Semonski Singers Quotes

I've never associated myself with other singers, certainly not female singers. ~ Sade Adu

I've always said that Adele has turned so many people on to British singers - whether female singers or just like music from this country in general. ~ Ellie Goulding

I think we did our first session in 1958. There were no black background singers - there were only white singers. They weren't even called background singers; they were just called singers. I don't know who gave us the name 'background singers,' but I think that came about when The Blossoms started doing background. ~ Darlene Love

Denzal Sinclaire embodies the tradition of the great singers I love like Nat Cole, yet definitely has his own voice. He is one of my favourite singers ... ~ Diana Krall

Our hospital was famous and housed many great poets and singers. Did the hospital specialize in poets and singers or was it that poets and singers specialized in madness? ~ Susanna Kaysen

I feel there are tone singers, and there are more vocal gymnastics singers. And I think that's amazing when people can do that, but I think there's room for the tone singers. And there aren't a lot of them. ~ Zooey Deschanel

Lots of opera singers are just boring. ~ Anna Netrebko

Very few opera singers in history have been able to cross into popular music. ~ Renee Fleming

How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers. ~ Gioachino Rossini

A lot of what I have always done is do other singers. ~ Boz Scaggs

The Irish aren't great singers, but they have great songs. ~ Bernadette Devlin

(Referring to the piano's natural shape) Isn't it a shame when those big fat opera singers lean against the pianos and bend them? ~ Victor Borge

For the most part, I've been influenced by black singers and singers I couldn't sound like. Whenever I tried to do a dark note or a bent note, I would just sound like Hootie And The Blowfish. ~ Justin Vernon

It's a wonderful way to get at who someone is through their own love of music and going right at their subconsciousness if you will. You don't play girl singers for girl singers. You know, there's certain things. You do play Ellington for Bobby McFerrin. ~ Carol Friedman

Each member were lead singers from different groups but later we were put together to make DBSK. ~ Yunho

You're one of the most natural, great singers I've heard in a long time. ~ Randy Jackson

One of my all-time favorite country singers is a guy named Conway Twitty. ~ Blake Shelton

There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate. ~ Neville Marriner

I've been a massive obsessive about jazz singers all my life. ~ Eddi Reader

I like to YouTube a lot, and try and find unknown singers. ~ Cher Lloyd

All singers have this fault: if asked to sing among friends they are never so inclined; if unasked, they never leave off. ~ Horace

The very beautiful and very touching thing about opera singers is they are very willing to do whatever you want. Unlike actors, who constantly want to know why they're doing something, opera singers will sort of follow you into the fires of hell. ~ Simon McBurney

Singers aren't supposed to have dairy before a show, but we all know I'm a rule breaker. ~ Justin Bieber

There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to. ~ Rick Springfield

God uses singers in a mighty way, and I am grateful. ~ Martha Reeves

Background singers who are any good have to be great imitators. ~ Darlene Love

I've learned 2 things about tv. It's always easier with vodka & SOME OF THE BEST SINGERS ARE FROM THE PHILIPPINES ~ Ellen DeGeneres

Certainly, there are huge, multiplatinum bands whose singers command their audience's attention. Sadly, much of the time they have little to say. ~ Henry Rollins

I am inspired by all kinds of players and singers. ~ Al Jarreau

I love working with the singers. I love just finding them. ~ Jennifer Lopez

The way I see it, all the popular singers are strippers. ~ Juliana Hatfield

What are we singers but the silver-voiced messengers of the poet and the musician? ~ Nellie Melba

Obviously there are a lot of 12-year-olds over in America who are incredible singers. ~ Shayne Ward

Whenever I fill out the job description I put 'songwriter', never 'singer' or 'artist.' Singers come and go. ~ Brian McKnight

A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models. ~ Cameron Russell

I just became obsessed with looking for new singers, unknown singers, people that maybe have been forgotten, and really checking them out and analyzing what they do - and obsessive listening. I think that's the core of my work on music - has been just listening to things and listening to singers. ~ Cecile McLorin Salvant

Singers like her, Patti, Tina Turner, I revere them when I'm in their presence. ~ Deborah Cox

I'm a big fan of skilled singers. Some of my favorites are Cee-Lo Green, Donny Hathaway, James Fauntleroy, and Kim Burrell. ~ Seinabo Sey

Oh, man, pop singers are terrible actors. We're all bad. ~ Graham Parker

You get better as an actor over time if you're growing. Like singers. ~ George Clooney

I have never had plastic surgery, and there are many pop singers who have. ~ Lady Gaga

Thanks to many great K-pop singers, the groundwork has been laid for more Korean songs to be readily accessible to an overseas audience via channels like YouTube. ~ Psy

We're all geniuses. Life is merely overpopulated with singers who play drums, and, drummers who sing, to pay rent. ~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

We've always been fascinated with movie stars and singers, but the fascination with people who really have nothing to offer is something new. ~ Carl Hiaasen

Sometimes I like to make music together with a singer or with singers. ~ Klaus Schulze

I love singers like Hayley Williams from Paramore and Amy Lee from Evanescence. ~ Lindsey Stirling

There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers. ~ Vaughn Monroe

If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences. ~ Walter Kirn

I think I'm making a difference for a lot of young singers. ~ Marilyn Horne

If I stop practising, I will be an average singer. There are a lot of singers I know who hardly practise, yet sing well. ~ Sonu Nigam

O singers, resinous and soft your songsAbove the sacred whisper of the pines,Give virgin lips to cornfield concubines,Bring dreams of Christ to dusky cane-lipped throngs. ~ Jean Toomer

I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that. ~ Taylor Swift

There are so many great singers out there. ~ Jessie Ware

I love to sing with great singers. ~ Martina Mcbride

In my lifetime, there have been three vocal miracles: Caruso, Ruffo and Ponselle. Apart from these there have been several wonderful singers. ~ Tullio Serafin

I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language. ~ Loretta Lynn

I have trouble watching singers because they are so sincere. ~ Maria Bamford

I always thought competition was for horse races and it never belonged in art. I never felt that competitive with other girl singers, really. ~ Linda Ronstadt

Oh, man, I love the Staple Singers. I love Pop Staples' guitar playing, too. He's one of my favorite guitar players. ~ Brittany Howard

I'm a big Johnny Cash girl. And I love singers like Laura Marling and Joanna Newsom. ~ Imogen Poots

Look at self-satisfied pop singers or greasy, semi-literate athletes. People worship them. Why?"
"Because they're talented. ~ Anthony Horowitz

Well first of all, I'm a singer. I sing since I talk. So the great ballad singers, the people that sang with so much feeling, jazz, blues, all those singers, they were songs that I listened to, records that my mom played for me, and then later I bought. ~ Gloria Estefan

My mother is a singer, my sisters all sing, my uncles are incredible singers and guitar players, so it's just kind of been like my habitat. ~ Bruno Mars

Singers- nothing sounds like you. For better or worse-there is only 1 of you. Don't homogenize your sound by making it just like the next. ~ Lalah Hathaway

There's a lot that goes into training, singers to eventually become performers. There's, projection, uh, which in many cases the artist was never concerned about. ~ Cholly Atkins

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

The best songs are stories, and the best singers storytellers. Great singers can make you care about what they're feeling. You have a sense of knowing them. ~ Steve Ross

This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist. ~ Horace

A lot of bad behavior in singers is caused by nerves. ~ Renee Fleming

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

You ever heard of a guy named Jeff Buckley? He's one of the best singers I've ever heard. ~ Sebastian Bach

To have a live choir there on the stage and then these singers from different countries signing with us in real time through Skype, it's as if there aren't borders anymore. ~ Eric Whitacre

What you find with singers, no matter where they're from, if they have any kind of an accent, the accent tends to disappear when they sing. ~ Jason Alexander

There have always been female artists and singers putting bands together all the time. But we were not always getting credit for that because we didn't know any better. ~ Betty Wright

I don't believe in karaoke. Let's let the singers sing. ~ Jake M. Johnson

I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos. ~ Renee Fleming

I think a lot of singers are shy people. I suppose singing on stage is not like talking; you are not as exposed. ~ Alison Goldfrapp

When you talk about me having a favorite singer, it's Celine. She is not only one of the most amazing singers, but she is just an amazing person. ~ Tessanne Chin

My trade is a lonely one. I'm a craftsman, if you like. It so happens that these days singers are better paid than blacksmiths. ~ Jacques Brel

Funny how the world always praises its opera-singers so much and pays 'em so well and then starves its shoemakers, and yet it needs good shoes so much more than it needs opera
or war or fiction. ~ Sinclair Lewis

For singers, I believe we can sing in a lot of keys. I know I have this big range, but the point is to find a key that emotionally connects people. ~ Idina Menzel

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

My advice to singers is always the same: 'Don't sing the song, sing the lyric.' ~ Mitch Leigh

A stand-up comic is judged by every line. Singers get applause at the end of their song no matter how bad they are. ~ Phyllis Diller

We're going to be the best in the league at something. We're deep in anthem singers. ~ Barry Trotz

I saw a lot of operas from backstage and watched a lot of rehearsals - my parents were singers. ~ Rosamund Pike

In spring more mortal singers than belong
To any one place cover us with song.
Thrush, bluebird, blackbird, sparrow, and robin throng ... ~ Robert Frost

Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing, who speak their songs. ~ Stephen Malkmus

Singers come and go; the music business waxes and wanes. The blues are popular and unpopular, often at the same time. ~ Linda Barnes

Ian and Sylvia, who, when you got right down to it, were essentially country and western singers. I just recorded his Four Strong Winds. It's a wonderful song. ~ Dave Van Ronk

Singers can also get away with a lot based on youth, strength and enthusiasm, only to find ten years later that what was once just a niggling problem has brought their careers to an end. ~ Renee Fleming

I feel responsible to make something original as a Japanese artist. There are lots of singers and guitarists, but I feel that on stage it's meaningless to copy something someone has done before. ~ Miyavi

Harout Pamboukjian is one of the biggest Armenian folk singers in the world. In the '70s, he was making these records that were really Zeppelin-influenced. ~ Serj Tankian

I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave. ~ Kristin Scott Thomas

But I think it is more difficult to do a career as a lieder singer, and there have been less lieder singers. ~ Victoria De Los Angeles

They're great instrumentalists, singers and songwriters and they have this unique way of blending contemporary with traditional. The result is this beautiful mix of timeless music. ~ Cindy Cashdollar

You don't want R&B singers to get into beef. Leave that to the rappers, let them do that - R&B, be classy. ~ R. Kelly

Honestly, I just want to have a good time, listen to great singers and great music, and just use my instincts, as usual. ~ Christina Aguilera

Looking for inspiration in expression, I have actually always looked to singers and violinists. I have never really looked only at the recorder as a remedy for my expressions. ~ Michala Petri

Most singers have their idols. I remember Elvis Presley when I was a kid. When I was about sixteen, I always said I wanted to do 'Love Me Tender.' ~ Percy Sledge