Top 1013 Backup Singers Quotes & Sayings - Page 6

I deny that either singers or conductors can "create" or work creatively - this, as I have always said, is a conception that leads to the abyss.

All the hills and vales along Earth is bursting into song, And the singers are the chaps Who are going to die perhaps.

There's a happy medium to everything, even with powerhouse singers. You don't have to belt it out all the time. You don't have to overuse something.

Hard as I try, daddy-o, I really do not like concert singers. They are always singing in some foreign language.

It's probably easier for rappers as far as a respect level. 'Cause with singers, the powers that be tend to feel that we're stupid.

I just can identify with that mentality of feeling that you should be the best, putting in the work, and then kind of being that backup or being that second guy and being like, nah, this isn't good enough for me, I'm going to be the best.

There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to.

I was looking online; many singers have sung songs for the elections, but I am not doing anything like that.

Composers, artists, actors, singers - all of them, I think, unconsciously learn from others. I'm sure it's not conscious, but they can't help it.

The whole country was tied together by radio. We all experienced the same heroes and comedians and singers. They were giants.

Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, singers of songs.

I'm a big Johnny Cash girl. And I love singers like Laura Marling and Joanna Newsom.

Tom Jones told me only a few singers have got the pipes, and he's right. He has. Sinatra did. I have.

Sarah Palin is a great example of someone that just stirs the pot for the sake of the attention. No vision, no critical thinking, no backup to her statements. Just to incite little riots everywhere and capitalize upon it financially. To me, she is a microcosm of the ultimate cynicism in American politics.

I think that freshness and that innocence is something that is missing from a lot of female singers. I'm certainly not denying that I'm young, but I'm not fluff.

I didn't even respect singers until I heard Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong.

We always felt it helped during live shows to have multiple lead singers to give our voices a break.

There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.

We've always been fascinated with movie stars and singers, but the fascination with people who really have nothing to offer is something new.

My parents were opera singers and voice teachers, so growing up, I admired musicians and dancers.

There are many singers who in spite of not making big in the industry are doing numerous shows and earning a lot of money.

Singers come and go; the music business waxes and wanes. The blues are popular and unpopular, often at the same time.

We are true singers but that maniac Frank Farian would never allow us to express ourselves.

I've been blessed because there are a lot of great singers out there that didn't make it past their first album.

Haryanvi songs are a rage in Bollywood, and some talented singers hail from Rohtak, Kurukshetra etc.

There are only three white blues singers -- Geoff Muldaur is at least two of them.

Lead singers not only do the majority of the work, but their personalities are singled out and taken as the general attitude of the unit.

Frank Sinatra's never been handsome, but he's one of my favorite singers. Who needs looks when you have a voice and power?

I think a lot of singers are shy people. I suppose singing on stage is not like talking; you are not as exposed.

I think, as singers and performers, we are ambassadors of the human experience. I don't want to get bored just talking about myself.

I've learned 2 things about tv. It's always easier with vodka & SOME OF THE BEST SINGERS ARE FROM THE PHILIPPINES

I want to lead the pack in the process of making Indian singers bigger than actors internationally.

My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument.

Even when I'm touring, I feel like a sideman ... everybody's working together. We get to play longer solos; it's not just "Here's the record! Thank you for coming Goodnight" ... it has always had a "band" feel instead of being a singer and his backup band.

It's funny, because I had no intention of being in a band because I was so shy. But I loved playing music and loved writing songs. I always thought I'd be in the background and, if I did get into a band, be a backup musician.

If the team's winning, I'm going to do whatever I can to help the team, whether that's from third-string role, backup, starter, it doesn't matter. I'm going to do what I can to prepare and help the team.

I'm a musician at heart. I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it.

I was brought up on listening to 78 rpm records from crooners to opera singers to solo piano players.

If I stop practising, I will be an average singer. There are a lot of singers I know who hardly practise, yet sing well.

Singers have a lot in common with actors because you have to dig deep into a song and show the audience what you are feeling as you sing.

I'm a backup quarterback at the University of Dayton. I was a one-year starter in high school. I think I got the job in high school because our quarterback left and went to another school.

The Italians are not indulgent, as Americans are. They don't have the patience to teach young singers how to move. They think you should learn in school.

The thing you realize as you get older and you play, that you don't really understand when you're a backup the first few offseasons, how important that mental rest is. It's a grind physically during the season, dealing with the hits and the physical pain that goes with playing in this game. But mentally it's probably more taxing, so you need that ability to find that escape.

When I teach master classes, I tell young singers if the foundation isn't good, the house will crumble.

More than anybody in the music industry, the Staple Singers were like family to me.

All of us in the band are huge Queensryche fans, and Geoff Tate is one of the best lead singers in the business.

Youth. The fact that, in the mid-'90s, guys like Lee Fields gave me and all these young people the chance to do backup. I was in my 30s, but some of those guys were still teenagers. Others were 22 and 23 - babies, all of them.

It's not enough to hit the notes. There is no point in the singers just standing there and sounding wonderful if they're not connecting with the characters they are portraying.

Reality shows are the perfect platform to boost one's career and the only way new singers can get work.

My trade is a lonely one. I'm a craftsman, if you like. It so happens that these days singers are better paid than blacksmiths.

People have this idea that opera singers are overweight and sit at home eating bonbons. But I consider myself an athlete.

I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it.

There are very few singers who know the art of creating music which plays with people's feelings and emotions.

Nobody aspires to be a backup. And although I take great pride in the supporting roles I've played in both Philadelphia and Kansas City, part of me still cringes every time I hear myself described that way. Not only is it limiting and one-dimensional, it doesn't come close to describing who I really am.

It's kind of funny the way it happened - the way I became a goalie. I was playing forward on this one team when I was little, and there was another team that needed a backup goalie. I mean, to me it just meant a chance to play more hockey, so I was all for it.

A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that's the bottom line.

I know what I want at least, and the older I get I think I'm better at getting it out of players and singers.

You have to move on with your life at some point. You don't quit fighting, fighting quits you at some point. It's very unfortunate, but that's the nature of the beast. And that's one of those things, too, that I like to tell young fighters. Have a backup plan.

I hear singers on a daily basis and there are some who really end up touching your heart.

My vocal influences are a lot of jazz singers: Billie Holiday, Julie London, they had this tenderness to their voice.