Singers Quotes

953 Singers quotes by 701 unique authors

From long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency and cowardice. It… — Mark Helprin
What sense or thought do they have? They follow the popular singers, and they take the crowd as their teacher. — Heraclitus
A famous man is Robin Hood, The English ballad-singer's joy. — William Wordsworth
There have been many poets who have lived at the fifth center of creativity and never gone ahead - many painters, many dancers, many singers… — Rajneesh
Singer Cilla Black's introduction to homophobic bullying occurred during a visit from Billy, a dear childhood friend. Sharing a room with Ms Black's boyfriend, Billy… — Cilla Black
Singer and actress Gertrude Lawrence once overheard an assistant describing the beauty of a coat she knew she could never even dream of affording. Having… — Sheridan Morley
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
How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers. — Gioachino Rossini
My mum and my dad they both like to sing they have really nice voices and my sister and my brother actually they are good… — Lana Del Rey
Television is god-damned amusement park. Television is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers, sideshow freaks, lion tamers and… — Paddy Chayefsky
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

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