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Quotes About Performance

It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap.
~ Peter Steele
I think I'm good enough to play and sing.
~ Hank Williams
If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check.
~ Mahalia Jackson
I hate karaoke. I don't want to sing karaoke, and I don't want to listen to people sing karaoke.
~ Pedro Pascal
All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
~ Mitski
Mick Jagger can sing. Mick Jagger is a great entertainer.
~ Nick Saban
To go on the road and see people sing my own lyrics back to me is just fantastic.
~ Dave Gahan
Mainly I was able to perform with music - I played the French horn, I would sing, and I was a drummer in the pipe band. So I think it was a way to show off.
~ Ewan McGregor
The two hours onstage is great. But I can only play a show and then take a night off. I have to sing for two hours, and then I've gotta rest it for a night. So it's the other 46 hours that are just boring as heck.
~ Bob Seger
I think it's all the same animal for me. There are actors who sing, and there are actors who direct, and I also improvise. That's one thing I do as part of my acting. I don't really separate the two.
~ Scott Adsit
I really learned to sing in church, I think, really with emotion.
~ Dolly Parton
I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better.
~ Mahalia Jackson
I loved 'Funny Lady' for whatever reason. People say they didn't know I could sing and dance. Well, nobody ever asks me - it's always, 'Punch this guy.'
~ James Caan
I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.
~ Lauren Bacall
I never sing in the shower. It's very dangerous.
~ Jimmy Fallon
I make sure I sing a cappella to let people know I can sing.
~ T-Pain
During a performance of 'Blood Brothers' in 1990, I forgot to sing. I was so moved by what my co-star Kiki Dee was doing, that I completely missed my cue.
~ Sarah Lancashire
I don't really sing.
~ John Pinette
I sing just for fun.
~ Agnetha Faltskog
I had to get rich so I could sing like I was poor again.
~ Dolly Parton
You aren't normal if you sing to people. You aren't a normal person. It's nerve-racking.
~ The Weeknd
I don't want to see people decorating a house or digging a garden. As for guys like Jonathan Ross, he got an award there last Christmas. What for? He doesn't sing, dance or tell jokes, does he?
~ Ian St. John
You know I want to sing for people, I want to jazz people up I want to make new music that they've never heard.
~ Casey Abrams
I just sing. You have to use it.
~ Aaron Neville