Singing Quotes - Page 15

• I remember driving the tractor on our farm, and Tim McGraw would be on the radio. I'd find myself walking out of class, singing his songs. And then Tim ended up playing my father in 'Friday Night Lights.' It was surreal.

  Garrett Hedlund

  Friday, Song, Father

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• My own singing voice is not very good and I don't think that anybody really sings in their own voice.

  Jane Horrocks

  Thinking, Voice, Very Good

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• I grew up performing and singing. And acting, the idea of it just sort of fell into my lap. And I was a little hesitant at first, but I was like, okay, I’ll try it.

  Lucy Hale

  Ideas, Trying, Acting

  "We Shine the Spotlight on PRETTY LITTLE LIARS Star Lucy Hale". Interview with Tiffany Vogt, www.thetvaddict.com. January 8, 2013.

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• I was just trying out and having some fun. I don't think I'd want to pursue singing as a career; it's an on-the-side thing. It would be great if I could make a career out of it but if I can't, that's OK too.

  William Hung

  Fun, Thinking, Careers

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• Singing is something that I'm always happy to do it and going in the studio I never felt any pressure. I just feel like I get to sing, you know. It's fun.

  Chris Isaak

  Fun, Pressure, Feels

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• In Wales, singing and storytelling are party skills, not professions.

  Rhys Ifans

  Party, Skills, Storytelling

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• A Hank Cochran song in the studio is spiritual. It's like singing a hymn in a church.

  Jamey Johnson

  Spiritual, Song, Hymns

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• I don't want to be singing my diary.

  Norah Jones

  Diaries, Want

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• I think singing comes most naturally for me. Because it's part of your body - it's a natural thing. You can practice all you want but it's part of your body.

  Norah Jones

  Thinking, Practice, Body

  "Singer / Song-writer Norah Jones TalkAsia Interview Transcript". Interview With Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. February 14, 2004.

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• Time is my enemy. Time will catch up with me vocally. And I dread that. I dread to think about life without singing.

  Tom Jones

  Thinking, Enemy, Dread

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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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• 'Tis always morning somewhere, and aboveThe awakening continents, from shore to shore,Somewhere the birds are singing evermore.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Morning, Nature, Bird

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1869). “The Poetical Works”, p.537

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• 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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• You're singing a song about making love to your drummer, well gay guitar pickers don't turn me on.

  Hank Williams, Jr.

  Song, Gay, Guitar

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

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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've just always loved singing, and I come from a family that loves singing around the kitchen table.

  Jane Lynch

  Kitchen, Kitchen Table, Tables

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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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• I booked my first studio at like 12 or 13. Somewhere in that season of my life, singing along with the radio became me wanting to be on radio, you know.

  Frank Ocean

  Radio, Firsts, Studios

  "Frank Ocean: On Channel Orange, Meeting Odd Future, and His Tumblr Letter". Interview with Amy Wallace, www.gq.com. November 20, 2012.

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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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• I've been singing for a really long time and I love a lot of genres, but country just seemed like the best fit. The people in that genre are just so nice and welcoming. And that seemed so appealing. Also my voice fit it and seemed like the way to go.

  Sasha Pieterse

  Country, Nice, Voice

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

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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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• What I like about singing is that, for me, it's a substitute for the psychiatrist's couch.

  Patti Page

  Couches, Substitutes, Psychiatrist

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

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