Singing Quotes · Page 53

Ron's songwriting and my singing are something that can't be detached from each other. They are inseparable.

— Russell Mael

I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.

— Aretha Franklin

The prose as such has to be singing the song the story is telling.

— Leonard Michaels

Singing is as much the language of holy joy as praying is of holy desire.

— John Wesley

Singing provides a true sense of lightheartedness. If I sing when I am alone, I feel wonderful. It's freedom.

— Andrea Bocelli

Van Heusen understood Sinatra's style of singing; Sinatra understood Van Heusen's concept of melody.

— Frank Sinatra Jr

“When the Sun of compassion arises darkness evaporates and the singing birds come from nowhere.”

— Amit Ray

I've been singing Shakira songs in front of my bathroom mirror into my hairbrush forever. It's like a daily routine.

— Taylor Swift

I love playing and I love singing, and the writing. There's kind of a symbiotic relationship between the writing and the playing.

— Guy Clark

As a child, all I knew was that people kept asking me to sing, and because I liked to please, I would…

— Johnny Mathis

It seems that people view idol stars in a bit different perspective now, and I am going to keep singing and dancing…

— Ok Taec-yeon

When I started singing about my life and what I was going through, I felt more confident. It was my own life,…

— Benjamin Clementine

Harmony has always come very natural to us because we started singing harmony at an early age. We heard a lot of…

— Petra Haden

You can't explain the feeling of singing hit songs to an audience - it's like being a genuine sports star at the…

— Rick Astley

Find out what you really like if you can. Find out what is really important to you. Then sing your song. You…

— Robert Henri

I just love to sing, so like my dad's advice when I was younger - anytime you get a chance to sing,…

— Lauren Hart

The first music I bought when I was nine or 10 was pop music from the '50s and '60s, like The Everly…

— Will Oldham

I think it all comes back to the individual. My instrument's just a pile of metal and wood! If you listen to…

— Stefon Harris

I learned to play guitar on my lying back while I was bed-ridden. I only thought to record the songs because sometimes…

— Melody Gardot

I didn't have to win, and winning wasn't important to me. Being world champion wasn't important to me. What was important to…

— Dwayne Johnson

It's the idea held by generations of citizens who believed that America is a constant work in progress; who believed that loving…

— Barack Obama

I grew up singing Mexican music, and that's based on indigenous Mexican rhythms. Mexican music also has an overlay of West African…

— Linda Ronstadt

A cat is a regency gentleman--elegant of pose, exquisite of manner, with spotless linen and an enthusiasm for bare knuckle fights, rampaging…

— Pam Brown

I think sometimes when people get older they start to limit themselves and think that if they wanted to start singing or…

— Theresa Wayman

But I love singing live. Nothing beats the feeling of going out on stage and going, 'I can really sing.'

— Jessie J

We [ Paverment] were definitely unafraid of playing wrong notes and singing wrong things. We could be fearlessly bad!

— Stephen Malkmus

I love doing clean singing, which is one of the main things that drives me back to Kamelot all the time.

— Alissa White-Gluz

I'm not looking for career attention, for more success, more money. I'm just singing songs I chose because I love them.

— Celine Dion

By the wood-shed is a brook. It goes singing on. Its joy-song does sing in my heart.

— Opal Whiteley

Ever since I can remember, I've always wanted to be a performer - whether it was acting or singing or whatever.

— Juliette Lewis

I'd say that Ray Charles is definitely the biggest influence on my singing. Also Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder.

— Michael McDonald

I always loved singing. No matter where I was, I would just make up my own stuff.

— Diana DeGarmo

People ask me where I got my singing style. I didn't copy my style from anybody.

— Elvis Presley

I was always singing around my house, and my parents thought they should put me into voice lessons just for fun.

— Jennifer Damiano

I hear this song and I think, Man, this is ... great. This is the best I ever heard this. I forget…

— Guy Clark

My singing voice is very specific to me. That's my natural voice when I sing.

— Gus Dapperton

I love singing. It doesn't matter whether it's at a wedding or to nobody in Leeds.

— Sam Ryder

Make sure your heart is singing right until the day it stops.

— Julian Casablancas

I learned so much about recording and about singing on records from Ken Nelson.

— Wanda Jackson

If that day comes when I'm done with the acting and singing, I'll just pack it in and go home.

— Mandy Moore