Singers Quotes · Page 26

The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance.

— Linda Ronstadt

My trade is a lonely one. I'm a craftsman, if you like. It so happens that these days singers are better paid…

— Jacques Brel

Your brain is your greatest weapon. Connect it to your heart, and you can go anywhere.

— Angelique Kidjo

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

— Lisa Stansfield

It is strange, but nobody is shocked when pop singers make a fortune in the space of two years.

— Placido Domingo

Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time.

— Elvis Presley

Often you get wonderful singers who maybe aren't as strong as actors, or you get wonderful actors who can't sing very well.

— Alexander Hanson

There are very few singers who know the art of creating music which plays with people's feelings and emotions.

— Sara Khan

It's OK if Tim McGraw goes and does a movie, and it's OK if Justin Timberlake does a movie, but it's not…

— Christian Kane

I've had the pleasure of working closely with Marc Von Em as a singer, but when I heard his original stuff, I…

— Rob Thomas

Gaps can be very emotional. I mean, that's in my drumming. When I drum, you know, I don't need to drum all…

— Ringo Starr

It's really painful when four singers are asked to sing one track, and in the end, only one of them is kept.…

— Kumar Sanu

Singers, musicians, and songwriters don't want to use the word "acting" because we want it to be more real than that -…

— Ronee Blakley

I say nice things about Mariah Carey all the time. I tell Mariah all the time how much of a fan I…

— Nicki Minaj

For me, the intent in a song is to sing it. I compose songs, meaning I'm writing words to be set to…

— Cornelius Eady

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

The Animals were their own worst enemy. The Animals were a band that couldn't live up to their name. I was the…

— Eric Burdon

So much of the way a singer physically damages their voice could be caused by stress or nerves. I would never be…

— Brandi Carlile

Whenever I become discouraged (which is on alternate Tuesdays, between three and four) I lift my spirits by remembering: The artists are…

— Howard Zinn

What the altar-bound of today end up buying from their numberless vendors is a dog's breakfast of bridal excess - part society…

— Caitlin Flanagan

I am very impressed by The Carrivick Sisters, one of the best young duos I’ve heard. The girls sing and play as…

— Ralph McTell

I could always hold a melody, but I was never like, I'm going to be a singer. So I'm able to use…

— Kid Ink

I'm the only person in my family who can't sing. My grandmother was an opera singer and all of her kids were…

— Le1f

James Ralston, my guitar player, has performed with Tina Turner for about 22 years. Jim Hanson on bass has played with Johnny…

— Vonda Shepard

It's in my genes. My mother was an opera singer. I'm clearly dramatic.

— Mariah Carey

It's good that Bollywood is changing and directors are trying out Pakistani singers as composers.

— Anu Malik

I love English rock music the best and have always been fascinated by The Clash, especially Joe Strummer, their singer.

— Carla Bruni

Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer.

— Marilyn Horne

Mine is an actor's voice, not a singer's voice, but the part was written for an actor (Richard Burton), not a singer.

— Jeremy Irons

I don't know how much more expressive you can get than being a rock and roll singer.

— Robert Plant

Singers aren't supposed to have dairy before a show, but we all know I'm a rule breaker.

— Justin Bieber

Both my mother and my grandmother aspired to be opera singers. And they studied it.

— Jihae

There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate.

— Neville Marriner

It's a folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people

— Woody Guthrie

My mom was an opera singer, and she gave up her career to raise a family. But she also taught my sisters…

— Tika Sumpter

I've only ever wanted to be a singer; I never wanted to be famous.

— Katherine Jenkins

The focus is on singer/songwriters now rather than huge shows. I mean, of course there's always a place for that too.

— Emeli Sande

When a singer puts his hand on his heart, it means usually, I will always love you!

— Charles Baudelaire

I never really thought I was going to be a singer, honestly. I never listened to singers; I always listened to rap…

— Fetty Wap

All you need in a successful boyband is two great singers and three okay singers and you get can away with it.

— Louis Walsh