Never mind the transience of show business and popularity. When we hear Ray Charles, we go, 'That's a great singer.' You don't… — Art Garfunkel Copy Share Image
We should not have a tin cup out for something as important as the arts in this country, the richest in the… — Leontyne Price Copy Share Image
In my lifetime, there have been three vocal miracles: Caruso, Ruffo and Ponselle. Apart from these there have been several wonderful singers. — Tullio Serafin Copy Share Image
I think it's fine for a singer to sing someone else's song. But the thing I don't like is when a singer… — Howard Lawrence Copy Share Image
Country artists, I met a lot of them when I was five, six years old. I had an uncle who was a… — Rick Danko Copy Share Image
A singer can shatter glass with the proper high note," he said, "but the simplest way to break glass is simply to… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
You know you don't really need the band or the singer/songwriter in the same way, so you look at everything as part… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
I was part of the first wave of singer/songwriters but I was also in that first wave of singer/songwriters who experienced the… — Melissa Manchester Copy Share Image
We [me and my husband] both had our things. Seth was the artist, I was the singer. We were like "You do… — Rachael MacFarlane Copy Share Image
I was raised on piano and saxophone and jazz music for ten or twelve years. Before I even picked up a bass.… — Matt Snell Copy Share Image
Before I joined Kraftwerk in 1971, I played guitar in a band called Spirits of Sound, whose members included (at times) amongst… — Michael Rother Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a singer, of course, but there was something about the songwriting, then and now, that is the most… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
You've got to care about the music...You'd better not be doing it for the publicity, the fame or the money. And you'd… — Waylon Jennings Copy Share Image
Indeed we have souls. And if a person is religious, I think it's good, it helps you a bit. But if you're… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Audrey Auld is a great singer songwriter. She holds a unique place in contemporary Americana/Roots music. I believe that this uniqueness is… — Fred Eaglesmith Copy Share Image
When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about. And if I… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer - you put a great song on top… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
Everybody would grab a guitar and listen to somebody else and call themselves a folk singer. When they didn't know no more… — Brownie McGhee Copy Share Image
The male gay community seems to be very into female singers. I think it could be the songs we sing. They're more… — Liza Minnelli Copy Share Image
As soon as you get off stage, that's the most dangerous time for a singer to kiss people because your vocal chords… — Anita Baker Copy Share Image
You might say it was my return to the living that launched me as a singer. I was placed in an oxygen… — Patsy Cline Copy Share Image
My dad and grandpa were in the army and as a country singer you're constantly playing at military bases all across the… — Dierks Bentley Copy Share Image
The script [for the movie based on the life of singer Connie Francis -- "Who's Sorry Now?"] is finished and is in… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
The guys in high school were like, "You've got a nice voice; you should keep singing," but I never honestly thought that… — Victoria Legrand Copy Share Image
Denzal Sinclaire embodies the tradition of the great singers I love like Nat Cole, yet definitely has his own voice. He is… — Diana Krall Copy Share Image
In Malaysia, we have a lot of divas, like Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey singers. And they were all so so talented, just… — Yuna Copy Share Image
I've never been the type of singer that can sing in heels and the gown and all this stuff, because I can't… — Rene Marie Copy Share Image
After this many years of being a lead singer in a touring rock band, I've had my fair share of fun. But… — Chad Kroeger Copy Share Image
There was a time when stars were made out of music videos but today singers rely on actors to make their singles… — Neha Bhasin Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I love researching, whether it's old Western documentaries or old Western country singers or John Ford Westerns, which are heavily influenced by… — Clifton Collins, Jr Copy Share Image
I'm almost a black singer. And without the backbeat, it's singer/songwriter. There's a definite choice to be made there, every time. And… — John Waite Copy Share Image
I originally wanted to be an opera singer. I studied classical voice at the University of Washington but soon realised I didn't… — Kyle MacLachlan Copy Share Image
The greatest impact of 'We Are the World' seems to have been the video, which lets us see the singers take their… — Robert Hilburn Copy Share Image
Composers, artists, actors, singers - all of them, I think, unconsciously learn from others. I'm sure it's not conscious, but they can't… — Charlotte Rae Copy Share Image
There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my… — Nana Mouskouri Copy Share Image
For a while, I couldn't decide whether or not I should pursue singing in the opera or acting. And I'm glad that… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
A singer can quit once he or she has made ten great songs; a director can finish once he or she has… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I said to my teacher, 'I can't be a singer because I'm not pretty enough, and I'm fat.' And she looked at… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
![“We [me and my husband] both had our things. Seth was the artist, I was the singer. We were like "You do your thing, I'll do my thing and never the two shall meet." I think we had a healthy competition going through our childhood. But I sort of left the funny stuff to him, I said "You're the…” quote by Rachael MacFarlane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f77/rachael-macfarlane-40743_art_we-me-and-my-husband-both-had-our-things_2587513.jpg)
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