Singing Quotes
2240 Singing quotes by 1527 unique authors
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I have been singing for the last 50 years, you know, so I deserve a break. Besides, there are talented singers around who can do…
— Lata Mangeshkar
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The artists who stand out to me have a passion for what they do. There are a lot of people who can sing. It's just…
— Jill Scott
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I don't really remember my folks singing to us, but they read to us.
— Mary Chapin Carpenter
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I never thought I would be singing for the world.
— Patti LaBelle
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Teach music and singing at school in such a way that it is not a torture but a joy for the pupil; instill a thirst…
— Zoltan Kodaly
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Our age of mechanization leads along a road ending with man himself as a machine. Only the spirit of singing can save us from this…
— Zoltan Kodaly
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I think singing it when its done well is extremely natural. It feels great.
— Renee Fleming
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The people have no ear, either for rhythm or music, and their unnatural passion for pianoforte playing and singing is thus all the more repulsive.…
— Heinrich Heine
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In this culture the soul and the heart too often go homeless. Listening creates a holy silence. When you listen generously to people, they can…
— Rachel Naomi Remen
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What a pity flowers can utter no sound!-A singing rose, a whispering violet, a murmuring honeysuckle ... oh, what a rare and exquisite miracle would…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Her singing reminds me of a cart coming downhill with the brake on.
— Thomas Beecham
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In some ways, I've always approached singing as acting, and the voice is just like a way of carrying the song.
— Petula Clark
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For me, singing is the most natural thing in the world. I've grown up with it and I know I've got that gift.
— Stella McCartney
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I grew up singing Mexican music, and that's based on indigenous Mexican rhythms. Mexican music also has an overlay of West African music, based on…
— Linda Ronstadt
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The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance.
— Linda Ronstadt
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... We're all about trying to play better every night, not just singing hit songs ... we ad lib, and every night there's jamming ..…
— Brad Paisley
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,,, all around it would have to be Eddie Cochran, because it wasn't just music with him; it was his guitar playing, his look, his…
— Brian Setzer
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.. Playing live is about going for it .. it's about bringing it ... you should see a bunch of people trying out stuff, actually…
— Brad Paisley
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... I like the clubs because ... we have two or three acoustic guitars up there and we're not hard-core slamming or stomping through the…
— Toby Keith
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It was Rome, on the fifteenth of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing…
— Edward Gibbon
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I don't want to be singing Satisfaction when I'm 40.
— Mick Jagger
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My first singing role was as Susanna in a school production in a shortened form of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. I loved to sing…
— Elaine Paige
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Singing is my main goal, and I think philosophy will help me write songs.
— Jackie Evancho
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Love is the song of the soul singing to God. It is the balanced rhythmic dance of planets - sun and moon lit
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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Find a day for yourself-better yet, late at night. Go to the forest or to the field, or lock yourself in a room ... You…
— Nachman of Breslov
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