Singers Quotes - Page 9

• 'The Voice' has lots of singers who fit the 'Idol' mold of young, innocent ingenues with psycho stage moms. But it also has long-suffering adult pros, with a whiff of thirtysomething despair in their voices. That adds an edge of realness.

  Rob Sheffield

  Mom, Idols, Voice

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• My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything.

  Carly Simon

  Mother, Father, Pianist

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• 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.

  Paul Simon

  Song, Player, Creative

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• I think that freshness and that innocence is something that is missing from a lot of female singers. I'm certainly not denying that I'm young, but I'm not fluff.

  Jessica Simpson

  Thinking, Missing, Female

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

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• Jerry Garcia used to take his paints on the road. I don't do that. Either I'm a singer or a painter. I'm not good at multi-tasking.

  Grace Slick

  Paint, Used, Jerry

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• Art should never be limited - the beauty of art is that it gives us the freedom to go places where we wouldn't go to in our normal lives. Inside, I'm just so many different people. I go from the pretty girl on the red carpet to the singer at Ozzfest, spitting in the crowd. That's Jada.

  Jada Pinkett Smith

  Girl, Art, People

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• If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer.

  Patti Smith

  Regret, Sorry, Apology

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• I was never a singer, I can't play any instruments, I had no training. Plus, I was brought up in a time when all the great rock stars were male. I didn't have any template for what I was doing. I did what I did out of frustration and concern.

  Patti Smith

  Stars, Frustration, Rocks

  "American icon". Interview with Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. June 14, 2003.

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• When we started I wasn't the singer. I was the drunk rhythm guitarist who wrote all these weird songs.

  Robert Smith

  Song, Guitar, Drunk

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• Hendrix was the first person I had come across who seemed completely free, and when you're nine or 10, your life is entirely dominated by adults. So he represented this thing that I wanted to be. Hendrix was the first person who made me think it might be good to be a singer and a guitarist - before that I wanted to be a footballer.

  Robert Smith

  Thinking, Might, Nine

  "Timeless tunesmith". Interview with Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. May 30, 2003.

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• I carry my iPod everywhere. My favorite group is the John Butler Trio, an Australian jam band. The lead singer and guitarist writes amazing lyrics.

  Hope Solo

  Writing, Ipods, Groups

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• 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.

  Stephen Sondheim

  Song, Stories, Conventions

  "The singalong-a-slasher" by David Benedict, www.theguardian.com. December 23, 2007.

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• That term's definitely got a negative aura to it, because people think a diva is somebody with an attitude who demands things all the time. Of course there is that type of diva, but my idea of a diva has always been a singer - whether male or female - who gets on that stage and captivates you with their presence and their voice.

  Jordin Sparks

  Attitude, Thinking, Ideas

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• There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to.

  Rick Springfield

  Girl, Guy, Lennon

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• I had a ten-piece band when I was 21 years old, the Bruce Springsteen Band. This is just a slightly expanded version of a band I had before I ever signed a record contract. We had singers and horns.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Years, Records, Band

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• Being a singer is all about me. About ego. Being a mom is all about being selfless - two different worlds.

  Gwen Stefani

  Mom, Two, Ego

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• I'm not a great lover of Madonna's voice. She's done very well with what she's got, and I'm sure my voice turns her right off, but she's not my favourite singer.

  Rod Stewart

  Voice, Done, Lovers

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• You hear the same work by different orchestras, different conductors, violinists, pianists, singers, and slowly, the work reveals itself and begins to live deeper in you.

  David Ogden Stiers

  Different, Orchestra, Pianist

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• Sinatra, in my opinion, is possibly the greatest male singer of all time.

  George Strait

  Males, Opinion, All Time

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• I listen to Mark Chestnutt and think he's a great singer - and he really does good material.

  George Strait

  Thinking, Doe, Mark

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• I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.

  Barbra Streisand

  Actresses

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

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• I know that a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania is about the most random place for a country singer to come from, but I had an awesome childhood.

  Taylor Swift

  Country, Childhood, Tree

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• I didn't want to just be another girl singer. I wanted there to be something that set me apart.

  Taylor Swift

  Girl, Want, Wanted

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• I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that.

  Taylor Swift

  Lots Of Friends, Actresses

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• The truth of it is that every singer out there with songs on the radio is raising the next generation. So make your words count.

  Taylor Swift

  Song, Generations, Radio

  "Taylor Swift: A young singer's meteoric rise". "60 minutes" with Lesley Stahl, cbshw.net. November 21, 2011.

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