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Quotes About Solo

I had always sung in choirs. Even when it was something to be laughed at or made fun of, you know, in school. And I was always the kid who was picked at the Christmas concert to sing the solo, you know, while the other kids snickered in the front few rows.
~ Scott Weiland
I was 16 when I got a scholarship to study classical composition at a conservatory. By that time I had already listened to Scottish folksong with my mother, sung in church choirs, and had sung solo with Benjamin Britten conducting.
~ Jack Bruce
There are a lot of duets happening, but very few songs which are sung by only one woman.
~ Neha Bhasin
Quizá todo lo horrible, en el fondo, sea sólo una forma de desamparo que solicita nuestra ayuda.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
I have always felt that solo guests pay us the ultimate compliment by joining us for a meal. Their visit has no ulterior motive (it involves no business, romance, or socializing). These guests simply want to do something nice for themselves, chez nous. Why wouldn't we reward that?
~ Danny Meyer
I can't help noticing you appear to be traveling by yourself." "Yes, it's all the rage. Women looking after themselves. We'll be getting the vote any day, too, from what I hear.
~ James Robinson
I don't wanna get into that space where a lot of guys now, their solo album is like eight or 10 songs with other people, you don't get an idea of who this guy is. I just wasn't interested in that.
~ Mos Def
I never had this idea, 'I wanna be a solo artist.'
~ Alissa White-Gluz
When you see 'Star Wars', and you see Greedo hustle up to Solo, you know they have a history; you understand that there's a dude named Jabba the Hutt who's after him, and Greedo is going to try to shoot him and get the money. You get what's going on there.
~ Christopher McCulloch
I do feel that I have the capacity to carry a full film on my shoulder.
~ Kirti Kulhari
Doing a one-person play feels like you've just discovered you had a superpower.
~ Kerry Bishe
Estamos en guerra. Mi táctica bélica puede resumirse en dos principios. Primero, yo sólo ataco cosas que triunfan, en ocasiones espero hasta que lo consiguen. Segundo, yo sólo ataco cuando no voy a encontrar aliados, cuando estoy solo, cuando me comprometo exclusivamente a mí mismo.
~ Ricardo Piglia
You should really treat stand-up like you would a play. It's a one-man play.
~ Aziz Ansari
I'm really a one-man band.
~ Graham King
I have travelled and been pretty much a one man operation for most of my career, and I think it'll continue to be that way.
~ Loudon Wainwright III
I'd like to do plays, maybe a one man show.
~ Jean Reno
By going solo I could lose a fortune but money is not important.
~ Barry Gibb
The only time I made money was when I licensed my own solo guitar record, which sold maybe seven copies.
~ Sasha Frere-Jones
Guitarists should be able to pick up the guitar and play music on it for an hour, without a rhythm section or anything.
~ Joe Pass
Life is a guy trying to play a violin solo in public, while learning the music and his instrument at the same time.
~ Joseph Campbell
There was mass hysteria in the Chess Recording Studio when I did the "Shapes of Things" solo ... they weren't expecting it, and it was just some weird mist coming from the East out of an amp.
~ Jeff Beck
I watched and learned about music as a member of Big Bang. Of course it's important to show my charms as an artist by showing my abilities but that's what our solo activities are for.
~ Seungri
I've always loved playing solo. I guess in a way I just feel blessed to be able to make music. My favorite thing is usually whatever I'm doing right there and then.
~ Glen Hansard
What playing solo has reminded me is how much I love electronic music and how much I love dance music. I'd like to move towards something more hypnotic and rhythmic rather than song-based.
~ Gwenno