Singer Quotes

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At times, Singer Johnny Cash rubbed dirt from the earth under his fingernails in order to avoid any arrogance which might stem from his fame,… — Robert Hilburn
If a person sings quietly to himself on the street people smile with approval; but if he talks it's not alright; they think he's crazy.… — Edward Hoagland
If you hung him for being a good singer, you'd be hanging an innocent man! — Gorilla Monsoon
I'm a musician at heart. I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys… — Nat King Cole
I would like to think that the singer is the butterfly, and the drummer was just the little grub in the ground, working to become… — Robert Wyatt
We want to be famous as a writer, as a poet, as a painter, as a politician, as a singer, or what you will. Why?… — Harry Crews
I don't know what it's like for a book writer or a doctor or a teacher as they work to get established in their jobs,… — Loretta Lynn
Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention as a singer/songwriter. — Melissa Manchester
I didn't want to be the crippled songwriter or the crippled singer. I wanted to be the singer or the songwriter who was crippled. I… — Doc Pomus
If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer...When I was younger, I felt… — Patti Smith
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. ... I'm probably writing music now for the same… — Billy Joel
Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention as a singer/songwriter.… — Melissa Manchester
I'm not interested, Larry, in being a perfect, plastic pop singer that looks great in bikinis and is on the cover of every magazine. I'm… — Lady Gaga
We singer-songwriter people, we're used to getting up and doing our own thing in front of people, and we're it. We're the band, artist, writer,… — Andy Wilkinson
Kids who are least impressive in my class are the ones who only listen to one kind of music. They only listen to country or… — Andy Wilkinson
Melodies can be good depending on the context. You can have a simple melody, and if the harmony behind it is interesting, it can make… — Donald Fagen
Like I say, I'm always writing and if something sticks, it sticks. I get to write with great songwriters in town. Lori McKenna is one… — Tim McGraw
Miranda Lambert is actually mixing the singer-songwriter philosophy with the commercial country [mindset]. And I find it just inspiring. My hat's off completely, because she's… — Unknown Author
When you said you were a terrible singer, I thought you were being humble. But you weren't. — Paul McCartney
She was twenty and had come to realize that, though she had a voice, she wasn't a singer; that to endure and embrace the life… — James A. Baldwin

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