It may be that my most helpful contributions to music aren't my compact discs but my articles about other great singers of… — Susannah McCorkle Copy Share Image
The best songs are stories, and the best singers storytellers. Great singers can make you care about what they're feeling. You have… — Steve Ross Copy Share Image
I've had albums out since the 1970s. I was in a musical, 'The Boy Friend,' directed by Ken Russell, and I was… — Twiggy Copy Share Image
People think top singers are overpaid, but opera houses have a top fee, which is a good thing. Of course concerts are… — Bryn Terfel Copy Share Image
I think if you are going to be a singer, you should sing. If you are going to be a dancer, you… — Kesha Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm the best singer in the world, for sure, but I loved doing it in 'Into the Woods.' I'll… — Emily Blunt Copy Share Image
I think, being a male singer, I always hate another great male singer's voice before I can love it, unless it's just… — Mikky Ekko Copy Share Image
I listened to Billie Holiday a lot in order to learn to sing. She remains one of the extraordinary jazz singers. But… — Madeleine Peyroux Copy Share Image
I'd always thought, 'When I finish modelling, I'm going to pursue this.' But then it really kind of hit me. I realized,… — Erica Packer Copy Share Image
When I started, my teachers told me that I had to sing 'Mozart, Mozart, Mozart.' I said, 'No, I want to sing… — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
I'd say music runs in my blood. My parents are exceptionally talented singers, so even before I was born, it was a… — Sonu Nigam Copy Share Image
I can sing 'Happy Birthday' to you in twelve different places, but one of them is going to make you feel a… — Idina Menzel Copy Share Image
It's all about respect; he's looking for respect from his buddies. In the last one he just wanted to hang out, to… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
If you're a novelist, you have sort of themes that run throughout novels. You start a novel and you finish a novel.… — Amos Lee Copy Share Image
“When he was very excited, [John Singer] Sargent would rush at his canvas with his brush poised for attack, yelling, 'Demons, demons,… — Deborah Davis Copy Share Image
That song [You Got To Make It Through The World] came from a vibe I picked up from an old blues singer… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, during those days, you couldn't use instruments. It was against the pastor's religion, so all the singers… — Bobby Womack Copy Share Image
I started out to be a person on the street, just like everybody else. I didn't start out to be a singer.… — Janis Joplin Copy Share Image
The first artist I really loved was Stevie Wonder. That opened the doors to other soul singers like Ray Charles and Aretha… — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
I wasn't cut out to be an opera singer, but it was a nice fantasy for a teenager growing up in Hungary… — Andy Grove Copy Share Image
It is time of individualities now. Good performing skills are not enough now, you may sing better or worse - tons of… — Verka Serduchka Copy Share Image
I love music; I was never the type of singer to say, "This is my specific genre, or I only sing R&B… — Heather Headley Copy Share Image
Well first of all, I'm a singer. I sing since I talk. So the great ballad singers, the people that sang with… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
For me, it's never been about being famous. I just want to be a successful singer. I wanna work hard If I'm… — Shane Filan Copy Share Image
The reason that some singers go on to become great artists has very little to do with their voices, but rather with… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
Every good gospel singer you can hear is a scat singer; they're just using different syllables. There are a lot of jazz… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
Judy Henske, who was the then reigning queen of folk music, said to me at The Troubadour, 'Honey, in this town there… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
I was kind of known as a ballad singer. People would send ballads. Some of them would go over my shoulder and… — Rita Coolidge Copy Share Image
Dont expect fame to come overnight. That filtered through to me in my own career. Look at Madonna: shes not the best… — Rick Astley Copy Share Image
“And if there come the singers and the dancers and the flute players, buy of their gifts also. For they too are… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Some bands write and it is just the singer and the guitarist that do it all and then the rest of the… — Marco Mendoza Copy Share Image
Most things in my life I had before leaving home. Values, support, great family. I was shaped at an early age. A… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
If you play an instrument, it makes you a better singer. The more you play, the better you sing, the more you… — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
When classical singers or dancers look at cinema with derision, I have half a heart to tell them that they're wrong. They're… — Kamal Haasan Copy Share Image
In order to make a normal-sized record, a singer songwriter should have a couple dozen finished songs. Once they go through the… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I never socialized with singers. It's very dangerous if you work with opera... I don't think that in 30 years a singer… — Rudolf Bing Copy Share Image
SPEAK OF TROUBLE highlights the abilities of Lowell Sostomi as singer/songwriter and brings together a talented band of musicians with amazing dexterity,… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
Society certainly encourages women to be victims in every way. I mean if we want approval, we have to sing the blues,… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
What I wanted to be and who I am is a singer and a songwriter. I wanted to be onstage, and I… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
I am a moderately good singer. I am not a great singer but I can interpret a song, which I don't think… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
![“When he was very excited, [John Singer] Sargent would rush at his canvas with his brush poised for attack, yelling, 'Demons, demons, demons!' When he was particularly angry or frustrated, he expressed these feelings with 'Damn,' the only curse he allowed himself. He once had the expletive…” quote by Deborah Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/deborah-davis-66875_angry_when-he-was-very-excited-john-singer-sar_1957652.jpg)
![“That song [You Got To Make It Through The World] came from a vibe I picked up from an old blues singer named Bo Carter. My lady was making a film as a thesis for U.C.L.A. and she wanted me to write a song to depict this character. The movie had something to do with bootlegging and stuff like that…” quote by Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f99/van-morrison-1192_bootlegging_that-song-you-got-to-make-it-through-the_1193292.jpg)
