Singers Quotes · Page 30

People in Ireland take in the whole song. After a long history of great singers and songwriters and poets, they are able…

— Mary Gauthier

When I was a girl, I would make up songs for fun. Then I realized, after making them up, that I could…

— Lady Saw

I honestly and truly love and believe in what I'm making, and it's not a joke, whereas some people would take a…

— Casey Spooner

Frankie Randall is a consummate performer. He is an exquisite jazz pianist and wonderful singer. I had the great pleasure to work…

— Lainie Kazan

I couldn't do the heavy rock thing anymore. Noddy Holder was around kicking every singer in the ***. I never wanted to…

— Tom Jones

Singers put emotions into songs which the actors later replicate on screen. When I know that I can also present myself well…

— Kumar Sanu

About Jimi Hendrix - although his playing is at an uber-level, his voice is quite lo-fi and normal, like a regular person…

— Jeffrey Lewis

A jazz musician is a combination orator, dialectician, mathematician, athlete, entertainer, poet, singer, dancer, diplomat, educator, student, comedian, artist, seducer, public masturbator,…

— Steve Lacy

I love to sing. I don't think it's strange for singers to act, or painters to sculpt. I don't want to ever…

— Scarlett Johansson

The voice of the nickly reflection of the moon was not as deep as you might expect. It was a singer’s voice,…

— Dave Eggers

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

“To all the secret writers, late-night painters, would-be singers, lapsed and scared artists of every stripe, dig out your paintbrush, or your…

— Shauna Niequist

ELVIS PRESLEY was bigger than life. His success was documented and laid out for him. He came to the first show I…

— Roy Orbison

I knew that I wanted to be a singer/songwriter when I was much younger and, um, I've been able to, you know,…

— Annie Lennox

No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying…

— Leonard Ravenhill

There have been many poets who have lived at the fifth center of creativity and never gone ahead - many painters, many…

— Rajneesh

When you have kids, you just can't believe your heart could love something so much. My kids inspire me every day and…

— Katie Noonan

I would like to see more African-American singers as part of our opera companies. If you take music and the arts out…

— Jessye Norman

After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That's when…

— Tori Amos

I have felt for a long time that I want to return back to being a singer-songwriter for a period of time.…

— Tony Vincent

My dad was a soul fan and a singer himself, and he loved vocal harmony, stuff like the Beach Boys and Motown…

— Katy B

I thought I sang - it's OK - it's so hard to sing! Singing - I had no idea. I'd get fatigued…

— Bradley Cooper

I don't sing melodically. Rhyme pattern is how I sing. I also write like a lyricist or an MC because that's what…

— Erykah Badu

I feel there are tone singers, and there are more vocal gymnastics singers. And I think that's amazing when people can do…

— Zooey Deschanel

They're great instrumentalists, singers and songwriters and they have this unique way of blending contemporary with traditional. The result is this beautiful…

— Cindy Cashdollar

I had four or five years in school training as a soprano. I fell into pop singing because of economics. I got…

— Jo Stafford

Commercial to the core, Elvis was the kind of singer dear to the heart of the music business. For him to sing…

— Albert Goldman

And I think that's a singer's job. You know, to really interpret a lyric. There's an art to it, and I think…

— Lee Ann Womack

I think Americana music is music that is generally more singer/songwriter oriented. It has more to do with the songwriting. The music,…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I didn't like any British music before The Beatles. For me, it was all about black American music. But then I became…

— Lulu

I've always said that Adele has turned so many people on to British singers - whether female singers or just like music…

— Ellie Goulding

I seek out hard things. I tried to imitate other singers. It was a self-discovery for me to move from imitating others…

— Daniela Vega

When you grow up, you're told that rock 'n' roll is the only authentic way to express yourself. Live instrumentation, singer, live…

— Matt Tong

I used to go to these old tent revivals and listen to the gospel singers. If you think rock and roll is…

— Edgar Winter

My goal is to be the best TV presenter, the best entertainer, the best singer. I still want to be the best…

— Anton du Beke

It's probably easier for rappers as far as a respect level. 'Cause with singers, the powers that be tend to feel that…

— Ginuwine

If you want to get known as a singer you hire five sexy chicks and let them fight over you onstage and…

— Sammy Davis, Jr

It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more, and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer…

— Patty Griffin

I started out as a folk singer, and kinda got sidetracked playin' honky tonks and such, but I was always a working…

— Ray Wylie Hubbard

When I'm singing, it's like I'm at home. And music is a great healer. I think I'd have been a basket case…

— Lulu