Character Quote by W. H. Auden

Traditionally, songwriters can't sing. And that holds true in my case, also.

— John Phillips

Anyone can sing badly, but to sing badly on purpose and make it believable is harder. I listen for the actual melody in my…

— Colleen Ballinger

All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity.…

— Willa Cather

All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity.

— Willa Sibert Cather

Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.

— Voltaire

To sing a song is like whispering to a child's ear. It is an art heavily relying on improvisation.

— Andrea Bocelli

I hear a lot of people singing in funny voices and singing like they're stupid. Singing in a deliberately fey and dumb and childish…

— Daryl Hall

Some people can't sing - like honestly - but they're famous anyway, and they might be famous for being an artist, which is completely…

— Zara Larsson

That's the good thing about music: you can sing about people's lives in its stages and feelings. Some songs can put something in context…

— Paolo Nutini

Anything too stupid to be said is sung.

— Voltaire

But when you get to a song, not only do you have to do a vocal melody, you have to write words and not…

— Glenn Danzig

It's great when you can write a meaningful song that touches people, but sometimes you just wanna have fun and sing a silly song…

— Carrie Underwood