Singing Quotes

I've been told it's hard to write about singing. I didn't realize that going into it. I might not have tried if I knew!

I do but sing because I must; and pipe but as the linnets sing.

I came to singing organically.

For me, doing a show, the excitement of singing live, and the possibility that you're not gonna be perfect - that's the thrill of it.

I personally feel that acting is not totally different from singing and being a musician.

Singing is a way of releasing an emotion that you sometimes can't portray when you're acting.

Crowned with leaves of the laurel. In England the Poet Laureate is an officer of the sovereign's court, acting as dancing skeleton at every royal feast and singing-mute at every royal funeral.

I could have easily been too afraid to say 'yes' to Chicago, because it requires so much I haven't done before. If I am a flop at singing and dancing, maybe my love for it will carry me through.

I started my teenage years singing in churches across America, and finally wound up on a big stage.

I love doing both theater and television. I definitely foresee more Broadway, but I think I would like to keep the singing and the TV separate.

Singing always came naturally but the writing side is something I have always had to work hard at to get from good songs to great songs.

There’s little kids on trains coming up to me, singing my theme song, and they can barely walk.

Now that I'm out and I'm shouting in doorways Freed from a love more like murder I should be singing but in liberation Feel like a ship with no rudder.

Music is the first thing I ever cared greatly about. I've been singing and writing songs since I was six or seven.

Overall I think the show went well, kudos to Miss Jeanie It was well rounded. From artwork to singing, to spoken word to short films, I think it definitely stimulated the audience's senses.

It's shocking when someone who is really bad thinks they're really good. It's heartbreaking, because singing is such a vulnerable thing to do.

I went to college at North Carolina School of the Arts and took a lot of singing classes, and it really is so connected to emotions.

I grew up listening to cabaret. At 7 and 8 years old, I was already singing like a club performer.

Singing has always been something that I've loved to do, but I never thought about doing, professionally. I always felt more drawn to acting.

But it was the singing that pulled me in and split me wide open.

If I hadn't been a singer, I might have been a photographer or an artist. But it's singing I love. I sing all the time, and I feel really good that I've expressed myself.

I sang a lot as a little girl and entered competitions. I loved singing in choirs, but it was as I got older that I really found my voice.

I love music, singing, and playing piano (though I'm not very good). And I adore musical theater.

It was silly, wasn't it? But the singing made it not silly.

I probably couldn't have the same experience listening to that song because I'm self-conscious about some of my singing parts.

I just don't like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn't need another Streisand! (on Diana Ross)

So he was opening night... I was out of a job, and I'd been to every producer in Hollywood trying to get a job singing. But nobody wanted to know me.

When I was probably 5 or 6, my mother put me into an acting, singing, and dancing class.

I wouldn't make it through the day without singing. It is my solace and my meditation and my release. It lets me know how I'm processing things, what I'm processing, if I'm out of touch in some area.

I miss singing. I did Broadway forever.

I will just think, why am I singing? Then I will know everything I need to know about what I'm feeling.

White people don't sing together very often, and when they do, it's about the celebrity of the song. The singing at my shows is all about harmony.

Image is everything, and the voice or the idea or the song is hardly anything at all. Half the time the person isn't even doing the singing. I'm a bit cynical about this [music] business.

Acting is easier and smoother than singing - it's less drama.

Forget the Beatles and all the rest. This is the real Liverpool sound. It's real singing, and it's what the Kop is all about.

I started out as a very traditional actor. The first thing I ever did in terms of performance was singing.

When I opened my mouth to sing as a kid, I kind of randomly had a really good singing voice. And so that put me on the actor track and the musicals track.

I'm really a singer, so I love songs and I love singing. I like rap music, but I didn't grow up freestyling.

Some of the stuff I'm writing is almost like hymns, some of my first singing and choral experiences were in church, the Church of Christ in Hicksville.

And I'll know my song well before I start singing

When you're feeling down, did you know that you can change it in an instant? Put on a beautiful piece of music or start singing - that'll change your emotion.

I decided I was going to give up singing and concentrate on acting, and a result of that, I didn't do another film for two to three years, and I don't blame it on anybody but myself

I had been singing since I was 3 years old, so my love of singing was always there.

From day one when you're singing, you're dreaming about making that first album and making your break into whatever music you want to break into.

You have Kurt [Cobain], and he's singing about your experiences. They're our collective experiences.

In fact, people have been very complimentary about my act and very tolerant of my singing ability.

Lyrics always fall short with the amount of energy thrown into the playing. Lyrics to some extent are just the product of a singer's insecurity with singing.

I started as a writer and when I sent my demos out everyone wanted to know who was singing and if that person wanted a record deal.

Music is one of those things that brings great joy to people, singing is a sort of unifier of people, no matter what political place or original place you come from.

Professionally, the first time I sang was on 'Alice Upside Down.' It was the first movie that I did, and I had this little mini singing part.