463 Quotes About Singing

I couldn't help thinkin' if she was as far out o' town as she was out o' tune, she wouldn't get back in a day.

In the early days, I might have gotten on stage and begun to sing as a desperate attempt to communicate, but now I found that singing was both a physical and emotional joy. It was sensuous, a pure pleasure, which didn't take away from the emotions being expressed—even if they were melancholic. Music can do that; you can enjoy singing about something sad.

Turn your sorrow into singing.

Anna's voice wasn't a beautiful voice - rough edged and sorrowful, a bit used, somehow male and female at once. Yet it had more vibrancy to it than most Danish voices, which were often thin and white and too pretty to trigger a shiver. Anna's voice had the heat of the south; it warmed Einar, as if her throat were red with coals.

My job is to entertain people by playing my music well. You shouldn't really be upset because people like you, should you?

And now I wake up
Only to realise I’m still asleep. I sing a nursery rhyme,
Pray the Lord my soul to keep.

There is a significant difference between skillful singing and artistic vocal interpretation. Although skillful singing brings joy to many listeners, only a remarkable vocal interpretation may cause people to be overcome with emotion.

Turn your stress into singing.

Her voice was like a portrait of her soul: wild as a fire, sharp as shattered glass, sweet and clean as clover.