Confidence Quote by Harry Dean Stanton

Singing other people's material was perceived, I think, as a weakness of my persona. The effect, though, was to make me dig my heels…

— Rickie Lee Jones

I never had the influence of any other singer in my music, so I sounded like myself all the time.

— Kiri Te Kanawa

There was a time in my life when I'd only sing. In my initial years, I didn't ever speak on stage, forget acting. Eventually,…

— Diljit Dosanjh

The urge to sing was so strong one day I performed in a club and it was very successful.

— Klaus Nomi

The best advice came from my manager, Anne, who told me to never compare myself to other people and to be true to myself.…

— Roxanne Emery

I've had the great luxury in my career to be so successful as a songwriter that I didn't have the desperate need to have…

— Eric Carmen

I felt I had a good ear, and I had the ability to sing like my influences.

— Jeff Gutt

I've learned how to be a better performer on stage and interact with the fans, make it feel like a collective experience more than…

— Maren Morris

A lot of singers entered the industry with me. A lot of them struggled. Many have not been able to make it but some…

— Javed Ali

In the past, when I'd recorded during a break in a tour, it was so easy to sing, because I felt strong. Also, like…

— Amy Grant

The first six years of my career, I got more comments on my weight than on my singing. So I think I became so…

— Kenny Rogers

I don't know if I discovered I had any talent. It was dogged persistence. I had to have the music.

— Bob Weir