Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Singers - Page 18

Until you find something worth dying for, you're not really living.

Don't let anyone knock you down. Keep your head up.

The seeds that we speed into life to be trees, will soon become fallen if thier roots aren't deep.

The sexuality of children - there's a lot friction there. That tension interests me a lot.

Fashion is a great love of mine. I'm used to looking really hard for clothes that I like and I am really fortunate to have an amazing team of talented artists who work day and night with me to create our visions and make them come alive.

Emotional pain makes me want to isolate. Or hit back. It's very tough to rise above my natural inclinations. I'm always working on this.

It's very reassuring and spiritual to be connected with something larger than yourself and the inside of your own head.

I know that human beings are better together than they are apart, as much as I fought that all my life.

I don’t want to be special. I don’t want to look special. I’m happy with just ‘me’

You know, sometimes you have to remember the bad things so that you can learn from them.

I love reading interviews that we've done and seeing how we come across, and thinking, 'Mmm, maybe we shouldn't say that again.'

The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.

In these uncertain times, I know 100 percent that I can stake my life on the unshakeable, unchanging promises of God!

I don't feel too comfortable talking about politics and media as I feel like I don't sound too smart.

If you're hungry, God is feeding. You know, if you're listening; He is speaking. And I think sometimes trouble and intense hardship can make us - it made me at times, you know, block our ears, shut our eyes, it's like too much. But actually He's speaking, He's encouraging us, He's loving us all the time.

The less you know, the more you believe.

I use Mandarin, Korean and English on a daily basis and usually only use Cantonese when I'm speaking with my relatives. I don't think it's very difficult for me to switch between each language because I've been doing it for so long.

I am a 'champagne socialist,' and I'm proud of it.

I don't believe that heaven waits for only those who congregate.

I think it's now really feminine, jaunty-cool to carry a little clutch like you would a football.

I think human beings are drawn to other human beings who are beautiful or handsome. I do think that it probably helps to sway people towards liking somebody, if they're handsome or if they're fit or if they dress good. It probably shouldn't be that way but it's almost like human nature.

As there are more online archives of improvised music, it becomes more like the daily practice of playing it. It lessens the idea of there being masterpieces of improvised music through benchmark recordings.

If I'm in a bad mood, or if I'm uncomfortable, it's probably what I'm wearing that's making me feel that way.

I refuse to let anybody try to typecast me. It's against my nature. I like to continually do different things.

I'm very nostalgic, and I spend a lot of time in the past, in my mind. That's part of my challenge, and what I really want to do is, I want to be present. I want to leave that in the past. When I say nostalgic, I mean my own life. I spend a lot of time reflecting on my past and not being able to process time.

Why do people take notice of first snowfalls but not the last days of snow? Remember the last too.

I feel I am blessed that I have found my stride and relaxed into my life's purpose.

A lot more people will want to hear a 5-minute singing cartoon about Communism in China than will want to read that PhD thesis, and that's the power of it even if a lot of details will be missing - that's the reason something like that often has more impact on society.

I'd always wanted a challenge and I suppose that's why I've always wanted to go into pop music, because I want to be seen as someone that broke the record.

Sometimes kissing is better than sex. Especially kissing someone for the first time

I always knew I was a star And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me.

I think fearless is having fears but jumping anyway.

I liked when I was naive and I thought it was just about making good music.

I'm a simple girl. I just like the simple things in life.

Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want.

A good song never gets old.

No... the blues are because you're getting fat or because it's been raining too long. You're just sad, that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?

I can't fool myself into thinking that musically I don't need other people, whether it's as a foil or just to come in and make real the ideas that are kind of vague and wispy in my head.

America is not just a country, it's an idea, and real Americans are getting busy.

When Marvin and I are on a date night, we keep our phones in our bags. If you're out for dinner, enjoy it! I find it bizarre that you would pay for an expensive meal to just Snapchat through all of it.

The rockets and the satellites, spaceships that we're creating now, we're pollinating the universe.

I think when you go through a breakup, the first initial thing you do is put on music.

I'd rather have people hate me with the knowledge that I tried to save them.

Rather than taking an easy route, taking a difficult route is more satisfying and interesting. Life is hard at times; life is easy at other times. It zig zags and spins round and round. It goes up and down When all that is done, you’ll probably smile and say, “I lived a very fun life

I like singing live. I'm actually very confident and I want to give the best to my fans.

Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.

The two things that matter are the desire, and being healthy enough to do it. Everything else to me is a non-issue.

Have confidence, do your own thing, find your talent, and work at it to be the best. And always, always have fun!

No matter who you are or where you're from somewhere down the road you're gonna need someone.

I've never been one to get up on a soapbox and preach. I just live my life the way I live my life.

I don't think I've ever actually written from inspiration, actually had a song just go, 'Bing!' I only recall that happening to me twice - once was with 'Terrapin' and the other was 'Wharf Rat.' I mean, that's twice in a lifetime of writing!

I think it's huge in a believer's life to have music that's pouring into their new life and not dragging them back into their old life.

In the olden days in England, you could be hung for stealing a sheep or a loaf of bread. However, if a sheep stole a loaf of bread and gave it to you, you would only be tried for receiving, a crime punishable by forty lashes with the cat or the dog, whichever was handy. If you stole a dog and were caught, you were punished with twelve rabbit punches, although it was hard to find rabbits big enough or strong enough to punch you.

I hope I didn't bore you too much with my life story.

My skin care is really important.

I have a reputation for not turning up to sing. It's something I want very badly to get rid of.

I'm going to ride the wave.

Are you willing to stay right where you are and let the Lord do great things through you, though no one may seem to notice at all?

What I want to do with my music is to just encourage vulnerability, and to talk about things even if they're uncomfortable. Everyone has mental health - everyone has a mind that works in different ways and goes through highs and lows.