Singers Quotes · Page 70

The acting was first. As a teenager I was an actress; and then I came back as a singer.

— Julie London

I become the stars and the moon. I become the lover and the beloved. I become the victor and the vanquished. I…

— Michael Jackson

You get better as an actor over time if you're growing. Like singers.

— George Clooney

When life takes the wind out of your sails, it is to test you at the oars.

— Robert Breault

A lot of the people that I photograph are master musicians themselves, whether they're singers or great jazz players and it's kind…

— Carol Friedman

Being a singer now I have to get all fussy... I must have my ginger and lemon and all that.

— Graham Coxon

Singer and actress Gertrude Lawrence once overheard an assistant describing the beauty of a coat she knew she could never even dream…

— Sheridan Morley

I'm a terrible singer, but it helps when I have to call a taxi.

— Gordon Getty

I like to contribute. Even in my bands, I can't really just be the singer.

— Taryn Manning

Singers like Gladys Knight are mostly responsible for how I learned to sing.

— Lisa Stansfield

Mariah Carey is my favorite singer because her voice sounds utterly groundless. It's not even a human voice; it almost sounds mechanical.

— Grimes

I've never been comfortable as a lead performer, and I never wanted to be a singer, particularly.

— Donald Fagen

I'm trying to be a professional singer. ... I've never been given the chance before. But here's hoping it'll change.

— Susan Boyle

To produce a proper album, you have to be in the studio and collaborate with all your singers. It takes a lot…

— Hardwell

Pack and leave the house, if you really want to be a singer.

— Daesung

I've been through a lot of beef with other singers, but it's all verbal.

— Daddy Yankee

I can relax in L.A. I think I'm the only person in that town who doesn't want to act. I was an…

— Victoria Beckham

Artists use frauds to make human beings seem more wonderful than they really are. Dancers show us human beings who move much…

— Kurt Vonnegut

(Referring to the piano's natural shape) Isn't it a shame when those big fat opera singers lean against the pianos and bend…

— Victor Borge

It's funny because a lot of people that know me as a dancer, don't know that I'm a singer, and a lot…

— Naima Adedapo

Did you ever hear about the rock and roll singer who got 3 or 4 Cadillacs, saying power to the people, dance…

— Van Morrison

Badfinger was pretty good. It was a very sad story, though, because the guy, he ended up killing himself, Pete Ham, who…

— George Harrison

I had been warned by other directors that opera is hell. The singers don't want to do what you want.

— Robert Lepage

I don't feel like God called me to be a Gospel singer. He didn't call me to be a Christian singer, he…

— Josh Turner

Miranda Lambert is actually mixing the singer-songwriter philosophy with the commercial country [mindset]. And I find it just inspiring. My hat's off…

— Allison Moorer