Lena Horne
I wanted to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Ich singe, wie der Vogel singt, Der in den Zweigen wohnet;Das Lied, das aus der Kehle dringt,Ist Lohn, der reichlich lohnet. (uit: Der Sänger)
Joe Murray
Marriage should be a duet. When one sings, the other claps.
Harvey Fierstein
But actually just yesterday we raised the key of one of my songs two steps up, so my voice is obviously responding. It’s a muscle, and the more you use it, the more you use it right, the more you should get out of it. So yes, I sing.
Esther Broner
The total person sings, not just the vocal chords.
Elvis Presley
I like to sing ballads the way Eddie Fisher does and the way Perry Como does. But the way I’m singing now is what makes the money.
Ella Fitzgerald
I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
Ella Fitzgerald
I sing like I feel.
Bobby McFerrin
I sing with the voice I have in that moment.
Bret Harte
A bird in hand is a certainty. But a bird in the bush may sing.
Aretha Franklin
Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I’m using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I’m happy with that.
Maya Angelou
A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!
George Burns
I love to sing. And I love to drink Scotch. Most people would rather hear me drink Scotch.
Etta James
When I perform, I’m somewhere else. I go back in time and get in touch with who I really am. I forget my troubles, my worries.
Robert Benchley
Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.
Ray Conniff
If you believe in your art and you love what you do, that energy will go out and people will respond.
Oh Land (Deense singer-songwriter)
I see the body as an instrument. To move or to sing you need no prop. I like to feel strong and flexible. As if my voice can take me anywhere.
Dick van Dyke
Everybody can sing. That you do it badly is no reason not to sing.