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Quotes About Singing

I don't sing operatically, and I sing very intimately, but I still do the scales, and I think in terms of intonation and making sure that I'm hitting the notes right on the head... and having it appear quite effortless.
~ Tony Bennett
I love to sing and I really love to write, but in terms of being onstage, I'm not that comfortable, which I think is sort of clear.
~ Lana Del Rey
I get terrible butterflies. Before I go onstage, I'll have to freak out for five minutes. I scream. It seems to help!
~ Josh Groban
I'm a terrible singer, but it helps when I have to call a taxi.
~ Gordon Getty
I don't over-sing anymore, which I used to suffer from terribly because I couldn't hear myself.
~ Roger Daltrey
One of my earliest memories was me singing 'Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' at the top of my voice when I was seven. I got totally carried away. My grandmother, Sarah, was in the next room. I didn't even realise she was there. I was terribly embarrassed.
~ James Taylor
I love music, I love to sing, but I am terrified of singing in public.
~ Ileana D'Cruz
I'm typically pretty terrified to sing in front of people.
~ Chyler Leigh
Singing on Broadway terrified me more than anything I've done.
~ John Pinette
I know that I can sing really loud. It's like having that really big Evinrude engine on the back of your fishing boat. But I've been trying to be more dynamic with my voice, and not just singing on 10 all of the time out of terror.
~ Neko Case
Je chante la nature, Les étoiles du soir, les larmes du matin, Les couchers de soleil à l'horizon lointain, Le ciel qui parle au cÅ"ur d'existence future!
~ Robert W. Chambers
Halfway through the second chorus, he closed his eyes and mouth and listened to the other voices filling the small sanctuary. This was why God had drawn him there this morning, he thought. He could sing along with others while streaming a church service, but it wasn't the same as being in their midst, as hearing other voices raised in a song of praise.
~ Robin Lee Hatcher
He heard people singing. Behind him, across vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo.
~ Lois Lowry
The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago.
~ Louis Armstrong
So, sitting at the dear little piano, Beth softly touched the keys, and in the sweet voice they had never thought to hear again, sang to her own accompaniment the quaint hymn, which was a singularly fitting song for her.
~ Louisa May Alcott
Can you stop your mother from singing to you? Who would do such a thing?
~ Louise Erdrich
The Man went to sleep in front of the fire ever so happy; but the Woman sat up, combing her hair. She took the bone of the shoulder of mutton – the big fat blade bone – and she looked at the wonderful marks on it, and she threw more wood on the fire, and she made a Magic. She made the first Singing Magic in the world.
~ Rudyard Kipling
Wel you know 1ce the kids start singing at you thats a cern kynd of track youre on nor there aint too much you can do about it. Making the kids stop singing wont help its too late by then youve jus got to clinch your teef and get on with it.
~ Russell Hoban
He would sit singing, his cheeks turning red above his whiskers; but his voice always came out deep and steady, like the sound of long ago, if long ago could make a sound instead of being forever lost and silent.
~ Ruth Moore
The raven red, on ruby pinions winging its way between the worlds, hears dead men singing. It scarce knows it strength, the price it scarce knows, but its power will arise and the Circle will close.
~ Kerstin Gier
Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise...Blessed are those whose strength is in you...blessed is the one who trusts in you!
~ David
Singing is my dream and, while it may have not been a commercial success, critically I was thrilled with the reception my first album got.
~ Minnie Driver
Je n'aime pas les bruns qui chantent blond. –
~ Alexandre Dumas
Bonaparte chantait presque aussi faux que Louis XV
~ Alexandre Dumas