Quotes of: Singer Keyword

In Rwanda, one person's God is another person's Satan -Thérèse Nyirabayovu

Into the House of the Ancestors: Inside the New Africa

...and - holy shit was this song bad. It was like the singer was stabbing my ear with a dagger made of dried turds.

John Dies at the End

Yeah, sorry for not being all Betty Bad Ass; fighting isn't exactly a requirement for jazz singers.

Revelations of the Soul

I want to be my own wedding singer at my own wedding. But first I’ll have to audition.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

I'm just about the best singer I know, and it's time for everybody to say that. I have total facility with my voice. And for some weird reason, critics don't talk about it.

Daryl Hall

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

Linus Pauling

We are all different expressions of one reality, different songs of one singer, different dances of one dancer, different paintings – but the painter is one.

Osho

Most chick singers say 'if you hurt me, I'll die'... I say, 'if you hurt me, I'll kick your ass.'

Pat Benatar

I think I'd be a million times more successful and more iconic if I was a singer in the '40s. I'd be allowed a level of mystery, and I think I'd suit that decade.

Paloma Faith

As a singer, I have won the highest honours in China. Actually I am like the panda: we are both national treasures.

Peng Liyuan

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

Patti Smith

I think people feel starved of nice, glamorous entertainment. They want to see costumes and gaiety and a singer; old-fashioned entertainment - it won't die easily.

Ronnie Corbett

I have the soul of a singer and do splendidly in the shower but the world will never hear it. Basically, I'm the only Irish person who can't carry a tune.

Roma Downey

I was constantly being pushed toward a European ideal of what it means to be a classical or opera singer, let's say in the Renata Tebaldi mode. I reject that.

Renee Fleming

When I was very young I wanted to be a professional horseback rider. Then I wanted to be a pop singer. Then I wanted to be a psychiatrist. Then I wanted to be a movie director.

Rebecca De Mornay

There's so many singers, you watch them and a lot of it is waving around. You don't get this feeling that they're really thinking about what they're saying.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

I don't think writing or co-writing my songs makes me a better singer, but I haven't really got an excuse not to do it as I've got too many opinions!

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

I think I've become a much better singer and a much better player. Years and years of playing a couple of hours every day will do that.

Sarah McLachlan

Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing, who speak their songs.

Stephen Malkmus

I'm a big fan of skilled singers. Some of my favorites are Cee-Lo Green, Donny Hathaway, James Fauntleroy, and Kim Burrell.

Seinabo Sey

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