Singing Quotes - page 47

When my sister and I were kids, swimming down in Charleston, there was this pizza parlor that had this old Dixieland band play, and I just loved Louis Armstrong and the sound of his voice, and I got up there with the band and started singing Louis Armstrong songs when I was a kid. I have no idea why, but I did it and I loved it. (Thomas Gibson)
I was in a music class when I was little, and they discovered I had a talent and could sing. From there, I joined this singing troupe in California, and I would just go sing at festivals in this girl group and perform as much as I could. View quote
Vanessa Morgan
My mom helped me get started when I was younger. I started with singing. An agent saw me singing on stage at the Palm Springs Festival, and recommended I get into acting, so I was like, 'Oh, okay.' I just started from there, singing and acting. View quote
Vanessa Morgan
I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career. View quote
Victoria Clark
I like what it is to sing, or to be with the others singing, to make music, but the fuss and all the things that are the exterior part of a career, has never interested me. View quote
Victoria de los Angeles
With a track like 'White Christmas,' everybody has done that song in every format you can imagine, so I just looked at the chords at that particular song and what chords would make it work. That's kind of quite a sad song, and I had this idea of someone singing it in the subway, someone who is homeless, old and sad. View quote
Vince Clarke
Faith is a really important part of my life and inspires me in all facets of my life, including my songwriting and my singing. View quote
Vusi Mahlasela
I get my flow from Daddy, my singing ability from Mommy, the camera stuff from both. That's just what happens when you hang out with the Smiths. View quote
Willow Smith
The singing was something I got from my father. View quote
Woody Herman
If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything. View quote
Wyclef Jean
I disliked singing in English and neither liked the story nor the character of Cressida. (Walter Legge)
I studied classical opera, so I was always singing in Italian and German and French. View quote
Wang Leehom
I didn't know that I could do a talk show. I didn't know that we could bring variety to daytime. I didn't know that people wanted to see singing, and dancing and comedy in the morning. View quote
Wayne Brady
I don't feel like singing should be taken lightly. It's one of the hardest things I've ever done, but it's coming along. View quote
Wes Borland
What is normally called religion is what I would tend to call music - participating in music, listening to music, making records and singing. View quote
Will Oldham
I make the songs and part of making them is singing them. But what you hear is not me. It's the song. It's through me. View quote
Will Oldham
We gather for prayer, and reading the Bible, and singing the songs of David. View quote
William Brewster
I was just trying out and having some fun. I don't think I'd want to pursue singing as a career; it's an on-the-side thing. It would be great if I could make a career out of it but if I can't, that's OK too. View quote
William Hung
Singing and entertainment are now my first priority. View quote
William Hung
From my opinion, 'geisha' means a woman skilled in the arts, like dancing, singing and playing musical instruments. View quote
Zhang Ziyi
As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it freed me from all the thoughts in my head. I begged for opera lessons because opera singing is the most formidable, most emotional way to use your voice. (Zola Jesus)
The word 'theatrical' makes me cringe, because it suggests a performance is staged, put on, rehearsed. And while all this is true for an opera, I believe the act of singing and performing should always be honest, raw, guttural. View quote
Zola Jesus
At this point, a spaceship could land on Main Street and Elvis could saunter out singing "Love Me Tender," and I wouldn't be surprised. View quote
Michele Bardsley
Talent? That's not talent. Talent is Liza Minnelli tap dancing and singing at the same time. What I just saw was devastation. Dying man on the cross. Salvation in B minor. View quote
Tiffanie DeBartolo
I am singing now while Rome burns. View quote
Richard Siken