Ballads Quotes

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Oh, I'm a ballad queen for sure... I don't dig dance stuff very much but I seem to hit the charts with it. Go figure... — Phyllis Hyman
To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about. If it's somebody else's lyric, and the message is a little unusual… — Al Jarreau
I do ballads that say what every man wants to say and that every woman wants to hear, or I do songs about social issues. — Kenny Rogers
All melodious poets shall be hoarse as street ballads, when once the penetrating keynote of nature and spirit is sounded-the earth-beat, sea-beat, heart-beat, which make… — Charles Ives
I'm not a real good musician, but I can write [a song] pretty well. I experiment once in a while to see what I can… — Marty Robbins
I think that ballads are always something where I can really become one with the audiance. — Namie Amuro
A ballad once in a while doesn't go amiss — Chrissie Hynde
True popular ballads are the spontaneous products of nature. — Unknown Author
Inspiration and ideas only come to me when I have not had a woman in a very long time... Ballads, polonaises, even a whole concerto… — Claude Debussy
Fergie will sing ballads to the dogs and they'll sit there rapt. You know your wife's a star when she keeps the dogs entertained for… — Josh Duhamel
I have decided long ago that my songs and ballads would not get the hugs and kisses of the capitalistic experts. — Woody Guthrie
I subscribe to that school of thespian - to be a wandering minstrel or traveling player, a thing ofrags and patches, of ballads, songs and… — Julian Sands
But I think beautiful is simple and elegant, like a ballad with simple harmony. — John Fogerty
I had rather be a Kitten, and cry mew, Than one of these same Meeter Ballad-mongers: I had rather heare a Brazen Candlestick turn'd, Or… — William Shakespeare
Itâ€™s hard to pin down what makes Weissâ€™ music so distinctive. Perhaps itâ€™s that even in the ballads, the tone is upbeat, the outlook positive.… — Carlo Wolff
Actually when I'm depressed or feeling down, I seem to play quiet music and enjoy the time. So I listen to a lot of ballads… — Kim Tae-yeon
In the future, I see me as being my own artist and definitely not a ballad singer! — Thia Megia
From folk to tribal to Cab Calloway, Cole Porter, Gershwin to the Rolling Stones, whose first record was all covers, to country-western, bebop, blues, and… — Cat Power
My favorite type of music to sing is definitely those big ballads, I just love doing those power ballads. — Pia Toscano
I'd like to do a pop album with an R and B influence. I definitely want to have those big ballads with the uptempo hits… — Pia Toscano

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