Singers quotes

Singers

621 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

621 quotes
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti Philosopher, Speaker

"We want to be famous as a writer, as a poet, as a painter, as a politician, as a singer, or what you will. Why? Because we really don't love what we are doing. If you loved to sing, or to paint, or to write poems, if you really loved it you would not be concerned with whether you are famous or not."

Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett Musician, Author

"The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at the point when, I'd say probably in the early '70s, it looked like the year of the singer-songwriter was over, 'cause music changed in our time and the spotlight was out."

Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen Musician, Singer-songwriter

"I had a ten-piece band when I was 21 years old, the Bruce Springsteen Band. This is just a slightly expanded version of a band I had before I ever signed a record contract. We had singers and horns."

Mayer Hawthorne
Mayer Hawthorne Singer-songwriter, Producer

"I DJ all the time, as much as I possibly can. I'll never stop. That's my security blanket, that's what I'm good at. I still consider myself a better DJ than a singer. I can DJ in my sleep."

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Aretha Franklin Singer, Songwriter
Singers

"Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that god gave me to use. I'm happy with that."

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Taylor Swift Singer, Songwriter
Singers

"A song is a favorite song, not because the singer can hit and hold a high note, but because of the words, their meaning."

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Ray Charles Musician, Singer
Singers

"I'm not a jazz singer, blues singer or country singer. I'm a singer that can sing rhythm & blues, that can sing jazz, that can sing country. There's a big difference. In other words, I'm not a specialist."

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Frank Sinatra Singer, Actor
Singers

"The only male singer who I've seen besides myself and who's better than me--that is Michael Jackson."

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Frank Sinatra Singer, Actor
Singers

"My greatest teacher was not a vocal coach, not the work of other singers, but the way Tommy Dorsey breathed and phrased on the trombone."

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Claude Monet Painter
Singers

"Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much simpler than [John Singer] Sargent thinks."

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Aretha Franklin Singer, Songwriter
Singers

"Judy Garland is a singer with a capital S. And talk about soul. This woman was soul personified. Judy Garland is a class by herself."

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Nina Simone Singer, Songwriter, Pianist
Singers

"I was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I've done my whole life, without thought."

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