Singing Quotes - Page 36

• Sweet are the little brooks that run O'er pebbles glancing in the sun, Singing in soothing tones.

  Thomas Hood

  Running, Sweet, Pebbles

  Thomas Hood, Francis James Child (1856). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood”, p.147

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• The swan is not without cause dedicated to Apollo, because foreseeing his happiness in death, he dies with singing and pleasure.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Swans, Apollo, Causes

  "Tusculanarum Disputationum", I. 30, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 772-73,

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• Blue skies Smiling at me Nothing but blue skies Do I see Bluebirds Singing a song Nothing but bluebirds All day long

  Irving Berlin

  Song, Blue, Sky

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• Travelers with naught sing in the robber's face

  Juvenal

  Faces, Traveler, Robbers

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• Do not fancy, as too many do, that thou canst praise God by singing hymns to Him in church once a week, and disobeying Him all the week long. He asks of thee works as well as words; and more, he asks of thee works first and words after.

  Charles Kingsley

  Hymns, Long, Church

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writer" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 456, 1895.

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• 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 like singing in harmony - I like not having to sing every song.

  Susanna Hoffs

  Song, Harmony

  "We're the Mrs Robinsons of rock". Interview With Dorian Lynskey, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2003.

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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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• Like all soul singers, I grew up singing in church but sometimes I would leave early and sit in the car listening to gospel band, The Blind Boys of Alabama. Hearing their lead singer Clarence made me connect the idea of church and show business and see how I could make a career singing music that stirred the soul.

  Daryl Hall

  Boys, Careers, Ideas

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• Singing and entertainment are now my first priority.

  William Hung

  Priorities, Firsts, Entertainment

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• My singing wasn't horrible, but my dancing really made it look silly. It's not like I'm a horrible singer that can't sing. But I don't have the consistency or the presentation skills that a good performer has.

  William Hung

  Silly, Skills, Dancing

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

  Rhys Ifans

  Party, Skills, Storytelling

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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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• 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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• The Tinted Windows shows were very fun but it's very different for me as a performer. I'm not playing music - I'm just singing and I missed that. I miss rocking out on keys, drums, guitar... whatever it is.

  Taylor Hanson

  Fun, Keys, Guitar

  "Taylor Hanson Isn’t Burning Down Any Hotel Rooms". Interview with Jon Chattman, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2009.

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• When I was 5 years old I started singing in church and I hated my voice because I sounded like a grown woman, not a child. I was ashamed of it.

  Loleatta Holloway

  Children, Years, Voice

  "Loleatta Holloway, Gospel and Disco Singer, Is Dead at 64" by Jon Pareles, www.nytimes.com. March 23, 2011.

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• There are a lot of unseen elements to having a successful singing career.

  Lesley Garrett

  Successful, Careers, Elements

  "Soprano soundtrack" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.

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• I started teaching myself guitar because I loved singing so much. Then one day kind of out of the blue I found I was writing a song. It just happened organically.

  Kina Grannis

  Song, Teaching, Writing

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• Sometimes you have trouble because someone 'likes' your music so much. They follow you around for hours singing little bits of the songs, or just freaking out.

  Eugene Chadbourne

  Song, Littles, Likes

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• In 1989, I was on Tiananmen Square with the students, living in their makeshift tents and joining their jubilant singing of the Internationale. In the two decades since, each time that I have gone back, visions from those days seem to return with increasing persistence.

  Ma Jian

  Persistence, Two, Squares

  "The great Tiananmen taboo" by Ma Jian, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2009.

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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 mean, if you asked me what I’m going to be doing when I’m 85, I’d make a quick picture in my mind and, well, I’ll be singing.

  David Johansen

  Mean, Mind, Wells

  "The Survivors: David Johansen". GQ Interview, www.gq.com. November 1, 2011.

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• Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics. Half of them I'd hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn't even know it.

  Alan Jackson

  Song, Half, Radio

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

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• Singing has nothing to do with the affairs of this world: it is not for the law. Singers are merry, and free from sorrows and cares.

  Martin Luther

  Law, Sorrow, World

  Martin Luther, Alexander Chalmers (1872). “The Table Talk of Martin Luther”, p.340

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