Singers Quotes - Page 25

• My dad was a singer in a band and neither of my parents went to college, and I ended up getting into Harvard and was the first person in my family that went to college and it happened to be Harvard.

  Dean Norris

  Dad, College, Parent

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

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• The best thing I ever learned from my dad was he knew he wasn't the best of singers, but he always knew he was a great entertainer, and I always thought that was a good concept to bring along, that ultimately acting is an entertainment art and you have to be aware of the fact that you want people to be excited to be watching you.

  Dean Norris

  Art, Dad, People

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

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• I think every singer hears songs that make you want to sing them.

  David Nail

  Song, Thinking, Want

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• As a singer, I just want to try to honor what the writers create - and as someone who's trying to write songs, I just hope I can stand in their company and not embarrass myself.

  David Nail

  Song, Writing, Honor

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• I'm certainly not a trained singer. The only place I could probably carry a tune is my shower.

  Lucas Neff

  Tunes, Showers

  "Lucas Neff and Greg Garcia Talk Raising Hope Episode 2.06". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. November 7, 2011.

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• I'm about to start working with a singer I met on my last trip: she'll get international exposure, and I'll have a song out in that market sung in Cantonese.

  Paul Oakenfold

  Song, Lasts, Mets

  "The Great Wall of Sound" by Paul Oakenfold, Tom Pattinson, www.theguardian.com. August 26, 2007.

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• Everyone has their own path in life, no matter if it's being a celebrity or a singer. Quite frankly, I didn't move to Nashville and tell myself I wanted to be a singer because I wanted to be a celebrity or I wanted to be somebody that people admired. I wasn't about that. I just loved music.

  Jake Owen

  Moving, Nashville, People

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• I always considered myself being an organizer. I'm very good at teaching singers, I'm very good at staging a show, to entertain people. But I never included myself. I never applied this to me as an artist.

  Ike Turner

  Teaching, Artist, People

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• If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music.

  Chely Wright

  Country, Years, Done

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• For a while, I couldn't decide whether or not I should pursue singing in the opera or acting. And I'm glad that I chose the latter because I wasn't a very good singer.

  Christoph Waltz

  Singing, Acting, Opera

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• Just look at the messages today's media are sending everybody, from TV and commercials to actors and singers. Kids are just drowning in that 24-7 and it's getting really bad.

  Evan Rachel Wood

  Kids, Media, Tvs

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• I'm a mom first, a singer second.

  Gretchen Wilson

  Mom, Firsts

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• I don't know if I should say this, but I feel more like a singer than an artist.

  Jessie Ware

  Artist, Should, Feels

  "Jessie Ware: 'I want to be a private pop star, like Sade or Annie Lennox'" by Sam Richards, www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2012.

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• There are so many great singers out there.

  Jessie Ware

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• Obviously there are a lot of 12-year-olds over in America who are incredible singers.

  Shayne Ward

  Years, America, Incredibles

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• I never thought of myself as a really particularly great singer.

  Mike Love

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• I'm the lead singer of the Beach Boys and an ambassador of this amazing music that touched a generation.

  Mike Love

  Beach, Boys, Generations

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• I don't really think of myself as a folk singer.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Thinking, Folks

  "Ray LaMontagne focuses on the music". Interview with Denise Quan, www.cnn.com. December 15, 2010.

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• When I go on the road now, which is less than before, but still more than I'd like to, I think of myself primarily as a singer. Not a songwriter, not a celebrity, just a man who likes to sing.

  Don McLean

  Men, Thinking, Goes On

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• I have felt for a long time that I want to return back to being a singer-songwriter for a period of time. I will go back to Broadway. But I want to make the right choices about why to go back and when I am ready to go back.

  Tony Vincent

  Return Back, Long, Choices

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• I'm just a very primitive, infantile folk singer.

  Robert Wyatt

  Primitive, Folks, Infantile

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• Being a singer is not just for popularity, it is more like cheering people's hearts and never forget my root.

  Kim Kyu-jong

  Cheer, Heart, Roots

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• Adam Ezra writes with the heart of a troubadour and sings like a rock star. He is truely a fresh voice in singer/songwriter scene.

  Catie Curtis

  Stars, Writing, Heart

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• If I were a writer and not a singer in 10 years, I don't know how I'd feel about writing really personal songs and getting someone else to sing them.

  Adele

  Song, Writing, Years

  "The Many Ages of Adele". Interview with Esther Zuckerman, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 23, 2011.

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• I wanted to be a singer forever. But it's not really my cup of tea. Having the whole world know who you are.

  Adele

  Forever, Tea, World

  "The year of Adele". “60 Minutes” with Anderson Cooper, www.cbsnews.com. February 12, 2012.

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