My mother always wanted me to be a jazz singer, but I always wanted to be raunchy, — Etta James Copy Share Image
First of all, ladies and gentlemen, you must forget that you are singers. — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
When I was a kid. I never really had luck with the ladies my early years in high school. Then I started… — Paolo Nutini Copy Share Image
It used to be that film stars didn't want to do TV, and actors weren't singing, and singers weren't acting. Everybody's kind… — Tika Sumpter Copy Share Image
I'm saying that she (Whitney Houston) looks great for a singer... the way Courtney Love is a singer. — Kathy Griffin Copy Share Image
Many writers secretly long to be performers. You always get the 'if you weren't a writer' question. I would be a back-up… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
We humans are naturally disposed to worship gods and heroes, to build our pantheons and valhallas. I would rather see that impulse… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be like other blues singers. I might like hearing them play, but I've never wanted to be anyone… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I don't think I can speak of the achievements of Indian cinema because it's so large next to me. It's not stopping.… — Ranbir Kapoor Copy Share Image
As an artist, I never wanted to be fettered by gender nor recognized or defined as a female poet, musician or singer.… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Like all soul singers, I grew up singing in church but sometimes I would leave early and sit in the car listening… — Daryl Hall Copy Share Image
People think you have to go through a lot of changes to become a soul singer, You just have to go through… — Bobby Womack Copy Share Image
There's a kind of a line between music and math, so I guess I got the music gene, thank goodness. But my… — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share Image
Well, Jeff Buckley for me is one of the greatest singers I've ever heard. And the reason why is he has an… — John Legend 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
On her new LP, Shatter, Jude Johnstone examines heartbreak and loss with such tender resignation that I wept in acknowledgement of its… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
The better a singer's voice, the harder it is to believe what they're saying. — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“Thanks for your encouraging words. But I know the grim realities of being an artist. Most of us would never make a… — Abhaidev Copy Share Image
A stand-up comic is judged by every line. Singers get applause at the end of their song no matter how bad they… — Phyllis Diller Copy Share Image
The thing with me is, I'm from a rap background so I'm not really a traditional singer in that sense. — Negash Ali Copy Share Image
[My father did] advertising. That's why I got into this business. I think because we're really boxes of soap - actors and… — Rex Smith Copy Share Image
My mother - the Irish side of the family - was very musical. My mother was a singer; there was music around… — Len Cariou Copy Share Image
For the most part I have been able to meet all my goals, but I always strive for bigger goals in life… — A. J. Green Copy Share Image
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