Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lonnie Donegan

I always thought I was singing American folk music.

J. K. Rowling

I thought it sounded a bit like Percy singing... maybe you've got to attack him while he's in the shower, Harry.

Rainer Maria Rilke

True singing is a different breath, about nothing.

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 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.

Christina Aguilera

Sometimes, especially in the last six months, I still feel like going to the window and singing out all my troubles.

Chris Robinson

I'm not a big fan of Robert Plant's lyrics or his singing.

Harry Dean Stanton

I really liked the Mariachi singing in Westerns.

Gladys Knight

I had some great mentors as I was coming up and starting to sing so early - I've been singing since I was four.

Geri Halliwell

I've had singing lessons and plan to show off.

Gerard Butler

I had to get used to wearing a mask and wearing a prosthetic and performing with those things while singing and expressing myself through stylized movement, while keeping it as human as possible so the audience could be closer to the horror of the Phantom.

Gerard Butler

I went from somebody who didn't sing to somebody who didn't speak.

Herb Alpert

The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument.

Jeff Daniels

Well, the music industry is littered with actors who belatedly came to singing.

Christopher Lee

It's a band singing on how metal should be played, the effect it has on the band and its listeners.

Frank Ocean

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.

Jackie Evancho

Acting and singing are actually very similar because they're both telling a story.

Jill Scott

Singing and acting suit me. I made a vow to myself, to do everything that I can do with this life that I have, and I have to find the time to do this. Sometimes I need to be an actress. Sometimes I don't need to be Jill.

Jeff Vandermeer

My singing ability is zilch.

Linda Ronstadt

I can remember sitting at the piano. My sister was playing, and my brother was singing something, and I said, 'I want to try that.'

Frank Sinatra

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

Hugh Jackman

Singing is incredibly physical.

Jane Lynch

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

Chris Isaak

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

Justin Timberlake

If I did any movies I'd have to take a break from singing, because I'd want it to be really good.

Julie Andrews

Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing.

Julie Andrews

Singing has never been particularly easy for me.

Judith Hill

I feel most alive when I'm singing along to old gospel music.

Stephen Sondheim

If I cannot fly, let me sing.

Jo Brand

I did try when I wasn't doing the singing to do as much comedy as I could because I thought with Comic Relief you are duty bound to anyway.

Prince Royce

I have fans from different cultures coming up to me saying that they don't understand what I'm singing but that they like the music.