Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eric Clapton

I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.

Christoph Waltz

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.

Chris Isaak

If Frank Sinatra is singing, maybe everything will go good.

George Strait

I always enjoy it when I walk on stage. There were some times when I was working so much in the '80s, and I felt really burnt-out. But I'd be up there singing and not be 10,000 million miles away, you know, just opening my mouth and the words coming out.

George Strait

Sinatra, in my opinion, is possibly the greatest male singer of all time.

George Carlin

Singing is basically a form of pleasant, controlled screaming.

Gene Watson

I have been singing all my life, so it is pretty much second nature to me.

Garth Hudson

It's my singing that allows me to stand apart.

Frank Sinatra

For my money Tony Bennett is the best singer in the business.

Frank Sinatra

What is the point of singing wonderful lyrics if the audience can't understand what is being said or heard?

Ferdinand Foch

The fundamental qualities for good execution of a plan is first; intelligence; then discernment and judgment, which enable one to recognize the best method as to attain it; the singleness of purpose; and, lastly, . . . stubborn will.

Meg White

I'm just not used to singing that much.

Florence King

Of all the old maid's blessing, the greatest is carte blanche. Spinsterhood is powerful; once a woman is called "that crazy old maid" she can get away with anything.

Florence Welch

All the words are already there when you're singing onstage, it's fantastic. You can lose yourself in what you've created. You're controlling this freedom.

It was getting late, and No. 1 singles went very long.

Reese Witherspoon

awful... I was sure they were going to have LeAnn Rimes sing my part.

Everyone wants to single out MSN versus somebody.

Every single word and every single note, we take very seriously,

Every single trip down the floor, we're going to take a look at LaToya first and see if we can find her.

Every single day I think of it, and I always will.

Jarvis Cocker

Noise is an easy thing to hide behind. If you make a lot of noise and shout behind that, nobody can tell what you're singing.

Jane Lynch

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

Ernest Bramah

A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment.

Caroline Knapp

Trying to describe the process of becoming an alcoholic is like trying to describe air. It's too big and mysterious and pervasive to be defined. Alcohol is everywhere in your life, omnipresent, and you're both aware and unaware of it almost all the time, all you know is you'd die without it, and there is no simple reason why this happens, no single moment, no physiological event that pushes a heavy drinker across a concrete line into alcoholism. It's a slow, gradual, insidious, elusive becoming.

Muriel Spark

Allow me, in conclusion, to congratulate you warmly upon your sexual intercourse, as well as your singing.

Candace Bushnell

I think that one of the things that has changed the perception is that there are so many more single people. In New York City, it's 47 percent. When you have that many people who are single, they have a bigger voice and they're more willing to speak and say, 'We're not miserable, we're not sitting at home waiting for Mr. or Ms. Right, we're having a good time.' And I think single people have better friendships.

Nate Ruess

I always wanted to be a singer, but none of my friends thought I could sing.

Kathy Mattea

Or if I have my head in the results, I can't work with what I have, because I'm trying to force something to happen. And with singing, any time you force it, you tighten up. If you tighten up, you're screwed, nothing will work.

Katherine Jenkins

I've only ever wanted to be a singer; I never wanted to be famous.

Katie Couric

I realized that whatever your path, whatever your calling, the most damaging thing you can do is let other voices define you and drown out your own. You've got to block them out and find that place deep inside you, shaken but still intact, and hold on to it.

Krist Novoselic

But this is pretty new for me, both songwriting and singing.

Kim Edwards

A moment was not a single moment at all, but rather an infinite number of different moments, depending on who was seeing things and how.

Gloria Steinem

The surest way to be alone is to get married.