Singers Quotes

The Brits was an amazing place to get a broad musical education. But I never really thought I was going to be a singer because there was always someone better than me in my class.

I had wanted to be a dancer when I was younger. But at some point I figured out I was a better singer.

You know, I've always said, I've never felt I was a particularly good singer, but I've always thought I had a great knack for picking hit songs.

I'm a singer and a writer first. I started to rap by accident, being playful.

I wish I could sing. I love singers, but I am way too shy. Scares the hell out of me.

I just don't think I'm a very good singer.

I know I'm not the best. I'm not the best singer, I'm not the best songwriter, I'm not the best player.

I think a lot of singer-songwriters get compared to each other, but I'd like to think that what I'm doing is special and specific to me.

The word 'no' is a very good word in a singer's repertoire.

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

What actor do you really take seriously who becomes a singer? It's kind of ridiculous. I can't think of anybody.

A singer is someone who puts out an album. That's a very generous description.

Sometimes I like to make music together with a singer or with singers.

I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave.

I don't feel like I look like the other perfect little pop singers. I think I'm changing what people think is sexy.

My #1 goal is to become a successful singer and share my gift with the world.

Zamajobe is great. She's a terrific singer from South Africa.

My mother was a singer, and both of her sisters were singers. There was always music around.

People would ask me, "what do you want to be when you're older?" and I'd be like, "a singer," and they'd be like, "what do you really want to be?" and I'd be like, "oh, I really want to be a singer."

Adam [Cohen] is a great singer-songwriter in his own right.

I think I should be a nightclub singer. I love to sing!

I think that Frank Sinatra was maybe the greatest pop singer.

A lot of singers that I've heard that I may not like their sensibility, but I see that they're entitled to whatever they get. People don't get there without talent, they really don't.

I always dreamed that I'd be a singer. I didn't dream about being a star or anything. I just knew I wanted to sing.

I have always been a singer/songwriter and I was pushed in places I didn't want to do, like pop or top forty. I don't belong there.

As it turns out, three of my four kids are professional singers. And they're really interesting, good singers.

I'm certainly not a trained singer. The only place I could probably carry a tune is my shower.

RB Morris is the greatest unknown singer-songwrit er in the US.

I want people to have a good time. Its boring only to hear singer/songwriters spilling their guts.

Denice Franke is a sensitive and compelling singer and songwriter.

I do watch 'American Idol' sometimes. It's not really that pleasurable... I take that back. It is the epitome of a guilty pleasure. Sometimes there's some good singers on that show.

So I'm truly an actor who sings, and not a singer who acts.

Anne Romaine [ is ]folk singer and a skillful historian, even though she was not formally trained in the field [of Malcolm X].

I'm not a salsa singer who wants to sing in English, and I'm not this American kid who wants to sing Spanish.

Ninety percent of what's wrong with singers today is that they don't breathe right.

None of the original love and feel for going on stage is gone. I'm not a true singer. I'm performer, and I need to be on stage.

I'm a singer who thinks like a rapper.

When you grow up, you're told that rock 'n' roll is the only authentic way to express yourself. Live instrumentation, singer, live drums. You're told that's the best medium to communicate.

If somebody asks me to recommend a young, good singer, I always do.

As a singer, the biggest joy I have are the arrangements.

My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer.

As a singer, you need to find you water that works for you.

I love female singer-songwriters!

I was part of the first wave of singer/songwriters but I was also in that first wave of singer/songwriters who experienced the music industry when technology started to take over.

You know, somebody mentioned that I was sort of a jazz-pop singer. And I'm thrilled that somebody would find that, at last, in my presentation, because it's such a part of where I live.

I don't really consider myself a "singer." I am getting more comfortable singing every day, which is great.

Well, the first thing I wanted to be was a carpenter. Then I wanted to be a painter and then a singer. It was when I first saw 'Lawrence of Arabia' that I wanted to be an actor.

Looking for inspiration in expression, I have actually always looked to singers and violinists. I have never really looked only at the recorder as a remedy for my expressions.

Having been a singer in a band, back in my youth, music is really important to me.

When I listen to gospel singers pouring their heart out to God, it's the act of pouring their hearts out that interests me.