The best work in literature is always done by those who do not depend on it for their daily bread and the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
My first instrument is piano, I play some piano and guitar. So my solo music is more like real singer/songwriter type stuff. — Nikki Jean Copy Share Image
When I started out playing guitar and singing, I was about twelve, going on thirteen. The role models for me back then… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
It is time of individualities now. Good performing skills are not enough now, you may sing better or worse - tons of… — Verka Serduchka Copy Share Image
That song [You Got To Make It Through The World] came from a vibe I picked up from an old blues singer… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Dreams do come true, believe always. I dreamt every night of becoming a singer — Niall Horan Copy Share Image
There's a lot of female singers and I don't want to dismiss them, but the male - and I have to be… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
In the hierarchy of instruments, if you're a harpist, you're considered someone with a brain much more than if you're a singer. — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
To women, drummers seem like these adorable, sexy Neanderthals, and lead singers seem mysterious and dangerous. So while the lead singers all… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
I come from a school of people, folk singers, and the tradition there is troubadours, and you're carrying a message. Now admittedly,… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
A lot of singers think all they have to do is exercise their tonsils to get ahead. They refuse to look for… — Ella Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
My music appeals in America. There is less of the purist criticism I get here. And to be a hit in the… — Katherine Jenkins Copy Share Image
Taj [ Johnson] is the singer in my family. So whenever I would be practicing my warmups in the house, she would… — Eddie George Copy Share Image
All disco singers are non-professionals who can't do live shows. It loses what black people have created. — Wilson Pickett Copy Share Image
How wonderful it is to celebrate a 27 years career! When you moved from basket ball to music, the world of sports… — Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira Copy Share Image
Sit peacefully in a church and think of church history: witchburning perhaps, or child abuse, genocide, the amassing of disgusting wealth, the… — Kaz Cooke Copy Share Image
I think there are people that still hold on that like Heavy Metal like a bit of what is going on now,… — Tina Turner Copy Share Image
Traditionally speaking, the three biggest twats in any band are the singer, the keyboardist and the drummer. I don't need to say… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Potter is potter's enemy, and craftsman is craftsman's rival; tramp is jealous of tramp, and singer of singer. — Hesiod Copy Share Image
I’m like a rock singer with one-night stands on the road. I’m here for two days in New York; I leave in… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
Henley's one of my favorite singers. I've maintained a friendship with Don over the years. — Steve Lukather Copy Share Image
Unnur Birna is a Reykjavik-based violinist and singer. She has performed as a session musician with countless Icelandic and international artists while… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image