Singers Quotes

• You can cage the singer but not the song.

  Harry Belafonte

  Music, Song, Cages

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• Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

  Janis Joplin

  Music, Sadness, Misery

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  Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

  Judy Garland

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Business Etiquette for the Nineties: Your Ticket to Career Success". Book by Lou Kennedy, 1992.

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• I think that all creative people are a little bit nuts.

  Dolly Parton

  Thinking, Nuts, People

  Twitter post from Feb 27, 2012

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• You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter and performer.

  Luke Bryan

  Singer-songwriters, Performers, Songwriters

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• The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance.

  Linda Ronstadt

  Music, Artist, Voice

  Linda Ronstadt (2013). “Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir”, p.196, Simon and Schuster

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• When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy.

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• The singer alone does not make a song, there has to be someone who hears. -Broken Song

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Song, Broken, Doe

  Rabindranath Tagore (1986). “Selected poems”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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• Some may say that I couldn't sing, but no one can say that I didn't sing.

  Florence Foster Jenkins

  Singing, May, Opera

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• A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have been given something in a moment of grace, it is sacrilegious to be greedy.

  Marian Anderson

  Grace, Moments, Greedy

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• Sing, seraph with the glory! heaven is high.
  Sing, poet with the sorrow! earth is low.
  The universe's inward voices cry
  "Amen" to either song of joy and woe.
  Sing, seraph, poet! sing on equally!

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Song, Voice, Joy

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1856). “Poems”, p.260

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  You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

  Beverly Sills

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Incredible Quotations: 230 Thought-Provoking Quotes with Prompts to Spark Students' Writing, Thinking, and Discussion". Book by Jacqueline Sweeney, 1997.

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• Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do.

  Ella Fitzgerald

  Inspirational, Graduation, Giving Up

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• Music is the purest form of art... therefore true poets...seek to express the universe in terms of music. The singer has everything within him. The notes come out from his very life. They are not materials gathered from outside.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Music, Art, Poet

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• The way I see it, all the popular singers are strippers.

  Juliana Hatfield

  Song, Popular Song, Way

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• Once you find someone to share your ups and downs, downs are almost as good as ups.

  Robert Breault

  Inspirational, Relationship, Sympathy

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• You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

  Bindi Irwin

  Self Esteem, Love Yourself, Your Beautiful

  Instagram post by Bindi Irwin @bindisueirwin, www.instagram.com. June 2, 2015.

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• My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have a part of it just like you.

  Paul Robeson

  Inspirational, Country, Father

  Testimony before House Un-American Activities Committee, 12 June 1956

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• I've learned so much from my mistakes... I'm thinking of making some more.

  Cheryl Cole

  Mistake, Learning, Thinking

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• When you start to beat yourself up, remind yourself of how worthy you are of love.

  Demi Lovato

  Love, Self Esteem, Self Respect

  Demi Lovato‏ @ddlovato, twitter.com. November 9, 2012.

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• Whether you’re gay, straight, divorced, on drugs, a prostitute… I don’t care. Be who you are and love who you want.

  Hayley Williams

  Love, I Dont Care, Gay

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• If you feel stuck, bring your whole self to Christ, not just the problem, but you. Ask God to change your heart. Commit yourself to pray to that end. It's God's heart to give good gifts to His children.

  Sheila Walsh

  Change, Encouraging, God

  Sheila Walsh (2001). “Gifts for Your Soul: A Book of Daily Devotions”, Zondervan Publishing Company

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• Any struggle or pain that you experience just gets you to the top, and you can't get there without making the climb. A few years later, you won't remember exactly the way the pain felt or how long it took, you'll just remember the view from the top. In fact, you might smile at the fact you had to work to get there.

  Hayley Williams

  Inspirational, Life, Smile

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• I do not think that we have a “right” to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Happiness, Happy, Thank You

  "Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes".

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• I'm the interpreter. I'm the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and that's what I want to do.

  Aaliyah

  Inspirational, Dance, Laughing

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