Singers Quotes

953 Singers quotes by 701 unique authors

Potter is potter's enemy, and craftsman is craftsman's rival; tramp is jealous of tramp, and singer of singer. — Hesiod
The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth… — Rupert Holmes
I wasn't cut out to be an opera singer, but it was a nice fantasy for a teenager growing up in Hungary during the Stalinist… — Andy Grove
I listen to music mostly in the evening. I've come to love what is called world music, like the Zimbabwean Oliver Mtukudzi and the Colombian… — Jeannette Walls
When I started making my own records, I had this idea of drowning out the singer and putting the rest in the foreground. It was… — Brian Eno
Adolescents tend to be passionate people, and passion is no less real because it is directed toward a hot-rod, a commercialized popular singer, or the… — Edgar Friedenberg
It's been important to me to be a good activist, a good thinker, a good musician, a good singer, and a good entertainer. You can't… — Holly Near
So many of these comics are just frustrated singers or actors - they want to get a gig doing a sitcom. It's paint-by-the-numbers comedy, lame… — Sam Kinison
I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader. — Adam Lambert
I felt like people only knew me as a singer who dated pretty girls. — Adam Levine
Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing,… — Stephen Malkmus
In the future, I see me as being my own artist and definitely not a ballad singer! — Thia Megia
My dad was a singer in a band and neither of my parents went to college, and I ended up getting into Harvard and was… — Dean Norris
The best thing I ever learned from my dad was he knew he wasn't the best of singers, but he always knew he was a… — Dean Norris
I think every singer hears songs that make you want to sing them. — David Nail
As a singer, I just want to try to honor what the writers create - and as someone who's trying to write songs, I just… — David Nail
I'm certainly not a trained singer. The only place I could probably carry a tune is my shower. — Lucas Neff
I'm about to start working with a singer I met on my last trip: she'll get international exposure, and I'll have a song out in… — Paul Oakenfold
Everyone has their own path in life, no matter if it's being a celebrity or a singer. Quite frankly, I didn't move to Nashville and… — Jake Owen
A musical film is my idea of heaven. You can pre-record, you don't have to sing live. Singing live was the bit I hated the… — Billie Piper
I love, love, love music - have since I was a kid, and I'm still really into music - and I became a singer because… — Cassandra Peterson
If you are in a play, and you catch a cold, you are able to muddle through. If you are carrying a musical, it's a… — Elaine Paige
So I'm truly an actor who sings, and not a singer who acts. — Mandy Patinkin
Well, the first thing I wanted to be was a carpenter. Then I wanted to be a painter and then a singer. It was when… — Michael Pitt
I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed. — Patti Page

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