I consider myself a jazz singer. I think I stick to the roots of improvisation, singing in front of the beat, behind… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
If you can show me how I can cling to that which is real to me, while teaching me a way into… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
My own musical ambitions were born when I was five, watching the Ed Sullivan Show on TV. When Elvis Presley burst on… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
I think I could beat Joe Frazier singing. I was in a Broadway musical called Big Time Buck Wright. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
What I've wanted to do my whole life is just act. When I was younger, I loved to entertain people. I always… — Cara Delevingne Copy Share Image
Mr. Presley has no discernible singing ability . . . For the ear he is an unutterable bore, not nearly so talented… — Jack Gould Copy Share Image
There are also in some places springs which have the peculiarity of giving fine singing voices to the natives, as at Tarsus… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
Only when we break the mirror and climb into our vision, only when we are the wind together streaming and singing, only… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
The help of God does not come to us when we are indifferent. It comes to the man who is depending on… — Alan Redpath Copy Share Image
We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
She sang a lot of songs. 'The Bear Went Over the Mountain' and things like that. But the one she was really… — Bobby Petrino Copy Share Image
A moment of happiness, you and I sitting on the verandah, apparently two, but one in soul, you and I. We feel… — Rumi Copy Share Image
My singing voice has sort of an Ethel Merman-type quality: just, like, loud and strong and full. — Beanie Feldstein Copy Share Image
I'm Mexican, and we do a lot of singing, and it was my brother's guitar that I'd practice on, and he would… — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
My job is to work at song writing and singing and telling the truth in song writing. My job is to be… — Beth Hart Copy Share Image
Now, I'm as appreciative as the next obsessive-compulsive recovering-academic of the vast riches of material becoming available online, thanks to all those… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
When I started to sing like myself - as opposed to imitating Nat Cole, which I had done for a while -… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
My singing wasn't horrible, but my dancing really made it look silly. It's not like I'm a horrible singer that can't sing.… — William Hung Copy Share Image
I feel in Spain they kill the art instinct. The education system is really bad, and they've got to change because in… — Juancho Hernangomez Copy Share Image
“In life, you either choose to sing a rainbow, or you don't. Keep singing.” — Kathleen Long Copy Share Image
Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow. — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
The modern Little Red Riding Hood, reared on singing commercials, has no objection to being eaten by the wolf. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back… — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
The singing of our sacred hymns, written by the servants of God, has a powerful effect in converting people to the principles… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
There are those who still think they are holding the pass against a revolution that may be coming up the road. But… — Garet Garrett Copy Share Image
When I'm acting, I'm in a different place, singing is the last thing on my mind, and when I'm on stage, there's… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
Classical singing - everything had to be homogenous, and it had to just feel like one continuous flow from top to bottom,… — Cecile McLorin Salvant Copy Share Image
My favorite singers in the world have been black singers, and you can go to any church and hear the best singers… — Johnny Van Zant Copy Share Image
Madonna's not the best singer in the world, but she was awesome with her entertainment and all of her shock tactics and… — Joss Stone Copy Share Image
It's not like you have two sets of vocal cords. You only have one, and if you exhaust it from talking, then… — Chloe Kohanski Copy Share Image
To be part of what you're singing about is somewhat painful. You've got to climb inside it all. — Merle Haggard Copy Share Image
I don't know if it is a spiritual, physiological or psychological phenomenon, but I believe now more than ever that singing is… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
Far happier he, who, young and full of pride And radiant with the glory of the sun, Leaves earth before his singing… — Kobo Abe Copy Share Image
I live primarily on chocolate chip cookies and coffee, and I'm prone to singing Katy Perry songs at the top of my… — Chris Sununu Copy Share Image
I don't really consider myself a "singer." I am getting more comfortable singing every day, which is great. — Michael Benjamin Lerner Copy Share Image
I worked in a supermarket for a year; I worked in a finance department at a university, a pub, busking and singing.… — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
If I could sing, that would be cool. But I can't. I mean, I physically can, but I'm awful. It's weird to… — Ad-Rock Copy Share Image
The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just… — Melissa Etheridge Copy Share Image
With the supermarket as our temple and the singing commercial as our litany, are we likely to fire the world with an… — Adlai Stevenson Copy Share Image
