Singers Quotes - Page 8

Little Willie John is the soul singer's soul singer.

The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.

Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer.

Above all, I am an opera singer. This is how people will remember me.

All blues singers are great liars.

There's no concession to the fact that Dylan might be a more sophisticated singer than Whitney Houston, that he's probably the most sophisticated singer we've had in a generation. Nobody is identifying our popular singers like a Matisse or Picasso. Dylan's a Picasso - that exuberance, range, and assimilation of the whole history of music.

As for music, my tastes are eclectic. Elvis Costello is my all-time favorite. I listen to a lot of jazz, primarily the great female vocalists, and I am very fond of the late cabaret singer Nancy Lamott.

To this day, some of my closest friends say, 'Gaga, you know, everything's great. You're a singer; your dreams have come true.' But, still, when certain things are said to you over and over again as you're growing up, it stays with you and you wonder if they're true.

Even though I'm a pop singer, I really have more the life of a country singer.

Singers aren't supposed to have dairy before a show, but we all know I'm a rule breaker.

If I'm anything, I'm not a singer but I'm a song stylist.

It's a whole package, singer/songwriter. I like writing but I like performing just as much.

O singers, resinous and soft your songsAbove the sacred whisper of the pines,Give virgin lips to cornfield concubines,Bring dreams of Christ to dusky cane-lipped throngs.

I've wanted to perform my entire life. I found a paper I wrote in kindergarten class about what I wanted to be when I grew up - and I wrote 'a famous singer!'

Being a singer now I have to get all fussy... I must have my ginger and lemon and all that.

My mother always wanted me to be a jazz singer, but I always wanted to be raunchy.

I've never been comfortable as a lead performer, and I never wanted to be a singer, particularly.

You hear the same work by different orchestras, different conductors, violinists, pianists, singers, and slowly, the work reveals itself and begins to live deeper in you.

I'm not a great singer

I'm trying to capture a moment. It's not about the singer at the microphone. I'm trying to look for, like, a moment in between.

The most widely criticised singers in the history of opera, Maria Callas and Franco Corelli, happen also to be the best singers. I am honoured for being part of their group.

The trip had become boring. It wasn't exciting anymore to totally be a singer/songwriter because it wasn't working for me.

In my lifetime, there have been three vocal miracles: Caruso, Ruffo and Ponselle. Apart from these there have been several wonderful singers.

It's really hard for actors to cross over and get any respect as a singer, and if I could just keep it separate and not use my music in movies, it's cool.

I've been working a lot on figuring out how to sing differently and better. I want to become a better singer. I want to sing out more. I want to me more extroverted, vocally.