Singing Quotes

• In church, the music is for everyone. People are singing off tune, loud; they're not ashamed - it's for their healing. That's kind of just what I strive for, that feeling.

  

  Jamila Woods
  • People
  • Music
  • Feeling

• The best advice I got really had nothing to do with singing; it came from my brother, who always told me to stick to my guns and to believe in myself. I think Duane saw my talents and believed in me long before I ever did, and that meant the world to me.

  

  Gregg Allman
  • World
  • Believe
  • Long

• One of the most beautiful things that recruited me to join the LaRouche movement is its emphasis on Classical singing and composition, especially with the Negro Spirituals, adding a new depth of profundity to songs I had sang while growing up.

  

  Kesha Rogers
  • Up
  • Beautiful
  • Growing

• I was singing totally jazz then, but when I heard the Beatles and heard the gospel influence and everything, I just said, 'I can make jazz with R&B.'

  

  Billy Paul
  • Singing

• I'm singing these songs to inspire you, to keep you going, to lift you up and give you a reason to get up in the morning.

  

  Mavis Staples
  • Up
  • Morning
  • Singing

• When I was 5 years old, I was coming up the stairs, and I saw my mom standing there, singing 'A Quiet Thing' a cappella, and it was such a differentiating moment for me. I realized that we are separate from each other - she has dreams and goals.

  

  Laura Benanti
  • Up
  • She
  • Mom

• It's really hard for me to sing and play bass. Unless you're singing something that's kind of in rhythm with the bass, the melodies, it's just difficult.

  

  Kim Gordon Sonic Youth
  • Singing

• I can sing in various genres, but my heart truly lies in singing romantic songs. This has been my forte ever since I was 8 or 9.

  

  Armaan Malik
  • Heart
  • Lies
  • Romantic

• There's a little bit of gospel in everything I do. But I don't know if I will ever do a gospel album. There's a big universe out here, and I don't want to just sing to the church. I want to sing to the world and bring them a message of love. I love going to church and singing gospel songs, but right now there's a message that the world needs.

  

  El DeBarge DeBarge
  • World
  • Church
  • Universe

• I started singing backgrounds for Mary Mary and Usher during 'Confessions.' Then I jumped to working with Anthony Hamilton, Jill Scott; jumped again to Kanye West, The Killers. I kept saying, 'OK, this is the last time; then I get to do my music.'

  

  BJ the Chicago Kid
  • Time
  • Music
  • Singing

• People always want to talk about who I was, but I've always been singing, always been experimenting with pop music.

  

  Nicki Minaj
  • People
  • Music
  • Want

• I dream about singing. I would love to sing and write.

  

  Emmanuelle Beart
  • Dream
  • Singing

• I've read and heard that some of the most inspiring vocal interpreters adhere habitually to one rule: Always think the lyrics as you're singing them, so that the sentiment is always appropriate and heartfelt.

  

  Brandi Carlile
  • Singing
  • Lyrics
  • Heartfelt

• My mom's a concert pianist, so she started teaching me when I was around seven. When I was eight, I started writing my own songs, and kinda started putting piano and singing together. But I'm trained classically, which is a big influence on me, I think.

  

  Jasmine Lucilla Elizabeth Jennifer van den Bogaerde
  • Writing
  • She
  • Together

• I wasn't even singing when we first started Lion Babe, so my voice has only gotten stronger.

  

  Jillian Hervey
  • Singing
  • Lion

• There was a time when I was in the South, singing, and someone came to me before the show and said, 'There's been a threat on your life. Someone had phoned in and said they were going to shoot you if you go on stage.' I was singing 'Chances Are,' and I kept moving so they wouldn't have a shot at me.

  

  Johnny Mathis
  • Life
  • Time
  • Moving

• I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway.

  

  Kate Smith
  • Always
  • Singing
  • Broadway

• The fact that people are actually shaving their eyebrows is very flattering. But it's crazy that people are singing songs I wrote in my bedroom.

  

  Charlie Puth
  • People
  • Crazy
  • Singing

• The piano and the singing are two equal things to me - maybe not inseparable but very connected. You can say they are like two equal voices.

  

  Agnes Obel
  • Singing

• When you're singing about love stories, which is most of my songs, it's good to have a lot of information and to have a different point of view.

  

  Luis Fonsi
  • Good
  • Different
  • Singing

• Singing is about telling a story. When you are onstage, you get to be your own self... When acting, you're someone else.

  

  Sabrina Carpenter
  • Singing
  • Acting
  • Self

• It's amazing when you're playing to a crowd who barely understands English but they're singing parts of your song back to you.

  

  Jason Derulo
  • Song
  • Amazing
  • English

• I don't use backing tapes when I am singing and dancing on stage. I can do cartwheels and sing.

  

  Beyonce Destiny's Child
  • Dance
  • Dancing
  • Cartwheels

• But I won't deprive myself of singing opera as long as my voice follows.

  

  Placido Domingo
  • Long
  • Singing

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