Singing Quotes · Page 68

No president is well-served by groupthink or by everybody singing from the same sheet of music they think he's on.

— Robert M. Gates

I started learning everybody's riffs, from Donny Hathaway to Jeffrey Osborne to James Ingram. That helped me create my own style of…

— R. Kelly

I had to come out on stage with my little staff and robe and I had this sun on top of my…

— Gonjasufi

“Music is the fastest motivator in the world.”

— Amit Kalantri

Because everything about the voice interests me, I felt it would be fascinating to learn a completely different style of singing.

— Renee Fleming

If I made a mistake in singing a song or in the script, I could have some fun with it, then retain…

— Bing Crosby

Anyone singing about trucks, in any form, in any song, anywhere, literally just stop - nobody cares!

— Kacey Musgraves

I have been whistling songs from childhood. I suppose it compensated for a lack of singing voice and satisfied my musical appetite.

— Y. G. Mahendran

I just started mimicking what I heard and singing along to it.

— Bryson Tiller

I felt like an outsider, so listening to a bunch of outsiders' music like Bjork and Patti Smith made me feel better.…

— Perfume Genius

I'm from a singing family, but they're not professional singers, only gospel - my grandfather was a minister. I started to sing…

— Diana Ross

The making of a whole person and the creation of true individuals can only happen by singing and dancing and making art.

— Antony Gormley

On singing in the swimming pool: "If I can move the water, I can move the people.

— Michael Bolton

Martin Swinger is one of those rare singer-songwriters who excels at everything: singing, songwriting, guitar-playing, and being so present with his humor,…

— Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

I've known from a very early age that singing was what I was supposed to do. There was this unmistaken, undeniable passion…

— Josh Turner

I feel like it's almost a Renaissance thing, a painting, a modern version of a painting. I think it's important for Kim…

— Kanye West

You always will be singing a song or humming a line or a melody.

— Dennis Brown

The point is that I am such a big fan of Puccini and that Butterfly is the most difficult and complete role…

— Kristine Opolais

I grew up singing and dancing, so people have been calling me gay since fifth grade. I've heard everything you could possibly…

— Matthew Morrison

“ 'I've been privileged to occasionally hear you sing in the shower and thought--what a voice. With a reasonable amount of training,…

— Barbara Elsborg

I was about 17 or 18 when I first started performing in public. I had a teacher when I was a freshman…

— Antony Hegarty

The protests may turn into something entirely new. Our people are very creative and well-organized. Some of them are singing in shopping…

— Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

There's this great kind of spooky dance that happens that I can't access any other way. I think most of us are…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I was backstage at the House of Blues in L.A where I was about to perform, and Stevie Wonder and Prince turned…

— Jill Scott

when michael jackson died i wonder if his life flashed before him and if it did, i wonder if he thought 'who's…

— Sean Lock

God is not regulated to 30 minutes of accessible group singing.

— Brenton Brown

I thought it sounded a bit like Percy singing... maybe you've got to attack him while he's in the shower, Harry.

— Anonymous

As a child, as a cinemagoer, I think there is nothing better than being in a cinema or watching a film. I…

— Karan Johar

I can still deliver behind closed doors, we just need to get a recording of the fans singing and shouting in the…

— Dereck Chisora

When I'm singing I try not be a singer with a capital S. I just try to get it out so I…

— Robert Wyatt

Singing, it's like it's like loving somebody, it's a supreme emotional and physical experience.

— Janis Joplin

I've been singing Rodgers and Hammerstein all my life.

— Carmen Cusack

I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.

— Tom Petty

The worst feature of a new baby is its mother's singing.

— Kin Hubbard

We have a tendency to sugar coat the Civil Rights movement by showing arm in arm and everyone singing 'Kumbaya'. We don't…

— Nate Parker

I went to a friend's 40th in Manchester, and there was a karaoke machine, and no one was having a go. My…

— Ian Brown

I hate my voice. I've never been comfortable singing.

— Cass McCombs

It seems that singing is the only thing I've been able to do and fortunately it seems to be useful!

— Judith Durham

I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I…

— Taylor Swift

What dancing has helped me with is blocking; it makes me comfortable with my body. You know how to hit your mark,…

— Columbus Short