Singing Quotes

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

So many schools are getting rid of music programs and it's really sad because I know that when I started singing and stuff it was something that I always wanted to do and I never believed in myself to be able to do it.

I realized I was tired of singing about trees and flowers. I wanted to sing about real life. From then on, nobody could tell me anything was better than blues.

I think singing comes most naturally for me. Because it's part of your body - it's a natural thing. You can practice all you want but it's part of your body.

Singing really is acting. In a lot of ways, it's much more personal. I love music, and being able to work on that is amazing.

Singing is my passion and I always wanted to travel the country.

Singing is incredibly physical.

Dysphonia is not a singing problem. It's a voice box issue in the muscle on the voice, very different from having a nodule on the vocal cords, which I've never had. I'm lucky that I've never had that. It needs a long renewal time, and even today, I am still addressing it.

I was always singing the way I felt, and maybe I didn't exactly know it, but I just didn't like the way things were down there-in Mississippi.

I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.

I love hard singing.

I was putting forward too much of myself when I was singing.

A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don't think that everybody wants to hear about that all the time.

There's a certain feeling of giving, a certain feeling of generosity in love songs. When you sing a song of love, you're actually giving something to yourself, too. You're singing and casting these affirmations of love out into the universe.

I was always musical - yelling when I was a baby, singing into a brush and singing in the shower.

If I wasn't singing, I'd probably be, probably an accountant.

I've never taken vocal lessons. My early trumpet training and a fortunate talent for singing has always been enough for me. In the case of rock singing, I've always felt it was better to remain a bit untrained to maintain your individuality.

Whenever I have friends over, we end up eating and talking and losing track of time, and, once in a while, singing karaoke. It reminds me of the family meals we had in Russia, which always lasted a very long time. That's a tradition I miss.

What is normally called religion is what I would tend to call music - participating in music, listening to music, making records and singing.

I had four or five years in school training as a soprano. I fell into pop singing because of economics. I got out of high school and had to go work, and they weren't hiring opera singers.

My singing is my hobby. It's me and my brother. We just enjoy writing music.

Singing is my dream and, while it may have not been a commercial success, critically I was thrilled with the reception my first album got.

I'm not a virtuoso on an instrument. You know, I'm not always singing in pitch. I laugh sometimes my way through the shows, but I'm an honest songwriter who's always tried to bring the audience with me on my journey in hopes that they see their own lives reflected in the work.

90%, 100% are going there to hear the singing. The story is another thing. Nobody's interested in the story. Happiness is happiness.

I think people who don't believe in God are crazy. How can you say there is no God when you hear the birds singing these beautiful songs you didn't make?

I used to cry myself to sleep every night. I missed singing so much. And performing. Man, I missed it so much.

I don't feel like singing should be taken lightly. It's one of the hardest things I've ever done, but it's coming along.

The real amazing thing about all of this is I think I've maintained the mentality of a musician throughout it all, which I'm proudest of. And I'm still playing on people's records and singing on people's records.

My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences.

Half the battle is selling music, not singing it. It's the image, not what you sing.