Singers Quotes - Page 28

• Ambition, in one respect, is like a singer's voice; pitched at too high a key, it breaks and comes to nothing.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Ambition, Keys, Voice

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• Tho' the world could turn from you, This, at least, I learn from you: Beauty and Truth, tho' never found, are worthy to be sought, The singer, upward-springing, Is grander than his singing, And tranquil self-sufficing joy illumes the dark of thought. This, at least, you teach me, In a revelation: That gods still snatch, as worthy death, the soul in its aspiration.

  Robert Williams Buchanan

  Dark, Self, Joy

  Robert Williams Buchanan (1865). “Undertones”, p.11

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• Singing doesn't have to mean that you sound like Stevie Wonder. I love to sing. I'm not the greatest singer in the world. But, a lot of my favorite singers aren't the greatest singers in the world.

  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  Mean, Singing, Sound

  "Joseph Gordon-Levitt Talks HITRECORD ON TV Season 2, Influencing Other Work, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 12, 2015.

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• Even if you're the best singer in the world, there's a good chance no one will ever hear you.

  Lana Del Rey

  World, Chance, You Re The Best

  Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. August 30, 2011.

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• My father's a musician and my mother's a singer. My dad's originally from Brooklyn and he was a Latin percussionist so I've always had instruments around the house. He used to have a show like a 1950s rock and roll show with Little Richard music. They would do doo-wop songs and stuff like that.

  Bruno Mars

  Mother, Song, Dad

  Source: www.justjared.com

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• As it turns out, three of my four kids are professional singers. And they're really interesting, good singers.

  Loudon Wainwright III

  Kids, Interesting, Three

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• I don't think of myself as a folk singer per se, but I really like blues and string-band music. When I started listening to records when I was a teenager, the folk boom was going on.

  Loudon Wainwright III

  Teenager, Thinking, Listening

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. January 21, 2010.

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• At heart, I guess I'm a saloon singer because there's a greater intimacy between performer and audience in a nightclub. Then again, I love the excitement of appearing before a big concert audience. Let's just say that the place isn't important, as long as everybody has a good time.

  Frank Sinatra

  Heart, Long, Important

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• I have to work hard to not look like a nerd all the time. My friends are the only people I know that don't care about my image. I need to have people who treat me just as Josh, not as Josh the singer.

  Josh Groban

  Hard Work, People, Nerd

  Bangkok Post, August 27, 2002.

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• Van Morrison remains a singer who can be compared to no other in the history of modern popular music.

  Greil Marcus

  Modern, Vans, Popular Music

  "When That Rough God Goes Riding: Listening to Van Morrison". Book by Greil Marcus, 2010.

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• O singers, resinous and soft your songsAbove the sacred whisper of the pines,Give virgin lips to cornfield concubines,Bring dreams of Christ to dusky cane-lipped throngs.

  Jean Toomer

  Dream, Giving, Sacred

  Jean Toomer (1988). “The Collected Poems of Jean Toomer”, p.27, UNC Press Books

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• Not to say that music today doesn't have heart, but it's really few and far between because technology has advanced itself so much that anybody can be a singer. Back in the day, you had to know how to sing.

  Christina Aguilera

  Heart, Technology, Singing

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• I’ve never watched an entire episode of "American Idol." It’s too mean. Why would anyone want to go on a show to be ripped apart? I don’t want to be tough with my singers, but I do want to tell them on "The Voice" that if you really want this, you’ll be kicked when you’re down. You have to be willing to roll with those punches. You have to really want it.

  Christina Aguilera

  Mean, Idols, Voice

  "Beyonce and Christina Bare All in W Magazine". www.foxnews.com. June 15, 2011.

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• I don't think I'm the best singer in the world, for sure, but I loved doing it in 'Into the Woods.' I'll always find it tough, singing in front of people.

  Emily Blunt

  Thinking, People, Singing

  Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 22, 2014.

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• I've been influenced heavily by great soul artists. I see myself as a soul singer. I sing from my soul - I write from my soul.

  Robin Thicke

  Writing, Artist, Soul

  "Hot Tracks: Robin Thicke". Interview With Lisa Robinson, www.vanityfair.com. November 2013.

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• I like the sound of my voice, doesn't mean it's any good but I like it. The joke is that "all good singers like the sound of their own voice" so we'll go with that.

  Henry Rollins

  Mean, Voice, Sound

  "Henry Rollins -- Recountdown Tour 2008 Update". Live Chat, www.washingtonpost.com. October 28, 2008.

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• I was going to be a singer. If I hadn't been in my profession, I was going to be an Opera singer. That's from a young kid. I had all these records from all those famous Opera singers. I wanted to be an Opera singer - that was my whole thing and physical fitness got in the way, thank God.

  Jack LaLanne

  Kids, Thank God, Way

  Interview with Antonia Venezia, aliveeastbay.com. March 2007.

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• All of a sudden one day I was like, I'm good at this! Oh, man! People are not giving me jobs because they feel sorry for me! I am an actress. I am a singer. I am a performer. That's what I do! Once I started giving myself a little credit, the whole world opened up.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Jobs, Sorry, Men

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• I look around at all the girl singers, and I think they're all my children... and they're all going to do this... And, yes, maybe I inspired them because I did get through a lot, and I did have the same problems that they're going to have. You do have to give up a lot for it.

  Stevie Nicks

  Girl, Children, Giving Up

  "Rumours Exposed: The Unauthorized Biography of Fleetwood Mac". Book by Leah Furman, 2003.

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• I'm trying to be a professional singer. ... I've never been given the chance before. But here's hoping it'll change.

  Susan Boyle

  Trying, Chance, Given

  "Britain's Got Talent", April 11, 2009.

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• On the whole, however, the critic is far less of a professional faultfinder than is sometimes imagined. He is first of all a virtue-finder, a singer of praise. He is not concerned with getting rid of dross except in so far as it hides the gold. In other words, the destructive side of criticism is purely a subsidiary affair. None of the best critics have been men of destructive minds. They are like gardeners whose business is more with the flowers than with the weeds.

  Robert Wilson Lynd

  Weed, Flower, Men

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• I wouldn't call myself an actor or a singer for that matter, just a journeyman. [...] I feel I must have a talent somewhere for doing something but I'm still not terribly sure what it is. I suppose it's a talent for being myself.

  Ronnie Drew

  Actors, Matter, Talent

  Ronnie Drew (2009). “Ronnie”, p.196, Penguin UK

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• Nusrat is one of the greatest singers of our time. When his singing takes off, his voice embodies soulfulness and sprituality like no other.

  Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

  Voice, Singing, Soulfulness

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• I've listened to Jazz since I was born and always knew I'd be a Jazz singer!

  Jane Monheit

  Jazz, Born

  USA Today, September 24, 2004.

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• My fans -- when I see them somewhere, outside my concerts -- I get that, that vibe. They're really supporting my projects and everything, because it's a first time that a Turkish singer is, you know, able to express himself out of Turkey.

  Tarkan

  Turkeys, Fans, Able

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