Top 1200 Singer-songwriters Quotes & Sayings - Page 10

All I ever want to do is what I am: a singer.

I sing, but I don't think of myself as a singer.

At one stage, I wanted to be a folk singer.

As a journeyman singer, I have to go to where the work is.

But I'd like to be taken seriously as a singer.

I never was a very good singer.

I didn't have any aspirations of becoming a singer.

The singer is always an ambassador of music.

Younger songwriters will ask me, 'What did you do?' And it's like, 'Well, I worked a day job, and I didn't stake anything. I didn't quit my day job. I didn't have any hopes at all. I just did the thing that I believed in, and I waited a long time.'

I keep reading about people who want to be famous - it's not that they want to be great songwriters or great actors, they want to be celebrities. That is scary because you can be famous doing some really stupid things.

I'm never the best singer in the world.

The world is made by the singer for the dreamer.

Ed Kowalczyk is my favorite singer.

When you have your own identity as a singer, you don't have competition.

I'd like to talk to Bob Marley. I'd just like to ask him what was his method. Bob is one of the greatest songwriters ever. I don't know if people understand how powerful his songs are and the simplicity and genius behind them.

Dairy products are not good for a singer.

As a singer, the biggest joy I have are the arrangements.

I didn't want to be a solo Westlife - covers and ballads - and the reason I signed with Capitol Records was because they wanted me to write songs myself. It was pretty scary, but they put me in a studio in Nashville with some new songwriters, and the results were pretty good.

It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news.

I used to be a great blues singer.

Eddie Vedder? My God, there's a singer.

When I was eight, it was clear I was a very good singer.

Yes, I am a good singer.

The eye is the painter and the ear the singer.

Denise Donatelli is a musician’s singer!

I am not a very good singer.

I am a singer, not a full-on rapper.

I'm a mom first, a singer second.

I'm a writer first and a singer second.

I am an actress first, a singer second.

That's when I knew I wanted to be a singer and an actress.

I can't say I'm a singer - I'm an actress who can sing.

I'm trying to create a collection of stories - the 'U.F.O.W.A.V.E.' songs are all stories. I haven't really taken direct lyrical influence from other songwriters, but my dad bought me a book of W.H. Auden's poems when I was younger, and the imagery really interested me.

I'm a big singer. I really love it.

I wish I could be a professional singer.

Death always leaves one singer to mourn.

When I was younger, I just wanted to be a singer.

I'm a romantic singer. That's my nook, my motif.

But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.

I'm a singer, and I never lost sight of that.

I think of myself as an interpretative singer and a songwriter.

I'm not a singer or a dancer, my Broadway dreams are ridiculous.

I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.

If I wasn't a singer, I think I'd be studying to be a psychologist.

A good singer can sing anything.

And, you know, I never wanted to be a singer.

I've got a crush on my backing singer.

Dorsey played the upright bass and steel guitar, as well as acoustic guitar. Johnny played acoustic guitar and together they were fabulous songwriters and singers.

I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.

As a singer, you have to bring the soul to the song.

I have always wanted to become a musician and a singer.

I have always wanted to be a country singer.

?No one remembers the singer. The song remains.

I love singing. I'm a great singer.

Nobody wants a fat lead singer.

I was signed to RCA to be a country singer.

I'm a very emotional singer and songwriter.

As a singer, you kind of are able to feel notes.

I don't think of myself as a singer really.

Not too many songwriters, when they write songs go for broke. When someone does who's really good, it's astonishing. There's a reason a three-minute song can devastate you, or make you get up and dance, stop what you're doing and go, 'What is that?' It just hits you. And it's a very potent thing you're playing around with.