Singing Quotes · Page 122

The essential thing is to WANT to sing. This then is a song. I am singing.

— Henry Miller

I thought my singing and songwriting were good, but nothing different. Then you're presented with this picture image that contradicts the impression…

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

My heart is closer to acting than singing. It's always been that way.

— Vanessa Hudgens

I think that when I started singing, I didn't know what I wanted to do; I only knew what I didn't want…

— Dianne Reeves

On and on eternally Shall your altered fluid run, Bud and bloom and go to seed; But your singing days are done

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

In any big spectacular, it's really difficult to have enough voices to cover all the vocal parts. To give the audience the…

— Mariah Carey

I've done gospel singing. I have a gospel album and country album.

— Donna Douglas

I love singing just for my own benefit.

— Miranda Kerr

I get a lot of 'Oh, you've been gone.' I wasn't gone. Just because you didn't see me doesn't mean I wasn't…

— Tionne Watkins

Even before I got the record deal, I never really used singing to get girls. I always felt weird about that.

— Musiq Soulchild

I have a very clear understanding of what my voice is. It's like a B voice. It hovers around B-minus, B-plus. I…

— Meryl Streep

The one who sings, prays twice.

— Saint Augustine

I was a ham. I loved singing and performing.

— Leslie Uggams

We hear the ambient noise of children singing. We hear lions and tigers roar. Hyenas laugh. Some jungle bird or howler monkey…

— Chuck Palahniuk

You're singing a song about making love to your drummer, well gay guitar pickers don't turn me on.

— Hank Williams, Jr

I don't view interviewing as much of a performance. My whole life is in essence a performance but singing and dancing for…

— Lady Gaga

I started singing when I was about 3 and dancing soon after. Mom just started looking for outlets where I could perform…

— Bellamy Young

When I was a junior in college I moved to New York and went to this performance school the Experimental Theatre Wing.…

— Antony Hegarty

I just can't wipe it off, this smile on my face I can't slow it now, my heart just beats at this…

— Treasure^^

What comprises good performance? The ability through singing or playing to make the ear conscious of the true content and affect of…

— Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

We can choose to be like the Mormon pioneers, who maintained a spirit of gratitude during their slow and painful trek toward…

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I like singing practically more than anything else, and I want to be the best, but I don't want to sacrifice time…

— Maria Doyle Kennedy

Yeah. My singing and my songs were very influenced by all of that. People would come up to me and ask, Is…

— Regina Spektor

My vision of punk rock was these dudes who were spitting on the audience and moshing. That's why I kind of left…

— Kathleen Hanna

The kids (in the Jesus Movement) weren't singing for themselves. It seemed like they were singing TO Someone.

— Greg Laurie

I love singing, but I feel very naked and very vulnerable when I'm singing sometimes. With acting, I always think that it…

— Jake Epstein

I took piano lessons when I was a little kid, but even before that, you're singing in the classroom and wherever. Gosh,…

— Cass McCombs

I'm not a huge musical fan. It's like when people just jump out singing; it's not real.

— Keke Palmer

I enjoy all aspects of singing and I'm luckily given the choice to be part of different styles of music.

— Bryn Terfel

When we recorded the song I Just Can't Stop Loving You, my vocal range is a little higher than Michael's range. He…

— Siedah Garrett

Joe Trapanese did our score, and when he was first brought on to the project, he and I met up at a…

— Leigh Bardugo

I know nothing other than singing and I feel blessed.

— Javed Ali

When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.

— Billie Holiday

What happened was I discovered that even though 'Tightrope' had bombed in the United States, it was a big hit in Latin…

— Mike Connors

I realized I could do singing impressions when I was 12 years old, first being Britney Spears.

— Melissa Villasenor

My book 'Trust Your Heart', which is the story of my life, will be followed by 'Singing Lessons', a memoir of love,…

— Judy Collins

I was probably about four when I really wanted to start singing.

— Lisa Stansfield

From 11 to 17, I just toured my butt off with my dad and my sister. We hit the road and I…

— Gabby Barrett

I hear a lot of people singing in funny voices and singing like they're stupid. Singing in a deliberately fey and dumb…

— Daryl Hall

For me, the most enjoyable type of singing is opera. It allows you to move, to wear a costume... to do something…

— Andrea Bocelli