Singers Quotes · Page 11

I'm a mom first, a singer second.

— Gretchen Wilson

All I ever want to do is what I am: a singer.

— Crystal Gayle

I'm not Bill Evans. I'm not Keith Jarrett. I'm basically a singer who plays along with his voice.

— Burton Cummings

Honestly, I just want to have a good time, listen to great singers and great music, and just use my instincts, as…

— Christina Aguilera

Whether you’re gay, straight, divorced, on drugs, a prostitute… I don’t care. Be who you are and love who you want.

— Hayley Williams

If I could be anyone, I'd choose the lead singer of Arcade Fire, Win Butler.

— Rob Kardashian

A German singer! I should as soon expect to get pleasure from the neighing of my horse.

— Frederick The Great

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

— Borns

I felt like people only knew me as a singer who dated pretty girls.

— Adam Levine

My mother was an amateur singer, my father was an amateur drunk.

— Ozzy Osbourne

Sometimes I do a Dylan song and it seems to fit me so right that I figure maybe I wrote it. Dylan…

— Jimi Hendrix

I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.

— Bob Iger

I think the 'R&B singer' title came from me entering the business at a time when R&B chick singers were the trend.…

— Mya

I went on tour with Ricky Skaggs and his wife, Sharon White, and the White Family in 2015. It was fantastic. They're…

— Ry Cooder

It often seemed like we had become a nation where the only heroes were rock singers and ball players and that there…

— Elliot Richardson

The toughest question has always been, "How do you get your ideas?" How do you answer that? It's like asking runners how…

— Lynn Johnston

The very beautiful and very touching thing about opera singers is they are very willing to do whatever you want. Unlike actors,…

— Simon McBurney

I'm a country singer. I love all kinds of music, but country is where my loyalty lies. That's just me and what…

— George Strait

Nicky Egan has the finesse of Bonnie Raitt merged with the primal force of Janis Joplin. It is a rare combination. Her…

— Steve Morse

I think the most important thing about singers was that they were passionate and they did it on purpose and they meant…

— Lacey Sturm

Congratulations to all the members of the wonderful Treorchy Male Choir past and present. In moments of grief or joy, the sound…

— David Jason

Like all soul singers, I grew up singing in church but sometimes I would leave early and sit in the car listening…

— Daryl Hall

You know what's the worst? Being a 16 year old girl who loves a famous Singer, not solely for his looks, but…

— Anthony Kiedis

My solo album is different from the Black Eyed Peas albums because I'm a singer first and foremost. There are more ballads…

— Fergie

I had been taking various lessons. I've also had a lot of incredible singers give me a ton of great advice. From…

— Margaret Cho

I'd have to say that Kenny White has earned a place among my favorite singer/songwritersand particularly, lyricists. As we say in the…

— David Crosby

If somebody asks me to recommend a young, good singer, I always do.

— Maureen Forrester

I was introduced to soul music at a very young age - my mom was a soul singer.

— Elliott Yamin

In the hierarchy of instruments, if you're a harpist, you're considered someone with a brain much more than if you're a singer.

— Nellie McKay

A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models.

— Cameron Russell

I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or…

— Robert Wyatt

I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.

— Bjork

As a singer-songwriter, a solo artist with a guitar, I can only write so many weepie little bedroom songs.

— James Bay

I know what I want at least, and the older I get I think I'm better at getting it out of players…

— Peter Maxwell Davies

The greatest MCs came out of groups; the greatest singers came out of groups. So you can't tell us we're not MCs.

— Quavo

A lot of people don't know that I'm a singer - that's my thing, really.

— Scott Bakula

There are a lot of people who would laugh at the idea of me being a good singer.

— Nancy Sinatra

I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life.

— Adam Lambert

Well, the first band was at nine, and I was on the road when I was 12 with the Sullivan Family Gospel Singers.

— Marty Stuart

I remember being a bathtub singer. You know, the type that sings and everybodys like, Shut up.

— Sean Paul