert Glasper

I'm from a singing family, but they're not professional singers, only gospel - my grandfather was a minister. I started to sing…

— Diana Ross

I saw a lot of operas from backstage and watched a lot of rehearsals - my parents were singers.

— Rosamund Pike

My mother was a singer, and I never heard her sing a note in my life.

— Jon Gordon

I always said that I'm not the best singer in the world, just the loudest.

— Tammy Wynette

There's a lot of maintenance that goes into being a professional singer.

— Betty Buckley

What you were singing about was believable and convincing, that's the key to a great singer.

— Bruce Springsteen

I think the more removed I feel, the more I warm up to the role of singer.

— Dan Bejar

It's very difficult to get recognized in Bollywood. There are so many talented singers and so much competition.

— Javed Ali

I was not going to be a stupid girl singer. I was going to be way more than that.

— Stevie Nicks

I do have a romantic interest in outlasting everybody else. There's a sort of sad machismo to singer-songwriters, I think.

— John Darnielle

When I was very young I wanted to be an opera singer, a ballet dancer... The people I loved were a little…

— FKA twigs

For singers, our singing voice is our natural voice, not the speaking.

— Jennifer Holliday

With love that knew no fear, the Singer caught his torment, wrapped it all in song and gave it back to him…

— Calvin Miller

Ever since grammar school, I knew I wanted to be famous - I always wanted to be a singer.

— Jennifer Hudson

I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.

— Loretta Lynn

I just always wanted to be a singer. My mom said I was even singing in my cot!

— Pixie Lott

I've never been comfortable as a lead performer, and I never wanted to be a singer, particularly.

— Donald Fagen