Singer Quotes

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 respect country music because I feel like it's more about the talent and the songwriting and I put on a big show and we have a lot of stuff, but I feel confident in myself enough as an artist and a singer that I can have all of those fun toys and know that we don't need all the bells and whistles either.

I'm not a salsa singer who wants to sing in English, and I'm not this American kid who wants to sing Spanish.

It was really fun. Well, Bobby was just basically a folk singer. He didn't play with any bands or anything, like all the rest of us. Just played his guitar and sang his songs.

I love Katy Perry, she is a wonderful pop singer.

It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black.

As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be alive by now.

I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer.

I don't believe that recordings should sound radically better than the artist, I think that's dishonest. For example, I'm not a great singer but if I spent enough time tweaking my vocals, I could sound like one. But I don't, what you hear is pretty much what I sing.

And he was going to give me a song, because I'm a singer and I wanted to sing in everything.

I'm a much better singer than actor, which doesn't really say a whole lot.

My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church.

I'm a singer who thinks like a rapper.

I've been messing around in the studio the last couple of years. But I don't want to worry about being taken seriously as a singer. It just really feels good to do it.

And, you know, I never wanted to be a singer.

When I was 15 I became a full-time singer in a band. At 18 I made my first record.

Many writers secretly long to be performers. You always get the 'if you weren't a writer' question. I would be a back-up singer, to stand in the back and go like 'do, do, do.'

I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit.

In the life of a singer, it's not all triumphs and happy memories; there are days you have to go out there when it's the last thing you feel like doing.

I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed.

Possibly, I should have been a jazz singer from the beginning.

Bobby had faith in my ability as a singer.

The short answer is, yes, I think I have become a better singer.

I just knew that was what I wanted to do. I was going to perform as a singer; I was going to perform as a dancer, and I was, you know, going to do movies and be an actress. I was going to do it or die trying. That's what my life was.

I have the soul of a singer and do splendidly in the shower but the world will never hear it. Basically, I'm the only Irish person who can't carry a tune.

I don't think I'm a great singer myself. I'm all right. I've worked with different writers, different producers... I've just been blessed with the caliber of people I've been able to work with.

If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's good, the older he gets, the better he writes.

I love the first two X-Men movies because I thought that Bryan Singer did such a great job. He elevated that whole genre. He's a very talented director.

Artie is a singer, and I'm a writer and player and a singer. We didn't work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that.

Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint.