Quotes About Singing

My favorite type of music to sing and to listen to, you know, rock. It's not always metal, but you know, half the time it is. Metal's cool, you know? Not everybody on 'American Idol' listens to metal.

My favorite type of music to sing is a crossover between country and pop.

I remember being a bathtub singer. You know, the type that sings and everybody's like, 'Shut up.'

I've never been into the typical R&B voice, with runs and bluesy sounding words. That doesn't suit me.

I've got quite a low voice, so it's not your typical musical theater voice, but I do love musicals; they're a very different experience.

I love music, and playing ukulele and singing makes me really happy.

The thing that fuels me the most is the desire to be on stage. And singing is the ultimate way of expressing all the emotions that I have inside.

The best thing I ever learned from my dad was he knew he wasn't the best of singers, but he always knew he was a great entertainer, and I always thought that was a good concept to bring along, that ultimately acting is an entertainment art and you have to be aware of the fact that you want people to be excited to be watching you.

I was playing a lot of Coldplay before the world knew who I was, before anybody knew my 'Umbrella' song. Those songs still stick in my head. I just love it. It's without pop culture, it's just a song. It's just singing.

Today, if you are unable to sing properly, technology can support you.

It literally brings me to tears when Sara Ramirez sings. She's unbelievable.

Steve has the most unbelievable range for a man that I've ever heard.

I got to go back and perform 'God Made Girls' on 'The Voice,' which was awesome. I also got invited to sing on the 'Grand Ole Opry,' which was another unbelievable moment.

I find it hard myself to feel justified to sing in a very politically direct way about war or social conditions because I feel so ignorant of a lot of it.

Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than war.

My loves have always been seared with this singing, this singing written by death, the way some lands have always been crippled by war.

Men grow tired of sleep love singing and dancing sooner than of war.

You can't sing with a closed heart. You just can't do it. And if you try, as soon as you start singing, your heart just naturally opens more and more.

The cuckoos remain silent for a long time (for several seasons) until they are able to sing sweetly (in the Spring) so as to give joy to all.

I grew up in The Bronx. I mean, I was born and raised in New York City. And I started singing in Spanish because I was always just connected to my Latin roots.

That, to me, is the real crossover: a mainstream artist singing in Spanish.

I still sing, but completely for my own pleasure. I play a nightclub singer in 'Sparkle,' but I'd like to pursue it a bit more. I sang at a friend's 60th at Claridge's the other month; I did 'Baby It's Cold Outside' with the actor Hilton McRae, and 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow.'

My singing voice isn't like my speaking voice.

I'm engaging my diaphragm as I'm speaking to you right now.