Backup Singers Quotes

• I used to want to be a backup singer. Not a lead singer, because I really can't sing.

  Jamaica Kincaid

  Want, Singers, Used

  "'Our Sassy Black Friend' Jamaica Kincaid". Interview with Hannah Levintova, www.motherjones.com. January/February 2013.

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• I like to go full bore into something. If you have a backup plan, then you've already admitted defeat.

  Henry Cavill

  Defeat, Backup, Bores

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• I really just wanted to be a writer, but people tell you, 'You should have a backup career,' so I thought, 'OK, I'll act.' That was the foolishness of my vision for my life - that my backup career would be completely undependable.

  Patti Davis

  Should Have, Careers, People

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• Backup singers just bring so much more life to the situation. When a voice opens up, there comes the life.That's when it's a person-to-person connection.

  Lynn Mabry

  Voice, Connections, Singers

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• It was an extraordinary experience to have backup singers like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. I have never experienced anything quite like it before and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

  Angela Lansbury

  World, Singers, Choir

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• I'm kind of a low-key guy. The spotlight doesn't suit me. I'm more of a side dish--cole slaw or French fries or a Wham! backup singer.

  Haruki Murakami

  Keys, Guy, Spotlight

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from May 27, 2014

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• The first thing I ever wanted to be was a backup singer for Guns 'n' Roses.

  Katie McGrath

  Gun, Rose, Singers

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