Singers Quotes · Page 17

You ever heard of a guy named Jeff Buckley? He's one of the best singers I've ever heard.

— Sebastian Bach

My mother always wanted me to be a jazz singer, but I always wanted to be raunchy,

— Etta James

We're going to be the best in the league at something. We're deep in anthem singers.

— Barry Trotz

I grew up in Barranquila, Colombia, and I spent most of my childhood dreaming about becoming a singer.

— Shakira

I love it when an aria fits a singer as perfectly as a suit of well-tailored clothes.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Rather than becoming the best, I want to become a singer with meaning.

— Taeyang

Some singers think they are gods who can do everything. But I have always been honest with myself and my possibilities.

— Mirella Freni

My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer.

— Jan Hammer

I was fanatically ambitious. All I ever wanted was to be a star. I didnt want to be a singer. I didnt…

— Polly Bergen

I never not wanted to be a singer. Since I was 3, I knew this was what I wanted to do. Well,…

— Lisa Marie Presley

“When the others were picked up and walked home by friends or fathers or best friend’s sisters, I was the kid in…

— Charlotte Eriksson

After the Beatles and Dylan, there's this assumption that you are a singer-songwriter, or that if someone else is writing your rhymes,…

— Alan Light

There are a lot of singers who cannot sing to save their lives. We have to accept it, but thank God there…

— Sonu Nigam

Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people have…

— Rita Coolidge

Our poets have sung of wine, the product of a foreign plant which commonly they never saw, as if our own plants…

— Henry David Thoreau

Everyone in my family is an artist. Both my parents are painters and my mom's an opera singer. I was never shown…

— Aleksa Palladino

It’s about a singer who first sneered about my allegedly not authentic style but later she stole and copied it. And now…

— Lana Del Rey

John McCutcheon is not only one of the best musicians in the USA, but also a great singer, songwriter, and song leader.…

— Pete Seeger

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

Tom [Courtenay] and Albert Finney met Ron Harwood on the dresser, so that's how it started. It's a wonderful documentary. It's called…

— Dustin Hoffman

Being a part of the crowd with incredible musicians onstage summoning the muse and delivering that to us - doesn't matter if…

— Patrick Fabian

Yes, I heard my people singing!-in the glow of parlor coal-stove and on summer porches sweet with lilac air, from choir loft…

— Paul Robeson

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

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

For me, I'm more of a songwriter than a guitar player or singer. And not having things to work on was really…

— Doug Martsch

I don't have a rock voice. I have to force it. I am like an opera singer.

— Meat Loaf

I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that.

— Taylor Swift

A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that's the bottom line.

— Quincy Jones

I've been influenced heavily by great soul artists. I see myself as a soul singer. I sing from my soul - I…

— Robin Thicke

My brother is the lead singer of The Torn, and my parents are in a country duo.

— Sheridan Smith

I love TLC and Aaliyah and all those early-millennial R&B singers.

— Olly Alexander

My goal is to become a singer that delivers happiness to people.

— Daesung

Being a singer is not just for popularity, it is more like cheering people's hearts and never forget my root.

— Kim Kyu-jong

There's room in the world for one historical folk-rock singer to make a decent living, and I happen to be it.

— Al Stewart

I have so much respect for the big opera singers that I never dare to say I'm a singer.

— Barbara Sukowa

I wanted to be a singer forever. But it's not really my cup of tea. Having the whole world know who you…

— Adele

There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste.

— Sarah Vaughan

I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave.

— Kristin Scott Thomas

Anne Romaine [ is ]folk singer and a skillful historian, even though she was not formally trained in the field [of Malcolm X].

— Manning Marable

Though the singer is silent…there is still the truth of the song.

— John Denver