Singing Quotes - Page 6

• I was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I've done my whole life, without thought.

  Nina Simone

  Done, Singers, Whole Life

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• Shy gold begins to peep through the sombre green - the wattle's wedding dress - and Spring is near. Then suddenly it seems, one golden morning, the Bush awakes, a living thing. Flowers bloom, birds sing, and all the world puts on its gayest dress to greet the laughing Spring.

  C. J. Dennis

  Nature, Morning, Laughter

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• The fact is that the learning process goes on, and so long as the voices are not stilled and the singers go on singing some of it gets through.

  Morris West

  Art, Voice, Long

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• It was a great thrill just to know Roy Orbison, so to play, sing, write hit songs with him and have him in The Traveling Wilburys was beyond my wildest dreams!

  Jeff Lynne

  Dream, Song, Writing

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• Hope fills the afflicted soul with such inward joy and consolation, that it can laugh while tears are in the eye, sigh and sing all in a breath; it is called "the rejoicing of hope" (Hebrews 3:6).

  William Gurnall

  Christian, Hope, Laughter

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• If you can show me how I can cling to that which is real to me, while teaching me a way into the larger society, then and only then will I drop my defenses and hostility, and I will sing your praises and help you to make the desert bear fruit.

  Ralph Ellison

  Real, Teaching, Society

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• The sun is shining and the bird are singing what more could you ask for in a day!

  Heather Mills

  Love, Shining, Bird

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• Opera is the ultimate art form. It has singing and music and drama and dance and emotion and story.

  Diane Paulus

  Art, Drama, Stories

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

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• Singing is something I've always loved - I'm not sure what I would do without it!

  Kate Nash

  Not Sure

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• When I started singing, I couldn't be shut up.

  Shirley Bassey

  Shut Up

  "Bassey is back". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. October 23, 2009.

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• I regard singing pretty much like acting. Each song is like playing a different role. I get very involved with my material. I feel a responsibility for the emotion it brings out in the listener.

  Peggy Lee

  Song, Responsibility, Acting

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• I think music will always be a big part of my life. I can't go five minutes without singing, sometimes unconsciously. And people stare at me, and I'm wondering why they're staring, and then I'm realizing that I'm belting out a tune.

  Justin Timberlake

  Thinking, People, Tunes

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

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• To me, singing is basically a form of prayer. I get this great joy when I`m singing - whatever I`m singing. I missed it when I left it.

  Maureen McGovern

  Prayer, Joy, Form

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• I feel the most alive when I'm singing. I also get to be the mail man for some of the most beautiful lyrics ever written.

  Mandy Patinkin

  Beautiful, Men, Alive

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• I think I will always be performing; I don't think I can take that away. Because I really just enjoy it. I like getting up to sing; I like the challenge of learning new material and singing it in front of an audience.

  Lea Salonga

  Thinking, Challenges, Enjoy

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• When I was growing up, we always had music playing in our household. I enjoy spending time with my father singing.

  Pattie Brooks

  Growing Up, Father, Spending Time

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• Wisdom comes with all we see, God writes His lessons in each flower, And ev'ry singing bird or bee Can teach us something of His power.

  Maud Lindsay

  Flower, Writing, Bird

  Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.64, Heart of Dixie Publishing

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• I bring my classical training - some of it, but not all of it - and also my background and culture, to spirituals. And I try to leave room for that unpredictable factor, where the feeling of the song is allowed to come through. The same ethos can be applied to singing Mozart, or Schubert, or Bach. It's not just about what's on the page.

  Kathleen Battle

  Song, Ethos, Feelings

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• I'm very conscious of developing my singing, technically and stylistically. I want it to become more individual, express more of me. That's my goal. These songs are steps along that way.

  Madeleine Peyroux

  Song, Goal, Steps

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• My singing technique is really strong and I have to thank my teachers for really instilling a sense of discipline about how to sing properly and how to maintain your voice in a run.

  Lea Salonga

  Running, Teacher, Strong

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• Life has loveliness to sell, All beautiful and splendid things, Blue waves whitened on a cliff, Soaring fire that sways and sings, And children's faces looking up, Holding wonder like a cup. Life has loveliness to sell, Music like a curve of gold, Scent of pine trees in the rain, Eyes that love you, arms that hold, And for your spirit's still delight, Holy thoughts that star the night. Spend all you have for loveliness, Buy it and never count the cost; For one white singing hour of peace Count many a year of strife well lost, And for a breath of ecstasy Give all you have been, or could be.

  Sara Teasdale

  Life, Beautiful, Stars

  Sara Teasdale, William Drake (1984). “Mirror of the Heart: Poems of Sara Teasdale”, MacMillan Publishing Company

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• I've learned a lot of things about myself through singing. I used to have a certain dislike of the audience, not as individual people, but as a giant body who was judging me. Of course, it wasn`t really them judging me. It was me judging me. Once I got past that fear, it freed me up, not just when I was performing but in other parts of my life.

  Julie Andrews

  Past, Judging, People

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• There is nothing else that I would rather do than sing. I have such a great passion for it. Even if I don’t become successful or famous I am still going to continue singing.

  Lucy Hale

  Passion, Successful, Stills

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• Tell me who first did kisses suggest? It was a mouth all glowing and blest; It kissed and it thought of nothing beside. The fair month of May was then in its pride, The flowers were all from the earth fast springing, The sun was laughing, the birds were singing.

  Heinrich Heine

  Flower, Pride, Kissing

  Heinrich Heine (1859). “The Poems of Heine, complete: Translated in the original Metres: With a Sketch of Heine's Life. By Edgar Alfred Bowring”, p.174

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• I know I'm known for singing some of those high notes but that's really not what giving someone goose bumps is all about. It's about really trying to find what makes you unique...

  Idina Menzel

  Unique, Giving, Trying

  "Idina Menzel: From Broadway To The Symphony". "Weekend Edition" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. May 19, 2012.

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