Singing Quotes - Page 27

• In our family, there wasn't anything else besides art. Nothing else in the world existed. My father never spoke about going to a movie or listening to music, other than my mother's singing.

  Kiki Smith

  Mother, Art, Father

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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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• 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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• I love music, singing, and playing piano (though I'm not very good). And I adore musical theater.

  Aprilynne Pike

  Piano, Musical, Music Love

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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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• Bob Dylan and John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen, these are soul guys. Bruce Springsteen might not sing like Otis Redding, but he sings with white soul. He's singing and he's writing songs from the bottom of his gut.

  Robin Thicke

  Song, Writing, White

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• I'll only stop singing when I'm in my grave.

  Compay Segundo

  Graves

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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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• 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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• For a while, I couldn't decide whether or not I should pursue singing in the opera or acting. And I'm glad that I chose the latter because I wasn't a very good singer.

  Christoph Waltz

  Acting, Opera, Singers

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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'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 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 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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• Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise...Blessed are those whose strength is in you...blessed is the one who trusts in you!

  David

  Christian, Blessed, House

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• A common question asked of writers is "When did you decide to become a writer?" The answer, of course, is that we didn't decide anything. It was decided for us. I firmly believe that mythical godmothers make appearances at our cradles, and bestow their gifts. The godmother who might have blessed me with a singing voice did not show up; the goddess of dance was nowhere in sight; the chef-to-the-angels was otherwise engaged. Only one made the journey to my cradle, and she whispered, "You will be a storyteller."

  Mary Higgins Clark

  Believe, Blessed, Angel

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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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• 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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• My mother gave me singing lessons; that was totally painful, because I couldn't do what she wanted to hear. She used to say: there's more there, there's more voice but I just didn't want to give it to her.

  Linda Lavin

  Mother, Voice, Giving

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• I started singing at age five and haven't stopped since.

  Kimberly Caldwell

  Age, Five, Havens

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• When a girl finally texts me back, that ding on the phone is like an angel singing.

  Isaiah Mustafa

  Girl, Angel, Phones

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

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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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• Describing the person I am would best be through music. When I'm up on stage and I'm singing my heart out, I am always reminded of life's best things.

  Thia Megia

  Heart, Stage, Best Things

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• Put it this way: singing is not my day job.

  Chris O'Dowd

  Jobs, Day Jobs, Way

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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