Singers Quotes - Page 16

• I don't ever want to be perfect,
  Cause I'm a singer that you
  Never want to see shirtless

  Ed Sheeran

  Perfect, Want, Causes

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• George Jones will always be one of the most amazing singers who ever lived.  He was a true Country Music legend who made music very personal to the listener – I think more than anyone else.  He will be dearly missed, but always remembered.

  Kenny Rogers

  Country, Thinking, Legends

  FaceBook post by Kenny Rogers from Apr 26, 2013

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• Robert Plant was always my favorite singer-and hes said nice things about me, you know.

  Freddie Mercury

  Nice, My Favorite, Plant

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

  Marc Anthony

  Kids, Want, Salsa

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• On her new LP, Shatter, Jude Johnstone examines heartbreak and loss with such tender resignation that I wept in acknowledgement of its artful simplicity. A lesson in melodic grace delivered by as fine a singer-songwriter as any I know.

  Rodney Crowell

  Loss, Simplicity, Grace

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• Traditionally speaking, the three biggest twats in any band are the singer, the keyboardist and the drummer. I don't need to say anything else.

  Noel Gallagher

  Say Anything, Three, Needs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Pat Benatar

  Wonderful, Pops

  "Pat Benatar says she is a fan of Lady Gaga". Interview with Nick Zieminski, www.reuters.com. July 7, 2010.

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• 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.

  Lisa Marie Presley

  Wells, Wanted, Happens

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• You know, somebody mentioned that I was sort of a jazz-pop singer. And I'm thrilled that somebody would find that, at last, in my presentation, because it's such a part of where I live.

  Melissa Manchester

  Lasts, Jazz, Pops

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• Lizzy Parks. Check this out, this is brilliantShe is a fantastic jazz singer definitely one to watch from now on, she’s got a great voice and she’s a great songwriter as well

  Jamie Cullum

  Voice, Parks, Lizzy

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• All blues singers are great liars.

  Lester Bangs

  Liars, Great Liar

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• Taking a song and bringing it to life in a professional recording studio can be an intimidating process at first; I know it certainly was for me. So to be able to offer support and guidance to an emerging singer-songwriter is a huge honor. I look forward to playing a role in such an exciting time of someone's songwriting career.

  Colbie Caillat

  Song, Careers, Support

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• I guess you could say that I’m the luckiest girl because I got to meet my true hero. She was a precious person. She made me a better singer, a better person. She was the consummate artist and human being.

  Dottie West

  Girl, Hero, Artist

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• I like to listen to different kinds of music - it just depends on my mood. I love Madonna, Russian singers... I like the Rolling Stones a lot!

  Oksana Baiul

  Rolling, Different, Stones

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• There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her.

  Carly Simon

  Trying, Dresses, Looks

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• A lot of what I have always done is do other singers.

  Boz Scaggs

  Done

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• For the most part I have been able to meet all my goals, but I always strive for bigger goals in life so everything's not complete just yet. My first aspiration was to be known as a singer and also as an advocate for sickle cell disease. I try to be that inspiration, you know. It's not as bad as people try to make it seem. I mean, it is, but it's not. People don't have to be afraid of it; they don't have to be held down by it. Try to find triumph in the situation.

  A. J. Green

  Inspiration, Mean, Cells

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• It took me a long time to find my voice as a singer, and I'm happy that I did.

  Wes Borland

  Voice, Long, Long Time

  "Bye bye Bizkit& Wes Borland says Limp are pretty much done", www.mtv.com. March 15, 2006.

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• I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.

  Bob Iger

  Holiday, Way, Eras

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• A cabaret song has got to be written - for the middle voice, ideally - because you've got to hear the wit of the words. And a cabaret song gives the singer room to act, more even than an opera singer.

  James Fenton

  Song, Voice, Giving

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• Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," a song that was written for Simone, she confronted the band's lead singer, Eric Burdon. "So you're the honky," she said, "who stole my song and got a hit out of it?

  Nina Simone

  Music, Song, Misunderstood

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• Judy Garland was the singer I most wanted to sound like then, not to copy, but to get some of her soul and purity. A wonderful young voice.

  Sarah Vaughan

  Music, Voice, Soul

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.

  Ella Fitzgerald

  Female, Jazz, Has Beens

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• She is amazingly creative, bringing so much more to a song than just a singer. She is a first-class musician and the most gracious person in the world.

  Ella Fitzgerald

  Song, Class, Creative

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• I don't understand the music but I certainly understand the girl singer!

  Nikita Khrushchev

  Girl, Jazz

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