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Singing Quotes
How singing actually feels, nerves included.
These singing quotes take the craft seriously — one performer calls it among the toughest challenges of their career, and another admits karaoke brought back stage fright they hadn't felt in years. For related everyday reflection, see Like quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been singing since I was 16 because I love it - I wanted to be a singer, not a star. There's a difference between wanting to be famous and wanting to sing well.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was the only one who encouraged and inspired me for singing. She was singing all the time in the house, playing records also.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am going to keep on singing. I have no intention of retiring. Actually, I always wonder whether people know my songs in the different countries I visit. I feel nervous over whether they will sing along with me or not.
- Group
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I owned the theater, I had the Glen Miller Orchestra. I had 20 girls singing and dancing. I had a cast of characters. It was a big group production, as well as ushers, ticket takers.
- Kid
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in punk bands when I was a kid, and then I would do stand-up in between bands - which wasn't any different from my singing.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want anything to get in the way of me and my singing. I want my mind as clear as possible.
- Grammar School
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- Nov 07, 2020
Then when I was in grammar school I played the clarinet, and then, after clarinet I played the flute in college orchestra - besides singing in the college chorus and things like that.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Then I came up with this crazy idea just to walk out on the stage with no band at all and just start singing whatever came to mind. I actually fought the idea for a while because it seemed almost too radical, but it became obvious what I was supposed to be doing.
- Practice
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- Nov 07, 2020
It happens to the best of them. You lay off singing and your throat gets out of practice. No excuses. I blew it.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I decided I was going to give up singing and concentrate on acting, and a result of that, I didn't do another film for two to three years, and I don't blame it on anybody but myself.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Somebody will come on TV singing, and you're like, 'Oh my God! I mean, they suck! You know, who signed them?' Well, it's just because she's good lookin', or it's because he's takin' his shirt off and he's muscley or something, or else he wouldn't have gotten his chance.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a child, there was an old man who toured the villages with just a guitar. The first time I heard him singing Skip James songs, I thought he was singing in an African language.
- Challenge
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- Nov 07, 2020