Top 1200 Singer-songwriters Quotes & Sayings - Page 11

My sis, Gabi, is also an actor and singer.

I never decided to start singing, to be a singer.

I am the fastest singer in our industry.

I don't really look at dubbing from a singer's shoes.

Don't make me do karaoke. I'm the worst singer.

I am not a trained singer, but I love to sing.

It's very challenging to be a playback singer in Bollywood.

You should be able to do you. That's what differentiates an artist from a singer.

... coming to a place like Nashville, which is just music music music, it's always been such an influence on me. And there are so many interesting songwriters out there, and it's such a crazy business and so many people are trying to do it, and it's all right there in Nashville.

It's not like that when you're a songwriter - songwriters aren't like pulp writers or journalists, even. You just follow the muse. It's called muse-ic. Whenever the muse decides to bestow her inspiration on the songwriter, then the song is born.

I'm not a singer. I've sung in character, but it's just not my thing.

Christina Aguilera is an incredible musician and singer.

My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer.

It's in my genes. My mother was an opera singer. I'm clearly dramatic.

I try to write lyrics that will be able to function on their own if they get separated from the music. But I wouldn't want to take anything away from poets, who work without the frames songwriters get from melody, and I think lyrics should be considered as their own thing.

I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.

Every singer has his or her uniqueness.

I had all these singles come out within a two-month period, and then nothing for almost two years. You start to feel a little irrelevant. You realize how many people there are trying to be songwriters and how competitive it is and how political things can be.

I made a living being a background singer for years.

That's what I do: I'm a singer. I have many arrangers, but I usually conduct for myself.

I found out my limit. I'm not a singer and a dancer.

I want to keep bettering myself as an actor and singer.

A good microphone is an essential thing for a singer.

I was everything an R&B singer wasn't. I wasn't in shape. I wasn't a pretty boy.

I used to be a street singer in San Francisco.

I actually started out on the stage as a singer.

I always thought I was a singer, but I really am not.

Bobby had faith in my ability as a singer.

I never thought of myself as a good singer.

I could have made it as a singer, but I went with acting - surrendered to it, in a way.

I know I'm an opera singer, but we're actors, too.

I'm always shocked by that! I'm not the singer, I'm the songwriter who sings.

I think people who are artists, actors, singers, great songwriters, they tend to have a hyper state of emotion where they feel things very, very deeply, probably more deeply than the average person walking down the street where it may affect them, but not to the same extent.

I feel Arijit Singh is a versatile singer.

I'm a terrible singer, but it helps when I have to call a taxi.

A great singer has to learn how to inhabit a song.

I was inspired to be a singer/songwriter from an early age.

I just don't think I'm a very good singer.

When I first got into the major label system, they were like, 'Hey, you're great - now write with a million people so we can get songs.' That was something I hadn't done before, and the songwriters I was working with had worked on some massive numbers - like 'True Colours.' One of the guys wrote 'Livin On A Prayer.'

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

As a singer, I like to have a warm beverage with me all the time.

I mainly like to do singer/songwriter kind of stuff.

I am lucky that I get to play a singer and an actress.

As a singer, you need to find you water that works for you.

I'd always wanted to be an actress or a model or a singer.

I never saw myself as a folk singer.

There's no such thing as a lead singer in our band.

Man, I live in Nashville. I know how good other songwriters and singers are around here. There's a wealth of talent in this town, not to mention the people who shoot in for a week or two to try their hand on lower Broad or the other venues around town.

There are a few songwriters in bands I really relate to that write a certain type of joy, because a lot of artists don't really write joy. It's a thing only a few people do.

I'm Opera Singer. I can sing Brecht, Weil.

It's every singer's dream to get to Carnegie Hall.

The way I work, I'm not a confessional singer-songwriter.

I'm not necessarily a happy singer. That's not who I am as an artist.

The key to being a singer - try to do it audibly.

I'm a traditional singer-songwriter. I have a more organic sound.

I'm not actually even a very good singer. I'm not.

So I'm truly an actor who sings, and not a singer who acts.

I am an untrained musician and a common man's singer.

I love experimenting; as a singer, one needs to be versatile.

Anything can become a big tune in Scandinavia because people decide what they want to listen to. So I think that's very motivating because songwriters can really think outside the box. A great song - whether or not it's radio-friendly - can really blow up here.