Singer Quotes

Even Catholic parishes today are not wanting for talent. But no serious singer or organist will get anywhere near the typical music program, at least if he wants to retain his self-respect.

Whenever I fill out the job description I put 'songwriter,' never 'singer' or 'artist.' Singers come and go.

There's no leader of this band, and there never will be. That's the key. You can't control how the public perceives you-people see rock'n'roll bands as the guitar player and the singer.

My singing wasn't horrible, but my dancing really made it look silly. It's not like I'm a horrible singer that can't sing. But I don't have the consistency or the presentation skills that a good performer has.

I consider myself as a singer first, but something that really helped me come into my own is that there's not a separation between me singing and me playing the guitar. The two fed off the other.

I was brought up with psychics and tarot cards. My mum was always told I was going to be in a boy band and be famous as a singer.

I was kind of known as a ballad singer. People would send ballads. Some of them would go over my shoulder and float off the top of my head, and I just didn't feel anything. Then I would hear a song that would absolutely shake me.

Every singer eventually gets around to a Christmas disc.

When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if it was a singer.

I feel I want to grow as an actress and be better. I want to progress as a singer and songwriter, and produce movies and everything. So there'll be no time when I feel I've done it all.

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.

The focus is on singer/songwriters now rather than huge shows. I mean, of course there's always a place for that too.

Being able to fantasize for a couple of days at being a rock singer surpassed most things I've done on stage.

When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People used to say, 'That's just that ole blues singer.'

Since the days of slavery, if you were a good singer or dancer, it was your job to perform for the master after dinner.

I had the title poet, and maybe I was one for a while. Also, the title singer was kindly accorded me, even though I could barely carry a tune.

Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero.

There are a lot of people who would laugh at the idea of me being a good singer.

Thousands of kids and parents come up to us and say, How do we get better as a singer?

You have to keep fit being a singer - that's part of the job. You can't do it unless you have incredible stamina.

The Pleasure Seekers eventually turned into Cradle, when we started writing our own material. My younger sister Nancy was brought in as singer and I kind of stepped aside as main lead singer and concentrated on my instrument.

Nobody really thought I was going to make it, because I was a musician. I really wasn't a singer.

I'm not a very good singer. I just know how to present a song, and honey, I think I've been through enough to do it right.

The acting was first. As a teenager I was an actress; and then I came back as a singer.

I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist.

As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me.

Barry is an incredible singer. He's even gotten better through the years.

I never not wanted to be a singer. Since I was 3, I knew this was what I wanted to do. Well, I can't say I wanted to do it, but I fantasized and thought about it all the time. I never thought it would actually happen.

I never thought about becoming a professional singer, but I am in touch with Bono about releasing a musical movie. It will be about an Irish band during the '70s who are looking for fortune in Las Vegas. I should play the singer of the band but I don't want to sing in front of anybody.

My whole career from the early 70s on has been mind-blowing. I didn't imagine in my life that I would ever be considered a guitar player first of all because I started off as a singer.