Singers Quotes - Page 36

• I never had the influence of any other singer in my music, so I sounded like myself all the time.

  Kiri Te Kanawa

  Influence

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• The word 'no' is a very good word in a singer's repertoire.

  Kiri Te Kanawa

  Very Good, Good Words

  "Portrait of the artist: Kiri Te Kanawa". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2009.

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• Well I'm not much of a singer. But it's been a really nice time to do film, television, theater and have it all happening at once. That wasn't planned but it just happens.

  Peter Krause

  Nice, Television, Film

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

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• If I could be anyone, I'd choose the lead singer of Arcade Fire, Win Butler.

  Rob Kardashian

  Winning, Fire, Butlers

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

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• I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.

  Adam Lambert

  Rights, Leader, Trying

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I felt like people only knew me as a singer who dated pretty girls.

  Adam Levine

  Girl, People, Felt

  "Adam Levine admits he was a 'bimbo': Which male celeb was the biggest player?". www.foxnews.com. June 1, 2012.

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• Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing, who speak their songs.

  Stephen Malkmus

  Song, Reeds, Speak

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• In the future, I see me as being my own artist and definitely not a ballad singer!

  Thia Megia

  Artist, Ballads, My Own

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• My dad was a singer in a band and neither of my parents went to college, and I ended up getting into Harvard and was the first person in my family that went to college and it happened to be Harvard.

  Dean Norris

  Dad, College, Parent

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

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• The best thing I ever learned from my dad was he knew he wasn't the best of singers, but he always knew he was a great entertainer, and I always thought that was a good concept to bring along, that ultimately acting is an entertainment art and you have to be aware of the fact that you want people to be excited to be watching you.

  Dean Norris

  Art, Dad, People

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

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• I think every singer hears songs that make you want to sing them.

  David Nail

  Song, Thinking, Want

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• As a singer, I just want to try to honor what the writers create - and as someone who's trying to write songs, I just hope I can stand in their company and not embarrass myself.

  David Nail

  Song, Writing, Honor

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• I'm certainly not a trained singer. The only place I could probably carry a tune is my shower.

  Lucas Neff

  Tunes, Showers

  "Lucas Neff and Greg Garcia Talk Raising Hope Episode 2.06". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. November 7, 2011.

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• I'm about to start working with a singer I met on my last trip: she'll get international exposure, and I'll have a song out in that market sung in Cantonese.

  Paul Oakenfold

  Song, Lasts, Mets

  "The Great Wall of Sound" by Paul Oakenfold, Tom Pattinson, www.theguardian.com. August 26, 2007.

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• Everyone has their own path in life, no matter if it's being a celebrity or a singer. Quite frankly, I didn't move to Nashville and tell myself I wanted to be a singer because I wanted to be a celebrity or I wanted to be somebody that people admired. I wasn't about that. I just loved music.

  Jake Owen

  Moving, Nashville, People

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• I wanted to be a singer. I wanted to be a musician. I wanted to travel and write songs and be a good songwriter. It came to me slowly after college.

  Brett Dennen

  Song, Writing, College

  "10 Questions: Brett Dennen". Interview with Nichole Wagner, www.uncommonmusic.org. June 9, 2011.

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• It's difficult for me to describe my own music; every song is an experience that I set to music. There's no lyrics, no singer, just instruments, but I'm sure you can feel what the song is talking about just by listen to it. I can't describe a feeling, my songs are feelings.

  Marilou

  Song, Talking, Feelings

  Source: sleepingbagstudios.ca

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• For me, the intent in a song is to sing it. I compose songs, meaning I'm writing words to be set to music; I'm intending it to not be recited. I'm a singer-songwriter, and I'm a poet, and there really isn't a contradiction, at least for me.

  Cornelius Eady

  Song, Writing, Poet

  "Breaking into Song: An Interview with Cornelius Eady". Interview with Alexis Orgera, www.anmly.org.

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• I studied piano and viola and voice in high school and music composition in college. For many years before I became an author I was a singer songwriter, writing for Disney and Sesame Street. I believe in perfect rhymes - no cheating!

  Sarah Weeks

  Cheating, Believe, School

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• Honestly, I just want to have a good time, listen to great singers and great music, and just use my instincts, as usual.

  Christina Aguilera

  Usual, Use, Want

  "Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Pharrell Williams Talk The Voice". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. Februart 24, 2015.

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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, My Favorite

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

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• Singers actually used to begin singing at a much younger age than they do now. I would say for me, I started late. But it's not unusual. I discovered I had a voice. I wanted to be a pianist when I was seven, and circumstances didn't allow that I studied it.

  Dolora Zajick

  Voice, Singing, Age

  "For Opera Powerhouse Dolora Zajick, 'Singing Is Connected To The Body'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 25, 2015.

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• Singers are experts at keeping things from dripping on their throats. Believe me, they're experts.

  Dolora Zajick

  Believe, Experts, Dripping

  "For Opera Powerhouse Dolora Zajick, 'Singing Is Connected To The Body'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. March 19, 2014.

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• We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers. We study the mysteries of laser and circuit, crystal and scanner, holographic demons and invocations of equations. These are the tools we employ, and we know many things.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Art, Dreamer, Tools

  "Fictional character: Elric". TV Series "Babylon 5" ("The Geometry of Shadows", 1994), www.imdb.com. 1994–1998.

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• The artist had captured a moment that went on suggesting other moments in the mind of the beholder. This, Timmon told me, was what every painter, every singer, every craftsman sought to create.

  Jim Grimsley

  Art, Mind, Moments

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