Singers Quotes · Page 31

Ever since I was little I wanted to be a singer, but my family would tell me to choose another dream. I'm…

— Dinah-Jane Hansen

I listened to Billie Holiday a lot in order to learn to sing. She remains one of the extraordinary jazz singers. But…

— Madeleine Peyroux

You had to give, uh, a lot of consideration to the fact that, uh, the artist had to come back into the…

— Cholly Atkins

I love it when an aria fits a singer as perfectly as a suit of well-tailored clothes.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Television is god-damned amusement park. Television is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers, sideshow freaks,…

— Paddy Chayefsky

I'm sure I would have been considered a more significant artist if I was a singer-songwriter. It's just not the way I…

— Bonnie Raitt

Singing doesn't have to mean that you sound like Stevie Wonder. I love to sing. I'm not the greatest singer in the…

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I would say that the most complex style of singing comes from India. Real, classical Indian music produces probably the best technical…

— Miguel

You know, I'm fifty-two now and I call myself a singer. Before I kick it I want to be able to carry…

— Iggy Pop

I think a lot of singers are shy people. I suppose singing on stage is not like talking; you are not as…

— Alison Goldfrapp

The more I abandon ideas of myself as a musician, the better a singer I become.

— Dan Bejar

I have always looked up to Adele and Christina Aguilera as singers ever since I was very young, and now my favorite…

— Sabrina Carpenter

Rock & Roll is so great, people should start dying for it. You don't understand. The music gave you back the beat…

— Legs McNeil

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

Will Young. He's a great white soul singer. But he was slightly disappointing when I met him - not that friendly. Perhaps…

— Tony Blackburn

The boys think they can all be athletes, and the girls think they can all be singers. That's the way to fame…

— Kristin Hunter

I think, being a male singer, I always hate another great male singer's voice before I can love it, unless it's just…

— Mikky Ekko

It's kind of great being a group without a lead singer, because the possibilities are sky high. Odd things become the lead…

— Paul Morley

I'm an actress and a singer and I'm also a Christian. We're not all crazy right-wingers. I just want to be like…

— Kristin Chenoweth

Most singers begin with a band and then go solo. I started making music on my own and subsequently chose to carry…

— Natalia Lafourcade

It's not enough to hit the notes. There is no point in the singers just standing there and sounding wonderful if they're…

— Bruce Beresford

But once I saw them [Jackson 5 during audition], I rushed out with my video camera to start taping them because I…

— Berry Gordy

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

My mom was a dancer, my dad's a singer and I've always had that kind of music in my life.

— Elvis Stojko

Andy Wiliams' smooth voice and casual style turned the songs he sang into timeless classics and made him one of America's top…

— Neil Portnow