Singers Quotes · Page 23

I want people to have a good time. Its boring only to hear singer/songwriters spilling their guts.

— Lykke Li

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

— Robert Breault

The most common misconception about me is that I'm basically a jazz singer.

— Phoebe Snow

I played a bass player and a singer in a movie once, but I totally lip-synced to everything.

— Jessica Pare

The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead.

— Marilyn Monroe

I love to sing. I'm definitely not a very good singer, but when I'm in my shower I get down for sure.

— Andre Holland

Sinatra, in my opinion, is possibly the greatest male singer of all time.

— George Strait

I know I'm not a great singer. But I love to sing and I like to use my voice in different ways.

— Melanie Chisholm

I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and everybody. But the music course was too…

— Quincy Jones

When you are up close to an opera singer, hearing this incredible volume of noise coming from a human being - its…

— Eve Best

Reserve is strength; overstatement is weakness. No one cares to hear the singer's topmost notes when the voice is 'nigh onto breaking.

— John F. Carlson

My dad, being a jingle writer, and my mom, being a jingle singer, they hooked me up with some people when I…

— Reeve Carney

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 got to record at Capital Records, which was especially awesome. You see all those big singers like Ariana Grande, Beyonce: they're…

— Josie Totah

I'm not an actor, and I'll never call myself an actor. I've never thought of it as part of my life. I'll…

— Glen Hansard

God sent his Singers upon earth With songs of sadness and of mirth, That they might touch the hearts of men, And…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Singers actually used to begin singing at a much younger age than they do now. I would say for me, I started…

— Dolora Zajick

I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. ... I'm probably writing music now…

— Billy Joel

I owe my whole acting career to the fact that I'm a singer. I went out to Los Angeles and auditioned for…

— Christian Kane

John [Lennon] as a singer - the way he sings on "Twist and Shout" and the way he sings on "Strawberry Fields…

— Alasdair MacLean

When I was young, I was always telling my parents and telling everybody that I was going to be a singer and…

— Naturi Naughton

Maia Sharp is one of America's great singer-songwriters. Her storytelling runs profound and deep while honoring a pop tradition that urges you…

— Don Was

America's a funny place. Every time I've come over it just feels absolutely gigantic and massive. I've always had good shows there,…

— Conor O'Brien

I think one of the ways that these young singers got started is that they would end up in clubs. And a…

— John Lloyd Young

I think any good singer needs to be a good actor. You have to be able to tell the story.

— Erica Schroeder

I was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I've done my whole life, without thought.

— Nina Simone

My mom was a dancer, my dad's a singer and I've always had that kind of music in my life.

— Elvis Stojko

More than anybody in the music industry, the Staple Singers were like family to me.

— Marty Stuart

I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me.

— John Legend

I've never associated myself with other singers, certainly not female singers.

— Sade Adu

The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.

— Martial

The Clan Mothers ran everything and had the last word. I think that's the answer.

— Floyd Red Crow Westerman

I've evolved with time and learnt from my daughter which designers and singers are in.

— Neena Gupta

I really don't think of myself as a singer. I think of myself as an entertainer, and the best place I do…

— Cher

I want to do a 'Woman to Woman' tour. I want powerful singers, Brandy, possibly, Melanie Fiona, possibly.

— Keyshia Cole

I joined Tommy Dorsey at the Paramount Theater in New York as a singer. I replaced Frank Sinatra.

— Ken Curtis

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

— Robert Lepage

Nathan McEuen's light is shining bright. A fine singer, guitarist and an excellent songwriter. There is hope on the horizon.

— Chris Hillman

I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that…

— Dolly Parton

I want you to remember something for me. My name is Robbie Williams. I'm a singer, a songwriter, and a born entertainer.

— Robbie Williams