I find that the British audience listens and they accept the performer for its value, value as a singer, as a vocalist, value as a performer. You're only accepted if you're good.
I like R&B. I listen to music, not singers.
I am not a natural singer, but I can sing, and probably the way I sing is more imitative than from myself, which is why I am never going to be an amazing recording artist.
One of my favorite French singers, Alain Bashung, was the expert at creating his own universe; no one knows what he's talking about, even he doesn't know because it's so poetic.
In the future, I see me as being my own artist and definitely not a ballad singer!
Your voice is like a very serious instrument that you have to tame if you want to be an amazing singer - Marvin Gaye or Michael Jackson.
As a singer, it's basic to preserve what I like to do, which is music, and also to remember my cradlesongs in Spanish.
I can't stand any music that requires its singers to be so dumb they wear their baseball caps backwards.
No one remembers the singer. The song remains.
I didn't want to just be another girl singer. I wanted there to be something that set me apart.
I like to contribute. Even in my bands, I can't really just be the singer.
My fans -- when I see them somewhere, outside my concerts -- I get that, that vibe. They're really supporting my projects and everything, because it's a first time that a Turkish singer is, you know, able to express himself out of Turkey.
Whether it be Beyonce or Justin Bieber, we see singers who have absolutely nothing to offer anyone as they walk off stage clutching three Grammys in each hand.
Ryan Alvanos is an offbeat, insanely inventive singer-songwriter who sneaks up on you with a sly wit and subtle power.
For me, the singer is actually the most important element. When I work with someone, it all comes down to whether I like the singer or not.
The thing is that I'm an actor first, and in 'Once,' I was able to be a musician and a singer as well as an actor.
On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and the singer, that's the point.
I listen to a lot of singers, because I find phrasing to be one of the most essential elements of playing.
I want to be a soul singer.
People often talk about me as a singer, but they don't often talk about you when you're a woman as a songwriter.
If you only ever heard Lady Gaga, she's the most boring singer in the world.
Obviously there are a lot of 12-year-olds over in America who are incredible singers.
Growing up, I always wanted to be a singer, and Ive done that.
I'm a traditional singer-songwriter. I have a more organic sound.
I'm not really a folk singer, but I love the music and there's certain lines that will get just stuck in my head, and they seem to be stuck there for a reason, and I start singing them.
