Singing Quotes - page 12

I grew up thinking that singing was my security. (Nana Mouskouri)
My energy to sing, I get it from my singing. Singing was not a reason to make a living. This is the only thing I wanted to do. View quote
Nana Mouskouri
There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer. View quote
Nana Mouskouri
The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing. View quote
Norman Granz
I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound. View quote
Nancy Sinatra
Singing is my passion and something that I still love to do and I'm always going to want to do it. View quote
Naturi Naughton
Starting in music, where I get a chance to connect with the lyrics of a song, I learned so much about performing on stage and connecting to your audience and to what you're singing about. Singing is very emotional. Every song has its own purpose. View quote
Naturi Naughton
I probably wouldn't be singing if not for Michael Jackson. When I started singing, I didn't like my tone until my mom put me on to Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder, so listening to the way they used their instrument helped me get more comfortable with my own. View quote
Ne-Yo
I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them. View quote
Olivia Holt
Nothing I have done professionally will top the feeling I got when singing with John Farnham at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. View quote
Olivia Newton-John
In an attempt to amuse my friends and family, I would do impressions of Dean Martin, singing Everybody Loves Somebody. I secretly really enjoyed singing the song. (Peter Gallagher)
A clock struck out the hour of twelve, and the bird in the hedgerow was still singing as we marched out to the roadway, and followed our merry pipers home to town. View quote
Patrick MacGill
What I like about singing is that, for me, it's a substitute for the psychiatrist's couch. View quote
Patti Page
I think that one of Elvis' charms was that he could sing almost any kind of music. I am sure that in his heart, which I don't know what was there, but just from his singing I could feel that he was very partial to gospel music. View quote
Patti Page
Singing is not indulged in by Rotary clubs of some countries and all clubs are given full privilege to do as they please about including it in their programs. View quote
Paul Harris
If they're singing about heartbreak, they've lived it. View quote
Paula Abdul
Retire? Not on your life. I have no plans to stop singing. What are you going to do when you love music? It's a terrible disease. You can't stop. Of course, I'd like to get off the road. View quote
Peggy Lee
You put a song on the record or on tape and you stop singing it. You just don't sit around and sing it anymore unless you're performing. That's kind of sad. View quote
Rick Danko
I realized I was tired of singing about trees and flowers. I wanted to sing about real life. From then on, nobody could tell me anything was better than blues. View quote
Robert Cray
My acting ability would have sent me back to the post office. It was my singing that got me jobs. Ironically, now, people think of me as an actor and don't know me much as a singer. View quote
Robert Guillaume
When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who did a bit of singing, and then I became a singer who did a bit of percussion. (Robert Wyatt)
When I'm singing I try not be a singer with a capital S. I just try to get it out so I feel comfortable with it. View quote
Robert Wyatt
I love Ruth Brown, not just her singing, but Ruth Brown has more girl power than anyone, because she fought hard against people who ripped her off and then helped other artists through the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. View quote
Ronnie Spector
There will always be some kid who's the new Kurt Cobain writing great lyrics and singing from his soul. The problem is they're not marketing that anymore or putting it out there. View quote
Rosanna Arquette
I like to express certain things that happen in my life, the joy of spring, the birds singing and young babies coming into the world. You know, the whole thing as well as the part I'm not happy with, the sad part. View quote
Roy Haynes