Singing Quotes - Page 12

• Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words, killing me softly with his song.

  Roberta Flack

  Song, Pain, Rock And Roll

  Song: Killing Me Softly with His Song, Album: Killing Me Softly

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• I used to listen to Judy Garland all the time - I love Judy Garland and her music. But I started to realize that if you keep singing like that, singing songs of being victimized by love over and over and over again, it can't help but have a profound effect on your life.

  Diane Keaton

  Song, Profound, Helping

  "The Upside of Turning 60" by Diane Keaton, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 20, 2006.

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• I love accents, I would love to find more characters with a variety of vocal intonations. It creates a character. It’s like you're singing a song. Some people find their character through walking or movement — for me, voice is one of the ways I find parts of the character.

  Stana Katic

  Song, Character, Voice

  "Stana Katic: I'm a high stakes kind of girl". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. June 16, 2010.

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• I started singing when I was five. I grew up the youngest of four kids who all studied classical piano, so you could say I've been listening to music ever since the moment of conception.

  K. D. Lang

  Kids, Piano, Listening

  "KD Lang: 'I get completely drawn in'" by KD Lang, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2009.

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• I sing both in my shower and in my car, mostly in my car, because I have this weird thing - whenever I'm singing to the radio - my friends kind of hate it - but I pick out the harmonies in my head, and I'm singing the harmonies to the tracks and I'm jamming it out.

  Paul McDonald

  Hate, Track, Car

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• It is winter time, my friend; buy couple of breads; find a place calm and quiet and feed the birds; and for this action of yours, ask no more reward than their cheerful singings!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Couple, Winter, Bird

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• I enjoy singing my songs in front of people. I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that.

  Frank Ocean

  Song, Stupid, People

  "Frank Ocean: the most talked-about man in music" by Rebecca Nicholson, www.theguardian.com. July 20, 2012.

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• What is normally called religion is what I would tend to call music - participating in music, listening to music, making records and singing.

  Will Oldham

  Listening, Records, Music Making

  Will Oldham (2012). “Will Oldham on Bonnie "Prince" Billy”, p.49, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Singing is an incredible expression and something that is important to me, but where I feel comfortable with how much I reveal about myself is acting. I enjoy the characters, the costumes, the wigs and just being a chameleon.

  Brie Larson

  Character, Expression, Important

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

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• I was constantly, always and forever, trying to perform the musical 'Annie' for anyone who would listen, and I have a terrible singing voice. It was the first thing that made me think I wanted to be an actress.

  Sarah Paulson

  Thinking, Voice, Forever

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• There's not enough money in the world to get me singing 'Because We Want To' again. I wouldn't do it. I think Beyonce Knowles got a couple of million for a private show but I would be happy to turn it down.

  Billie Piper

  Couple, Thinking, Would Be

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• Music is my passion, singing, performing. I play piano and musical theater is my background.

  Janel Parrish

  Passion, Play, Piano

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think that one of Elvis' charms was that he could sing almost any kind of music. I am sure that in his heart, which I don't know what was there, but just from his singing I could feel that he was very partial to gospel music.

  Patti Page

  Heart, Thinking, Kind

  Interview with David Adams, www.elvis.com.au. November 29, 2005.

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• I have simply said that there's just a side of me that could not judge anybody singing. It's not who I am. I don't want to be that person.

  Steve Perry

  Who I Am, Judging, Want

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

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• One night I was standing on Third Avenue playing my guitar, when this big Irish policeman came strolling by, and stopped to listen to my singing and playing. When I was done, he politely handed me a ticket for disturbing the peace, while at the same time telling me how much he liked my voice. I wish I still had that ticket.

  Frank Stallone

  Night, Guitar, Voice

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• I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound.

  Nancy Sinatra

  Sound, Six, Range

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

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• I would love to do a musical. When I did Fame L.A. for a year - all the singing, dancing and acting - I was in heaven. I cried so much when they cancelled the show. I mean, I loved going to work and I couldn't wait to get on the set.

  Roselyn Sanchez

  Mean, Years, Dancing

  "'Rush Hour 2': Roselyn Sanchez Interview". Hollywood.com Interview, www.hollywood.com. August 3, 2001.

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• Singing for stage, if you don't hear yourself, that's when you push, and that's when you can hurt your voice sometimes. So if I can hear myself in my ear, it really helps me to find that balance of how loud I needed to be singing.

  Aaron Tveit

  Hurt, Voice, Balance

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• If you're gonna sing, sing loud.

  Travis Tritt

  Loud, Ifs

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• Acting and singing on 'One Tree Hill' was definitely one of the most incredible experiences of my life. I didn't even know I could act until I auditioned at the casting call for the part of Mia.

  Kate Voegele

  Tree, Acting, Casting

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• As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it freed me from all the thoughts in my head. I begged for opera lessons because opera singing is the most formidable, most emotional way to use your voice.

  Zola Jesus

  Children, Emotional, Voice

  Interview with Elliott Sharp, www.avclub.com. April 25, 2011.

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• Popular culture is a place where pity is called compassion, flattery is called love, propaganda is called knowledge, tension is called peace, gossip is called news, and auto-tune is called singing.

  Criss Jami

  Compassion, Auto Tune, Gossip

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.80, Criss Jami

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• I always thought I was singing American folk music.

  Lonnie Donegan

  Folks, Folk Music

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• When I was probably 5 or 6, my mother put me into an acting, singing, and dancing class.

  Beau Mirchoff

  Mother, Class, Dancing

  "Beau Mirchoff On Taking Acting Classes and His Role in 'Awkward'". Interview with Kimberly Lightbody, www.backstage.com. June 25, 2012.

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• There’s little kids on trains coming up to me, singing my theme song, and they can barely walk.

  Andy Milonakis

  Song, Kids, Littles

  "Kickin' it with Andy Milonakis". Interview with Bethonie Butler, ew.com. September 18, 2007.

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