All kids, when they go to school, are pretty good artists and dancers and singers and poets. All that gets buried, basically through being educated, or brainwashed. William Wiley American Soldier More William Wiley Quotes 1
In country music the lyric is important and the melodies get a little more complex all the time, and you hear marvelous new singers who are interested in writing and interpreting a lyric and in all form of popular music. Dinah Shore American Actress More Dinah Shore Quotes 0
I think that freshness and that innocence is something that is missing from a lot of female singers. I'm certainly not denying that I'm young, but I'm not fluff. Jessica Simpson American Musician More Jessica Simpson Quotes 0
Just look at the messages today's media are sending everybody, from TV and commercials to actors and singers. Kids are just drowning in that 24-7 and it's getting really bad. Evan Rachel Wood American Actress More Evan Rachel Wood Quotes 0
There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number one thing for me as a youth was jazz. Robert Wyatt English Musician More Robert Wyatt Quotes 0
Recording an album and doing it live are like two different animals. There are some people that are great singers live, horrible in the studio. Frank Stallone American Actor More Frank Stallone Quotes 0
There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to. Rick Springfield American Musician More Rick Springfield Quotes 0
You hear the same work by different orchestras, different conductors, violinists, pianists, singers, and slowly, the work reveals itself and begins to live deeper in you. David Ogden Stiers American Actor More David Ogden Stiers Quotes 0
Since I started composing I have always worked with series of tempos, even superimposed the music of different groups of musicians, of singers, instrumentalists who play and sing in different tempos simultaneously and then meet every now and then in the same tempo. Karlheinz Stockhausen German Composer More Karlheinz Stockhausen Quotes 0
Miss Farrell has a voice like some unparalleled phenomenon of nature. She is to singers what Niagara is to waterfalls. Alfred Frankenstein More Alfred Frankenstein Quotes 0
Singers' husbands! Find me stones heavy enough to place around their necks and drown them all! Andre Mertens More Andre Mertens Quotes 0
I have a commitment to developing young singers and exposing opera to a larger public. Anthony Waters More Anthony Waters Quotes 0
A fellow Detroiter, Wilson Pickett was one of the greatest soul singers of all time. He will absolutely be missed. I am thankful that I got the chance to speak to him not too long ago. Aretha Franklin American More Aretha Franklin Quotes 0
There's one part of me that is very grateful for these singers who continue to introduce these brilliant songs to a younger generation that might not know them. And, of course, there's another part of me that is appalled by the dreadful versions of them. . . . I have been in the music business for too long and I've heard the best, and I know what the best is, and when I hear people attempting to do it and they don't know what they're doing, it just ruins my day. Barry Manilow More Barry Manilow Quotes 0
Young singers ask me, "Do I have to live in New York?" I say, "You can live wherever you want-as long as people think you live in New York.". Benita Valente More Benita Valente Quotes 0
It is, in a variety of ways, particularly for the singers. It often goes from spoken word to singing without a pause or transition. It takes a lot of practice. Chris Alexander More Chris Alexander Quotes 0
We always want to showcase our local talent with local bands and amateur singers, too. Debbie Jackson More Debbie Jackson Quotes 0
Whenever I felt like slitting my wrists I used to like listening to depressed singers from the 1970s. It was great music for a misunderstood teenager. And when I'm feeling misunderstood these days, I'll stick on a bit of Leonard Cohen. Diane Abbott More Diane Abbott Quotes 0
Actors, writers, singers, dancers, comedians, belly dancers with snakes, you name it, they've been here. My job is to listen to their ideas or watch them perform, and maybe help them reshape and refine their acts so that I can start calling producers and directors to help them get jobs. Dorothy Palmer More Dorothy Palmer Quotes 0
I used to go to these old tent revivals and listen to the gospel singers. If you think rock and roll is energetic, it pales in comparison to a Pentecostal tent revival. Edgar Winter More Edgar Winter Quotes 0
[Sitting on a sofa in Harris' living room, they started singing.] What you do when you're singers, ... you tend to sing, which happens very casually. Emmylou Harris More Emmylou Harris Quotes 0
Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time. Elvis Presley American Singer More Elvis Presley Quotes 0
We tried a couple of singers. At the end of the day it just wasn't right. We felt it was us-and-them. We realized we needed someone undiscovered, an untapped talent. The only way to do that was to be a worldwide search. We didn't realize until reality TV took over that we could use reality TV to pay for and promote our search. Garry Beers More Garry Beers Quotes 0
We tried different singers, it didn't work out. It never felt like a band. Garry Beers More Garry Beers Quotes 0