Ray LaMontagne Quotes

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

Ray LaMontagne

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• I've never associated myself with other singers, certainly not female singers.

  

  Sade Adu
  • Myself
  • Never
  • Singers

• I've been through a lot of beef with other singers, but it's all verbal.

  

  Daddy Yankee
  • Through
  • Singers
  • Beef

• It's easier to collaborate with instrumentalists than singers; they know exactly the sound that I need.

  

  Kaytranada
  • Singers
  • Collaborate
  • Instrumentalists

• Mohd Rafi saab and I fought over royalty rights. At a meeting attended by prominent singers and musicians, he stood up and said, 'Main aaj se Lata ke saath nahin gaoonga'. I retorted, 'Rafi saab, ek minute. Aap nahin gaayenge mere saath yeh galat baat hai. Main aapke saath nahin gaoongee'. I stormed out and called all my composers there and then and informed them to rope in another singer if it was a duet with Rafi saab.

  

  Lata Mangeshkar
  • Up
  • Rights
  • Musicians

• I think Phil Collins is one of the most underrated musicians, singers, performers - he is absolutely amazing, I think, and I think hes probably got a bit of a rough ride occasionally because he became so mainstream and so popular.

  

  Rick Astley
  • Amazing
  • Popular
  • Musicians

• A singer's biographical film should have their music and their voice.

  

  Ahmet Ertegun
  • Music
  • Film
  • Voice

• Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero.

  

  Vivian Campbell Def Leppard
  • Important
  • Hero
  • Guitar

• I am not the worst singer.

  

  William Hung
  • Worst
  • Singers

• Yes was without a singer at that point, cause they were doing ABWH, so you had ABWH, and then you had the 90125 band without a singer.

  

  William Wyman Sherwood Asia
  • Band
  • Causes
  • Singers

• 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 Black Flag
  • Mean
  • Voice
  • Sound

• There are some singers that have great technique and then there are those that have a certain quality or style in their voice. Some have both, like Freddie Mercury, but to me, I prefer style over technique.

  

  Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
  • Style
  • Quality
  • Certain

• Being a singer now I have to get all fussy... I must have my ginger and lemon and all that.

  

  Graham Coxon Blur
  • Singers
  • Lemons
  • Ginger

• One of my favorite French singers, Alain Bashung, was the expert at creating his own universe; no one knows what he's talking about, even he doesn't know because it's so poetic.

  

  Thomas Pablo Croquet Phoenix
  • Universe
  • Singers
  • Poetic

• I'm a much better singer than actor, which doesn't really say a whole lot.

  

  Sean William Scott
  • Actors
  • Singers

• I know a lot of people who are 12 and doing things they shouldnt be doing. Whether youre an actress or a singer, its always the sexier ones that are selling more tickets or selling more albums.

  

  Serena Williams
  • People
  • Albums
  • Selling

• We are facing a generation of young singers who are much more diminutive in their approach to singing.

  

  Jerome Hines
  • Young
  • Generation
  • Singers

• I used to want to be a singer and a musician for years, from 6 years old to today. I'm not really good, but in time I could be. I'm more of a singer than anything.

  

  Tommy Davidson
  • Today
  • Musician
  • Used

• I'm not the singer that I wish I was or that some people think I could be. I wish I had the pipes to just jump into musicals.

  

  Michael Urie
  • People
  • Wish
  • Singers

• I am a true soul genius and, unlike certain other singers, 100 per cent man.

  

  Sananda Maitreya
  • Soul
  • Genius
  • Singers

• Singers, like Frank Sinatra and myself, we interpret the songs that we like. Not unlike a Shakespearean actor that goes back to the greatest words ever written, we go back to the greatest songs and bring about my interpretation of them.

  

  Harry Connick, Jr.
  • Song
  • Actors
  • Written

• Believe in miracles but don't depend on them. When you hear kind word spoken about a friend, tell him so. Spoil your spouse, not your children. Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language. To help your children turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Children

• I don't really get star-struck, but I do get talent struck. If I meet somebody that I think is just wildly talented and brilliant, that's when I start getting nervous.

  

  Kate Bosworth
  • Think
  • Star
  • Start

• I like playing an array of different roles. From the fun, comedic roles to the serious roles. It's always fun to play the role that either closely represents your own personality or the role that is completely opposite of yourself.

  

  Manika
  • Different
  • Fun
  • Serious

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

  

  Ray LaMontagne
  • Singers