Singers Quotes · Page 49

I wanna get backup singers, but I don't think I will ever get backup dancers.

— Blackbear

I've tried to become a singer with the guitar and not let any technological licks run my life. Just write the licks…

— Jeff Beck

I was a young folk singer, or wanted to be. I really wanted to be a New England folk singer, but they…

— Steve Young

I love Adele. That's a lead singer; that's the real deal.

— Roger Daltrey

I'm a closet singer-songwriter. That keeps my creative juices flowing.

— Zoe McLellan

Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also…

— Caroline Corr

I am absolutely not a roll-on-stage kind of girl! I would be totally freaked out if I didn't warm up, and I…

— Marina and the Diamonds

When you start to beat yourself up, remind yourself of how worthy you are of love.

— Demi Lovato

Growing up, I always wanted to be a singer, and Ive done that.

— Sevyn Streeter

It's a whole package, singer/songwriter. I like writing but I like performing just as much.

— John Hiatt

I did listen to 1920s jazz or Al Johnson and a lot of early singers coming out of England. I would branch…

— Ed Speleers

Ian and Sylvia, who, when you got right down to it, were essentially country and western singers. I just recorded his Four…

— Dave Van Ronk

My vocal influences are a lot of jazz singers: Billie Holiday, Julie London, they had this tenderness to their voice.

— Borns

I don't think I was considered to be a cabaret singer because I didn't have patter that was written.

— Rita Coolidge

I adored Freddie Mercury and Queen had a hit called Radio Gaga. That's why I love the name. Freddie was unique -…

— Lady Gaga

I don't like my voice that much. I think I'm a much better actress than singer. Singing is like going to a…

— Cher

If you think about the popular singers, actors, lyricists, directors, most of them don't have a background in the industry.

— Aditya Narayan

I was not going to be a stupid girl singer. I was going to be way more than that.

— Stevie Nicks

I never call myself a singer, ever. I never will. I've always been really embarrassed about my voice. I've never been confident…

— Gary Numan

Adam [Cohen] is a great singer-songwriter in his own right.

— Leonard Cohen

I know the two boys from Abba and also the singers. We did shows with them and I have a lot of…

— Frank Farian

Just give a drum roll, announce my name & I come out & sing. I have a contract that says I'm a…

— Tony Bennett

I wasn't a great background singer.

— Faith Hill

Everybody thinks that 2-D is Damon, but none of the characters are based on any of us. 2-D is the classic stupid…

— Jamie Hewlett

I don't really have a style icon but I really admire the way people dress like Gaga, Rihanna and Gwen Stefani. It's…

— Ellie Goulding