Singers Quotes · Page 28

It's a two-dimensional gig being a singer, and you can get lost in your own tedium and repetition.

— Robert Plant

I'm saying that she (Whitney Houston) looks great for a singer... the way Courtney Love is a singer.

— Kathy Griffin

I'm always shocked by that! I'm not the singer, I'm the songwriter who sings.

— Nina Nastasia

Blessed are the singers and the players. Can't take this lightly.

— Skip Marley

Just because I'm a woman doesn't mean I'm the same as every other female singer.

— Kathleen Hanna

I've listened to Jazz since I was born and always knew I'd be a Jazz singer!

— Jane Monheit

There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to.

— Rick Springfield

Even if your job is a professional singer, we still dork out at home.

— Sheena Easton

When I saw Elvis on television, I just fell in love with him completely. As a singer, I want to be able…

— Faith Hill

In the race for wealth, a neighbor tries to outdo his neighbor, but this strife is good for men. For the potter…

— Hesiod

I worshipped Ethel Merman and I worshipped Ethel Merman a lot. It's incredible - Ethel Merman was a conventional singer. Her naming…

— Beth Ditto

My mother is a singer, my sisters all sing, my uncles are incredible singers and guitar players, so it's just kind of…

— Bruno Mars

I have often heard the statement made by foreign singers, as a demonstrated fact, that the German artists are artists in feeling…

— Anton Seidl

Since music is a reflection of our mindset and our culture, it is bound to change with time. I am glad that…

— Sonu Nigam

I'm just a singer/songwriter and entertainer and I miss people and the energy of the crowd. When I play live it's a…

— Dolly Parton

All the really great records or people who made them somehow came from Memphis or Louisiana or somewhere along the Mississippi River...And…

— John Fogerty

Indians are the Italians of Asia and vice versa. Every man in both countries is a singer when he is happy, and…

— Gregory David Roberts

In the high school classroom you are a drill sergent, a rabbi, a shoulder to cry on, a disciplinarian, a singer, a…

— Frank McCourt

I've worked with Emily Skinner and I've seen Linda Balgord's work. I saw Harvey Keitel at the call-backs. But generally I don't…

— Max von Essen

Rod's a great singer. He's got a great voice, but there's no point to put a 30-piece orchestra behind him. I'm not…

— Bob Dylan

It was the vehicle that propelled me to international stardom. ("Harder They Come") I was known as a singer/songwriter before that, but…

— Jimmy Cliff

I love music so much and that kind of takes away from the fact that I am missing out on some things.…

— Lucy Hale

To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities…

— Junichiro Koizumi

I went to high school right outside Dallas, and (songwriter and performer) Michael Martin Murphey was a senior there when I was…

— Ray Wylie Hubbard

You can't be perfect. You can't be the perfect father. You can't be the perfect singer.

— Eddie Vedder

“it is essential that young singers familiarize themselves with the business aspects of their work.”

— Renee Fleming

I like singing as much as I like acting, and all through high school I thought I might be a Broadway singer.

— Zooey Deschanel

If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music.

— Chely Wright

As it turns out, three of my four kids are professional singers. And they're really interesting, good singers.

— Loudon Wainwright III

I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer

— B. B. King

Hindi film songs are the best of everything - whether it is lyrics, melody and talented singers.

— Badshah

I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit.

— Phil Collins

I think it gets boring (for the audience) for the lead singer to have a guitar hanging on them all the time

— Lita Ford

Growing up I was involved in children's theater, so I was definitely on the path to be an actor and a singer.

— Victor Garber

I had the one thing you need to be a blues singer, I was born with the blues.

— Lightnin' Hopkins

The composers hated me. The singers detested me. The guitarists were terrified by me.

— Bulat Okudzhava

I have written for, very fortunately, some great singers from Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley.

— Neil Sedaka

I'm a car singer, in fact sometimes I pretend to take my dog out for a walk, and I'll just drive him…

— Casey Abrams

I'm trying to capture a moment. It's not about the singer at the microphone. I'm trying to look for, like, a moment…

— Danny Clinch

I would love to make a bunch of country demos and write country songs for really great country singers.

— Kathleen Hanna