(20 quotes found)
“I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood.”
George Carlin
“Music is the purest form of art... therefore true poets, they who are seers, seek to express the universe in terms of music... The singer has everything within him. The notes come out from his very life. They are not materials gathered from outside.”
Rabindranath Tagore
“A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”
Maya Angelou
“When a singer truly feels and experiences what the music is all about, the words will automatically ring true.”
Monserrat Caballé
“I think all the boys that write the screaming stuff would write the best love songs.... because they have the most to hide. The guys that are in the most pain are usually the ones with the biggest hearts.”
Tori Amos
“Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before Don't imagine you're too familiar And I don't see you anymore I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble We never could have come this far I took the good times, I'll take the bad times I'll take you just the way you are.”
Billy Joel
“I always wanted to be a singer, it's what I wanted to do since I was little. I'm doing it now and I couldn't be happier.”
Britney Spears
“Singing is such an excellent thing, that I wish all people would sing”
Richard Byrd
“Sing, Sing a song, Sing out loud, Sing out strong, Sing of good things, not bad, Sing of happy, not sad, Sing, Sing a song, Make it simple, To last your whole life long, Don't worry that it's not good enough, For anyone else to hear, Sing, Sing a song.”
Joe Raposo
“Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that.”
Aretha Franklin