Singers Quotes
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My mother was an amateur singer, my father was an amateur drunk.
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I lived in Italy for a number of years and I was really digging around trying to get my hands dirty, trying to learn about Italian music. And what I ended up gravitating towards was this stuff from the '50s and '60s and maybe early '70s, where there were these incredibly talented pop singers that weren't using pop bands.
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I'm under no illusion. There are lots of male singers out there with raspy voices.
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When I heard Bjork's debut, that was when I first realized that I could be a singer, even with my unusual voice.
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When you said you were a terrible singer, I thought you were being humble. But you weren't.
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The trip had become boring. It wasn't exciting anymore to totally be a singer/songwriter because it wasn't working for me.
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I don't think I get the respect as a singer. With this record, I wanted to bring respect to my band.
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I don't want to be just a straight pop singer. I'm a vocalist and that's what I want to be seen as in the long run.
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But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud.
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As it turns out, three of my four kids are professional singers. And they're really interesting, good singers.
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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.
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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.
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It took me a long time to find my voice as a singer, and I'm happy that I did.
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Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero.
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In spring more mortal singers than belong To any one place cover us with song. Thrush, bluebird, blackbird, sparrow, and robin throng....
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Rather than becoming the best, I want to become a singer with meaning.
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I just don't think I'm a very good singer.
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I never claimed to be the best singer, I never claimed to be the best dancer, but I do claim to be the person that can put them together best.
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There are so many people in this world that have the look and have talent, and yet they keep putting out this teenybopper singers that have no vocal capability at all. Sometimes I think there's no real music anymore. We don't have singers like we did back in the day. Music is supposed to convey a message. Music is supposed to make you feel a certain way. Now, I don't want to hear about big bootie shaking on the floor. Music just isn't what it used to be. I think that with the times changing, labels do actually need to get that and stop signing all these crap artists.
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I'm always going to be a singer.
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I find male singers and what they sing about fascinating. It makes me realize how little we know about ourselves and how little I know about myself. It's interesting to see the male perspective.
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I would advise all young musicians to not only experience and play chamber music, but to go to operas, speak to the singers, to explore and expand your horizons.
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I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.
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Being a singer now I have to get all fussy... I must have my ginger and lemon and all that.
