Singing Quotes

I grew up thinking that singing was my security.

You don't have to be singing specifically about things that are going on in your life, but because of the nature of music, because it is this incredibly emotional phenomenon, everything that you are feeling or experiencing is relayed in the music you put out.

The singing was something I got from my father.

And in singing, what my voice lacked in quality it made up for in volume.

Singing is the love of my life, but I was ready to give it all up because I couldn't handle people talking about how fat I was.

When I sing, I pick out people in the audience and pinpoint on them. So if you feel that I am singing just for you, you may be right!

When I went to Los Angeles right after high school, I got some acting jobs, and I never, ever wanted to be an actress! Public speaking and acting make me want to vomit. But I have never been nervous singing. When it comes to public speaking, I stumble on my words, sweat, and pull at my clothes.

What I like about playing America is you can be pretty sure you're not going to get hit with a full can of beer when you're singing and I really enjoy that!

I was homeless and I was in San Diego and I started singing in a local coffee shop and people started coming to hear me sing.

When I was singing, everybody liked me.

See, that's nothing but blues, that's all I'm singing about. It's today's blues.

We had our unhappy moments but they got channelled into the kind of sadness that was necessary for singing a song about going nowhere. So it worked out very well I think.

What comprises good performance? The ability through singing or playing to make the ear conscious of the true content and affect of a composition.

I've been singing since I was 8 years old and working in clubs since I was 14. I've been working full time since I was 16.

My daughter loves singing above all else.

A musical film is my idea of heaven. You can pre-record, you don't have to sing live. Singing live was the bit I hated the most. I never felt like a confident singer.

I always want to bring emotion across in a straightforward way. I don't want to get histrionic when I'm singing. For me that's just not interesting; it goes too far down one road.

I actually started singing those songs six or seven years ago, when I was an opening act for Frank Sinatra.

Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.

There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer.

My body doesn't have any rhythm, you know. I've got quite good rhythm when I'm singing but my feet are very much two left feet.

I really love singing.

I've always been singing. Since day one. I started doing musical theater and you have to sing in musical theater and so that's where I got most of my training. So singing on stage, you just inevitably, when you're around other vocal artists, you get better at singing.

I was singing in a mall, and I picked a girl to come up onstage with me. As I was grabbing her hand, I fell off the stage. It felt like I was in the air forever, flying like Superman.

I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe's singing until somebody told me that it wasn't a joke.

You didn't hear the angels singing. It was brought down to Mother Earth, which is where it should be. And that led me to a lot of other reading.

The most enjoyable part of my career is singing live.

I don't want to be singing my diary.

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

I was born in Alabama and my first live music experiences were in church. Every Sunday we watched regional gospel groups on television singing their hearts out.