Singing Quotes

2240 Singing quotes by 1527 unique authors

The real exertion in the case of an opera singer lies not so much in her singing as in her acting of a role, for… — Maria Jeritza
There were some things that I found I really enjoyed singing about; like, on the title track, there's this film-noir character of a woman who's… — Diana Krall
So I asked him to play "Trav'lin' All Alone." That came closer than anything to the way I felt. And some part of it must… — Billie Holiday
When you are happy you are ordinary, because to be happy is just to be natural. To be miserable is to become extraordinary. Nothing is… — Rajneesh
I grew up on musicals, and I know they are quite the thing now, but I'm actually a little indignant, because I started taking singing… — Marisa Tomei
You can lose people without them dying, and I have, from moving, from traveling. The emotion is real, it just doesn't actually have to do… — Jon Crosby
The birth of the church was during a prayer meeting, not preaching, not singing, but prayer. — Jim Cymbala
I saw The Sound of Music when I was 10 and thought that it was the most beautiful singing I had ever heard. — Lesley Garrett
When I'm singing, I'm happy. I'm doing what I can do and this is my contribution to life. — Anita O'Day
Write as you like, use the rhythms that come out, try different instruments, sit at the piano, destroy the metric, shout instead of singing, blow… — Violeta Parra
I was your typical struggling actress. I went to every audition, took a million acting, dancing and singing lessons and spent years wondering where my… — Cassandra Peterson
We all have our la-la-la song. The thing we do when the world isn't singing a nice tune to us. We sing our own nice… — Rita Williams-Garcia
If a seperate personal Paradise exists for each of us mine must irreparably be planted with trees of words which the wind silvers like poplars,… — Odysseas Elytis
A moment of happiness, you and I sitting on the verandah, apparently two, but one in soul, you and I. We feel the flowing water… — Unknown Author
I've been singing this song now for twenty five minutes. I could sing it for another twenty five minutes. I'm not proud... or tired. — Arlo Guthrie
All well bred men should have mastered the art of singing and dancing. — Plato
When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words. — Billie Holiday
There is danger in singing someone else's song. — Don G. Campbell
When I played Lady Day, I took Aba onstage with me as a joke. He started singing-in tune!-and the audience loved it. — Eartha Kitt
The Singing of Swans is a remarkable narrative calling--even compelling--us to connect with our own ancestral roots, to seek our own inner wisdom, and to… — Margaret Starbird
I think one of the most difficult challenges in show business is the challenge of longevity and to constantly realize and reveal what's already been… — Blair Underwood
But what a humiliation for me when someone standing next to me heard a flute in the distance and I heard nothing, or someone standing… — Ludwig van Beethoven
The telling of stories, like singing and praying, would seem to be an almost ceremonial act, an ancient and necessary mode of speech that tends… — David Abram
Artists raise their kids differently. We communicate to the point where we probably annoy our children. We have art around the house, we have books,… — Angelina Jolie
Do you remember the 21st night of September? Love was changing the minds of pretenders While chasing the clouds away Our hearts were ringing In… — Maurice White

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