Favorite Singer Quotes

• You can cage the singer but not the song.

  Harry Belafonte

  Music, Song, Singers

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• Alison Krauss is definitely my favorite singer that's ever lived. I've never heard anyone like her.

  Brad Paisley

  Singers, Like Her, My Favorite

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• George Jones was my all time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world.

  Dolly Parton

  People, World, Singers

  "Country Music Legend George Jones Dies at 81" by Jordan Zakarin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 26, 2013.

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• My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I've tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to his lovely voice.

  Johnny Mathis

  Beautiful, Kings, Lovely Voice

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• Mariah Carey is my favorite singer because her voice sounds utterly groundless. It's not even a human voice; it almost sounds mechanical.

  Grimes

  Voice, Sound, Singers

  Interview with Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. February 16, 2012.

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• I'm not someone who can sing anything... And my favorite singers aren't people whose voice you would say is amazing. I'm a big Bob Dylan fan, a huge David Bowie fan... none of those people have orthodox, cabaret voices. These are people where what they're singing about is just as important as how they're singing it.

  Boy George

  Voice, People, Singing

  "Boy George Talks Culture Club Reunion, Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert". Interview with Shirley Halperin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 23, 2011.

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• Singing doesn't have to mean that you sound like Stevie Wonder. I love to sing. I'm not the greatest singer in the world. But, a lot of my favorite singers aren't the greatest singers in the world.

  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  Mean, Singing, Singers

  "Joseph Gordon-Levitt Talks HITRECORD ON TV Season 2, Influencing Other Work, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 12, 2015.

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• I think Im different from a lot of singer-songwriters because some of my favorite singer-songwriters told stories. Like John Prine.

  Jill Sobule

  Thinking, Different, Stories

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• Frank Sinatra's never been handsome, but he's one of my favorite singers. Who needs looks when you have a voice and power?

  Will Oldham

  Voice, Needs, Looks

  Interview with Mike Powell, pitchfork.com. October 10, 2011.

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• When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about. And if I have a chance to matter to the growth and hopes and wishes of little girls, that's something I can't take lightly. So I do factor them in when I'm thinking about what to wear, and what to say, and whether or not to go out to bars even thought I'm not twenty-one.

  Taylor Swift

  Girl, Thinking, Years

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• Etta James is my all-time favorite singer. I've said it in every interview, in every story, in every on- and off-camera question. That music was always such a huge escape for me, even from a young age.

  Christina Aguilera

  Age, Cameras, Stories

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• When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about.

  Taylor Swift

  Years, Singers, Opinion

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• When I was younger and first started watching MTV I loved watching TRL. I loved watching my favorite singers/bands perform.

  Victoria Justice

  Mtv, Band, Singers

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• Robert Plant was always my favorite singer-and hes said nice things about me, you know.

  Freddie Mercury

  Nice, Singers, My Favorite

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• Like I say, I'm always writing and if something sticks, it sticks. I get to write with great songwriters in town. Lori McKenna is one of my all-time favorite singer-songwriters who's ever walked the planet. I get to write with her. The Warren Brothers are friends of mine and I write with them all the time. Lance Miller is a great songwriter. Tom Douglas - you can't get any better than that. I write a lot of stuff but it's got to stick.

  Tim McGraw

  Brother, Writing, Singers

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• Johnny Guitar... just one of my favorite singers of all time. I met him when we were both on the road with Johnny Otis in the '50s when I was a teenager. We traveled the country in a car together.I would hear him sing every night.

  Etta James

  Country, Teenager, Night

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• I'd have to say that Kenny White has earned a place among my favorite singer/songwritersand particularly, lyricists. As we say in the trade “he goes deep.” A true wordsmith AND musician who reveals a fine sense of humor, as well. Put on your headphones and listen carefully.

  David Crosby

  White, Musician, Singers

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• Gordon Lightfoot has created some of the most beautiful and lasting music of our time. He is Bob Dylan's favorite singer/songwriter - high praise from the best of us, applauded by the rest of us.

  Kris Kristofferson

  Beautiful, Bob, Singers

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• Ed Kowalczyk is my favorite singer.

  Chris Daughtry

  Singers, My Favorite

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• I got last-minute rush seats to Baz Luhrmann's 'Boheme,' and my favorite singer, Ekaterina Solovyeva, was playing Mimi that day. My face got burned off when she sang the aria 'Donde Lieta Usci.' The woman was technically sobbing and singing opera at the same time. I don't know how you do that.

  Nina Arianda

  Singing, Opera, Singers

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