Quotes About Singing

I'm looking for voices that are distinctive. That's the most important thing to me. I mean, obviously they have to be able to sing.

I think I am very disturbing on the set because I am singing all the time. I won't say I am a singer, but I do sing a lot.

Vijayalakshmi is one artiste whom I admire. There is something divine about her singing.

I just started going into my room and literally going into my closet and singing into the clothes. Yeah, the Griffin are a really big family, and so I was trying to just sort of get to sing and experiment without bugging a lot of people.

I love using lots of different pedals in the studio because you have the time to experiment with sounds. But when you're singing, fronting a rock band, and playing, you don't really want to have to think about a lot of that stuff.

For me, I feel empowered when I use my body to exercise, play sports, and explore the world. My body allows me to sing, dance, talk, feel - and eat a damn good piece of cheesecake.

I enjoy the more floaty, exposed, elegant singing.

When I was younger, I did what I now call 'extreme singing.' I could do this thing where I would sing really high. I can't really do that anymore, at my age. My voice has shifted. It's changed.

I think singing it when it's done well is extremely natural. It feels great.

I feel the best part of my job is meeting my fans at my shows and seeing their faces when I'm singing to them on stage.

Singing well has always been important to me, but the most important factor is the connection to the audience.

If I watch 'The X Factor,' I know I'm never going to aspire to sing, so I don't mind if they're good or bad, but when I watch 'Bake Off,' because I aspire to be good at it, I find it easy to try and put myself in their position.

If I had to pick one song for me that sort of quintessentially summed me up, it would be 'Angel.' Without fail, I absolutely love singing it.

I lucked out when I started to sing. I'd already experienced failing at everything else.

Singing has always been a part of my life. I started at Opryland singing, and I realized I could make a living at it. I thought it was something I would grow out of. I didn't know what I was going to do with my life. Everything's just sorta fallen into place.

When I had my first experiences of choral singing, the dissonance of those close harmonies was so exquisite that I would giggle or I would tear up, and I felt it in a physical way.

My favorite song? 'Amazing Grace.' Anybody singing it. But the best it'll ever be done is by the Scottish National Pipe band and their National Orchestra. It'll bring tears to your eyes.

I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald.

There's no performance where I never have to think about setting up a phrase or making a technical adjustment while I'm performing.

I wish I could sing. I don't technically have a terrible voice, but it's certainly not as good as most of my friends. Whenever I hear myself on a record, it just reminds me I'm not a very good singer.

Listen, Im not technically the best singer in the world.

Contrary to the norm, as my technique improved my voice became higher.

I have acting technique; I have singing technique; I don't have a writing technique to fall back on.

I don't push my voice; I try to keep a good technique, a natural way of singing, to sing from the breath, which is the main thing.