Singers Quotes - Page 21

• My mom was a dancer, my dad's a singer and I've always had that kind of music in my life.

  Elvis Stojko

  Mom, Dad, Dancer

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• The first thing I did when I made a little bit of money as a singer was to buy myself an amber necklace. This is often the way we put together our lives, adding the striking qualities of others into our own character.

  Renee Fleming

  Character, Quality, Together

  Renee Fleming (2005). “The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer”, p.42, Penguin

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• The ability to imagine oneself in another's place and understand the other's feelings, desires, ideas, and actions. The most obvious example, perhaps, is that of the actor or singer who genuinely feels the part he is performing.

  Sam Vaknin

  Ideas, Empathy, Feelings

  Sam Vaknin (2014). “A to Z of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder Encyclopedia: The Narcissism Bible”, p.261, Narcissus Publishing

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• All singers have this fault: if asked to sing among friends they are never so inclined; if unasked, they never leave off.

  Horace

  Music, Faults, Ifs

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• The composers hated me. The singers detested me. The guitarists were terrified by me.

  Bulat Okudzhava

  Composer, Hated, Terrified

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• There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate.

  Neville Marriner

  Sound, Manipulation, Difficult

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• I was born a singer. I need to do that.

  Nana Mouskouri

  Needs, Born

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• I never had any other thought in my mind. I was gonna write songs, I was gonna be a star and a singer and I never thought of doing anything else.

  Kim Carnes

  Song, Stars, Writing

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

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• Judy Henske, who was the then reigning queen of folk music, said to me at The Troubadour, 'Honey, in this town there are four sexes. Men, women, homosexuals, and girl singers.'

  Linda Ronstadt

  Girl, Sex, Queens

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• What is so important is that you play for the artist and for the record and for the song ... everything else falls into place ... my solo has to be a complement to the singer and the song.

  James Burton

  Music, Song, Fall

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• Even when I'm touring, I feel like a sideman ... everybody's working together. We get to play longer solos; it's not just "Here's the record! Thank you for coming Goodnight" ... it has always had a "band" feel instead of being a singer and his backup band.

  Vince Gill

  Music, Play, Working Together

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• It's sad that people listen to music and decide how the singer should look.

  Joss Stone

  People, Looks, Should

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I don't ever want to be perfect,
  Cause I'm a singer that you
  Never want to see shirtless

  Ed Sheeran

  Perfect, Want, Causes

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• George Jones will always be one of the most amazing singers who ever lived.  He was a true Country Music legend who made music very personal to the listener – I think more than anyone else.  He will be dearly missed, but always remembered.

  Kenny Rogers

  Country, Thinking, Legends

  FaceBook post by Kenny Rogers from Apr 26, 2013

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

  Freddie Mercury

  Nice, My Favorite, Plant

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• I'm not a salsa singer who wants to sing in English, and I'm not this American kid who wants to sing Spanish.

  Marc Anthony

  Kids, Want, Salsa

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

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• On her new LP, Shatter, Jude Johnstone examines heartbreak and loss with such tender resignation that I wept in acknowledgement of its artful simplicity. A lesson in melodic grace delivered by as fine a singer-songwriter as any I know.

  Rodney Crowell

  Loss, Simplicity, Grace

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• Traditionally speaking, the three biggest twats in any band are the singer, the keyboardist and the drummer. I don't need to say anything else.

  Noel Gallagher

  Say Anything, Three, Needs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I love Katy Perry, she is a wonderful pop singer.

  Pat Benatar

  Wonderful, Pops

  "Pat Benatar says she is a fan of Lady Gaga". Interview with Nick Zieminski, www.reuters.com. July 7, 2010.

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• I never not wanted to be a singer. Since I was 3, I knew this was what I wanted to do. Well, I can't say I wanted to do it, but I fantasized and thought about it all the time. I never thought it would actually happen.

  Lisa Marie Presley

  Wells, Wanted, Happens

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• I like to listen to different kinds of music - it just depends on my mood. I love Madonna, Russian singers... I like the Rolling Stones a lot!

  Oksana Baiul

  Rolling, Different, Stones

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• There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her.

  Carly Simon

  Trying, Dresses, Looks

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• A lot of what I have always done is do other singers.

  Boz Scaggs

  Done

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• For the most part I have been able to meet all my goals, but I always strive for bigger goals in life so everything's not complete just yet. My first aspiration was to be known as a singer and also as an advocate for sickle cell disease. I try to be that inspiration, you know. It's not as bad as people try to make it seem. I mean, it is, but it's not. People don't have to be afraid of it; they don't have to be held down by it. Try to find triumph in the situation.

  A. J. Green

  Inspiration, Mean, Cells

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• It took me a long time to find my voice as a singer, and I'm happy that I did.

  Wes Borland

  Voice, Long, Long Time

  "Bye bye Bizkit& Wes Borland says Limp are pretty much done", www.mtv.com. March 15, 2006.

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