Sings Quotations

There are two kinds of climbers, those who climb because their heart sings when they're in the mountains, and all the rest.

Most of the time in the 21st century, we dominate our surroundings: We tweak the thermostat, and the temperature falls one degree. We push a button, and Taylor Swift sings for us. It's the opposite in the wilderness, which teaches us constantly that we are not lords of the universe but rather building blocks of it.

In my old age, it's kind of funny - at night, what I like to do is watch TV when I go to sleep. And what I really like is to put on a Gene Autry film, because he sings really well. So he sings me to sleep.

As a soprano who sings 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' I have the high notes and the trills. No problems there. But going into the low registers is lots of work.

I saw 'Mahogany' and 'Lady Sings the Blues' when I was little and thought, 'That's what I want to do.'

I'm just an ordinary, walking-down-the-street, mother of two children who sings for her supper.

Naturally I drew register a little exaggerated, in order to create something new in the sense of a sublime literature that sings of despair only in order to oppress the reader, and make him desire the good as the remedy.

One does not study for a goal. One sings because one can't help it! The 'goal' nine times out of ten is a mere accident.

I feel like a lot of people in the hip hop world don't take me seriously as a rapper, and I feel that first-and-foremost I came up as a rapper before I started singing. All a lot of people know from me is 'Cupid's Chokehold,' and they don't scratch the surface and see beyond that dude who sings the song about his girlfriend.

I remember being a bathtub singer. You know, the type that sings and everybody's like, 'Shut up.'

I'm not just a chick singer who sings high all the time.

Anybody that sings the blues is in a deep pit, yelling for help.

My favorite electric guitar would have to be my Duesenberg. I've named her 'Dolores,' and she sings like an operatic menace.

Occasionally, some brother sings very earnestly through his nose, often disturbing those around him, but it does not matter how the voice sounds to the ears of man. What is important is how the heart sounds to the ears of God.

What the mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

When two friends have a common bank account, one sings and the other weeps.

She works way harder than we do. You see some artists who are nowhere near in their career where Dolly is, and they complain about all the stuff they have to do. She comes into a rehearsal and sings 'Coat of Many Colors' like it's the first time she ever sang it. It's changed our whole attitude.

Some of my favorite films are musicals, like 'Walk the Line,' 'The Rose' and 'Lady Sings the Blues.' I just love the way the music and the story fuel each other.

She writes her own music, sings beautifully, she's athletic and has everything going for her.

She goes home and sings these songs, and I love it.

My accompanists are Danny Barnes and Dennis Crouch. Dennis is a fantastic upright bass player -- and Danny sings harmony and plays electric guitar and he plays the banjo. Danny's been playing since September with me and we can do most everything fairly convincingly from the records, especially with that electric guitar arsenal.

I coached her through her singing debut, and she did great, ... And, she sings with a spider and worm.

He moves beautifully, he sings beautifully, and he's a good actor. But that's very rare, I think. And he didn't come from the movies; he came from theater and went into the movies.

It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings

It isn't over until the fat lady sings

I sang as one / Who on a tilting deck sings / To keep men's courage up, though the wave hangs / That shall cut off their sun.

I think if you don't put as many tracks on it, you can get better tone on all the tracks you do have. It lets the vocals stand out, especially on the song like 'I Never Needed You' with Sara Evans, who sings that with Richie. That track is so sparse, there's just so much room for their voices to take up the speakers. I even play baritone guitar on that just so I don't play a lot of frequencies that are even in the vocal range. To me it's just, that song opens up everything for the vocals to do what they do.

Johnny is an all-rounder, he has the right look, he sings well, dances well and is perfect for the role.

Whoever is admitted or sought for, in company, upon any other account than that of his merit and manners, is never respected there, but only made use of. We will have such-a-one, for he sings prettily; we will invite such-a-one to a ball, for he dances well; we will have such-a-one at supper, for he is always joking and laughing; we will ask another because he plays deep at all games, or because he can drink a great deal. These are all vilifying distinctions, mortifying preferences, and exclude all ideas of esteem and regard. Whoever is had (as it is called) in company for the sake of any one thing singly, is singly that thing, and will never be considered in any other light; consequently never respected, let his merits be what they will.

While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough / In England - now!

When one sings alone, the heart is merged in the song. But when many sing together, it acquires a Divine power. 

When Neil would play and sing, it changed his relationship to the song. One feels more of a sense of authorship. By playing guitar, Neil controls the rhythm and feel of the songs. It also changes the way he sings them, and it becomes a more pure musical act.

When someone sings his own praises, he always gets the tune too high.

The opera ain't over 'til the fat lady sings

Even though he sings the same songs night after night, he never disappoints, ... He always gives 100 percent, and no matter how old he gets, he always sounds like Johnny Mathis.

Every time he sings this song, he's digging this woman right out of the ground and dancing with her.

It would be Beyonce Knowles, because we are around the same age and I think she sings very, very well.

Praiseworthy is the tongue which sings the Lord's Glorious Praises.

There's a Nina Simone record that I love, 'Live at Vine Street,' and she sings flat on it. I can imagine she might've told the record label, 'Oh, God, you're not releasing that!' But I'm glad they did.

At least I'm not playing other people for a change. It's a very odd place to be... I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit.

It's a start. The fat lady never sings here.

That man is happy, who sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord's Name. All the rest of the world is enticed by Maya; they do not obtain the state of fearless dignity.

It's such a strange marriage, a song and someone that sings it. When that works, it really works, and when it doesn't, it doesn't.

Everyone in my family sings and it's just a natural thing that I haven't thought about too much. There was never a time when I wasn't singing. From the ages of three to five I loved Gloria Estefan and could sing Anything for You pitch-perfect. Mum and dad loved classical music and my grampy used to sing show tunes. Now I like everything from the Manic Street Preachers to Alicia Keys, some classical music if I'm feeling melancholy, and I'm not too fussed on rap although I can deal with 50 Cent. Mainly my musical tastes seem to change with each new boyfriend. I'm so fickle at this age.

Everybody I've ever seen live sings out of tune, even the greatest singers in the world. And of course if you make a single nowadays, they'll autotune it anyway.

It's Coach. He plays baseball during practice, he dances, sings and claps. He keeps us loose.

If somebody sings a song that I wrote, I feel like it's a nice point of validation for the song, because it shows that the song is able to stand on its own. I like that.

I just like singing because I grew up -- and everybody sings in my family.

I put her right there with Loretta Lynn and people like that. She sings about her own life, which is what all great country artists have done, and I think she'll continue to do fine if she doesn't let anyone tamper with her music.

His Love brings eternal peace; meeting the Guru, Nanak sings His Glorious Praises.

How's Your Romance? Andrea Marcovicci Sings Cole Porter.

Great hail! we cry to the comers From the dazzling unknown shore; Bring us hither your sun and your summers; And renew our world as of yore; You shall teach us your song's new numbers, And things that we dreamed not before: Yea, in spite of a dreamer who slumbers, And a singer who sings no more.

The Immortal Lord God has come to dwell within my heart. Nanak sings the songs of joy to the Lord.

... and her singing. She sings all the time while we're driving.

O'er rough and smooth she trips along,/ And never looks behind;/ And sings a solitary song/ That whistles in the wind.

Never be afraid of the moments - thus sings the voice of the ever-lasting.

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all.