There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste. — Sarah Vaughan
Best two rock voices I've heard in a last few years both have been from grunge bands: it's Eddie Vedder and the other one is Chris Cornell from Soundgarden. — Bruce Dickinson
She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer. — Ella Fitzgerald
A song is a favorite song, not because the singer can hit and hold a high note, but because of the words, their meaning. — Taylor Swift
Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in, they still know good music when they hear it. — Lou Rawls
Gordon Lightfoot has created some of the most beautiful and lasting music of our time. He is Bob Dylan's favorite singer/songwriter - high praise from the best of us, applauded by the rest of us. — Kris Kristofferson
My favorite artist in the world is Michael Jackson, and he revolutionized the music video aspect of music. — Chance the Rapper
Rather than becoming the best, I want to become a singer with meaning. — Taeyang
Frank (Frank Sinatra) is a singer who comes along once in a lifetime, but why did he have to come in mine? — Bing Crosby
If I could be anyone, I'd choose the lead singer of Arcade Fire, Win Butler. — Rob Kardashian
Favorite Artist Quotes
I love my 'Boom Clap.' Charli XCX is a big one for me. — Joe Gatto
My favorite artists have always been Elvis and The Beatles and they still are! — Johnny Ramone
The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. — Robert Hughes
Behind every girl's favorite song there is an untold story.
My favorite place in the whole world is Nashville. Because it's my home, it's Music City. It's like, everybody there is so artistic and so creative, and nice! Everybody's really friendly. — Taylor Swift
My influences were from Europe from between 1900 and 1945. My favorite artists were Egon Schiele or Edvard Munch. I wasn't interested in contemporary art at all. — Tracey Emin
My favorite recordings are the ones that feel like there were no middlemen in the creation. That's the biggest problem with most films and records being made today - too many people involved. I think it dilutes the artist's intent and inspiration. — M. Ward
Good advice is not usually served in our favorite flavor.
People ask me who is my favorite country artist. I say, you mean besides George Jones. — Johnny Cash
Snoop [Dog] is my favorite artist of all time. He's someone I look up to. — Kid Cudi
Jeremih has been my favorite artist to collab with. — Chance the Rapper
Famous Singer Quotes
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 was brought up with psychics and tarot cards. My mum was always told I was going to be in a boy band and be famous as a singer. — Lee Ryan
A famous man is Robin Hood, The English ballad-singer's joy. — William Wordsworth
I was worried that all the corners of the earth had been explored, all the great battles fought. The famous people on TV were athletes and actresses and singers. What did they stand for? I wondered: Had the time for heroes passed? — Eric Greitens
There are a lot of people who want to be famous nowadays: singers, actors and, you know, it's like a roller-coaster. And when you are very sensitive - I'm very sensitive - you have to be very strong... You have to just not pay attention to the people who hate you, you know? — Eva Green
I've never been more moved by a voice than I have been by Roy Orbison. I loved him personally, and I loved his voice. I think of him often and frequently listen to his songs. — Dolly Parton
The one thing all famous authors, world class athletes, business tycoons, singers, actors, and celebrated achievers in any field have in common is that they all began their journeys when they were none of these things. — Mike Dooley
Badfinger was pretty good. It was a very sad story, though, because the guy, he ended up killing himself, Pete Ham, who was a lovely fellow, he was a good guitar player and a great singer, he wrote, the most famous tune I would imagine is "Without You", you know the Harry Nilsson record. — George Harrison
Imagine the clouds dripping Dig a hole in your garden to put them in — Yoko Ono
Take a deep breath, listen to your favorite song and realize everything is gonna be okay, nothing is permanent. — Camila Cabello
You're like the lyrics to my favorite song. You stick with me all day long. And when I reach the end I wanna hear it again. — TobyMac
You listen to your favorite song just until you're almost getting sick of it, and then it's so fun to rediscover it after a couple of months. — Anna Kendrick
We all love to sing along with our favorite songs. We sing in the car, in the shower, and at the karaoke bar. The problem is that half the time we don't know what we're singing. We're making up lyrics as we go along and hoping no one will notice. — Shawn Amos
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
My favorite songs are my favorite songs because they just feel like a certain moment, or a certain photo, just a snapshot for whatever three or four minutes the song is. — Tyler, The Creator
My favorite kind of music is the stuff that stops time. You put something on to sit there and let an experience go through you. To look at yourself clearly through a song. It's true of all art, all mediums, but for some reason music has a direct line straight into people. — Jeff Buckley
I have two favorite songs. My first is called 'Dance of The Robe' and it's a very powerful number where she is feeling the pressure from her people to take on the responsibility of leading them. — Deborah Cox
'Free Fallin'' is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn't become this huge anthem. But I'm grateful that people like it. — Tom Petty
The thing that is most beautiful about Antarctica for me is the light. It's like no other light on Earth, because the air is so free of impurities. You get drugged by it, like when you listen to one of your favorite songs. The light there is a mood-enhancing substance. — Jon Krakauer
Favorite Music Quotes
I spend most of my evenings grinding into the early morning to my favorite music. — Alex Jones
Jazz is the favorite music [of America]. It is a type of music invented by [American] Blacks to please their primitive tendencies and desire for noise. — Sayyid Qutb
My favorite musical? I don't. It changes all the time. I'm just a diehard, I'm totally old school, like I'll sit and watch, if they are re-doing Oklahoma in New York, I will be the first one there. — Trey Parker
I did the marching band all throughout junior high and high school. Music was one of my favorite things in school. — Tommy Lee
My favorite type of music to sing is definitely those big ballads, I just love doing those power ballads. — Pia Toscano
I grew up doing musicals. I've done so many musicals in my life, I kind of got them out of my system. But, I certainly would be open to them. Rocky Horror Show is a big favorite of mine. — Guy Pearce
Mariah Carey is my favorite singer because her voice sounds utterly groundless. It's not even a human voice; it almost sounds mechanical. — Grimes
Alison Krauss is definitely my favorite singer that's ever lived. I've never heard anyone like her. — Brad Paisley
My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I've tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to his lovely voice. — Johnny Mathis
I'd have to say that Kenny White has earned a place among my favorite singer/songwritersand particularly, lyricists. As we say in the trade “he goes deep.” A true wordsmith AND musician who reveals a fine sense of humor, as well. Put on your headphones and listen carefully. — David Crosby
Ed Kowalczyk is my favorite singer. — Chris Daughtry
As for music, my tastes are eclectic. Elvis Costello is my all-time favorite. I listen to a lot of jazz, primarily the great female vocalists, and I am very fond of the late cabaret singer Nancy Lamott. — Laura Lippman
I'm not someone who can sing anything... And my favorite singers aren't people whose voice you would say is amazing. I'm a big Bob Dylan fan, a huge David Bowie fan... none of those people have orthodox, cabaret voices. These are people where what they're singing about is just as important as how they're singing it. — Boy George
I got last-minute rush seats to Baz Luhrmann's 'Boheme,' and my favorite singer, Ekaterina Solovyeva, was playing Mimi that day. My face got burned off when she sang the aria 'Donde Lieta Usci.' The woman was technically sobbing and singing opera at the same time. I don't know how you do that. — Nina Arianda
Etta James is my all-time favorite singer. I've said it in every interview, in every story, in every on- and off-camera question. That music was always such a huge escape for me, even from a young age. — Christina Aguilera
Frank Sinatra's never been handsome, but he's one of my favorite singers. Who needs looks when you have a voice and power? — Will Oldham
Singing doesn't have to mean that you sound like Stevie Wonder. I love to sing. I'm not the greatest singer in the world. But, a lot of my favorite singers aren't the greatest singers in the world. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
George Jones was my all-time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world. — Dolly Parton
When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about. — Taylor Swift
I think Im different from a lot of singer-songwriters because some of my favorite singer-songwriters told stories. Like John Prine. — Jill Sobule
Robert Plant was always my favorite singer-and hes said nice things about me, you know. — Freddie Mercury
Johnny Guitar... just one of my favorite singers of all time. I met him when we were both on the road with Johnny Otis in the '50s when I was a teenager. We traveled the country in a car together. I would hear him sing every night. — Etta James
One of my favorite French singers, Alain Bashung, was the expert at creating his own universe; no one knows what he's talking about, even he doesn't know because it's so poetic. — Thomas Mars
One of my favorite artists is Tom Waits, whom most people think of as a wonderful singer-songwriter and a great poet. I certainly think of him that way, but I also know him as a terrific actor. You know, that persona that he puts on when he's doing his music comes from being an actor, figuring out a persona. — Jeff Bridges
When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about. And if I have a chance to matter to the growth and hopes and wishes of little girls, that's something I can't take lightly. So I do factor them in when I'm thinking about what to wear, and what to say, and whether or not to go out to bars even thought I'm not twenty-one. — Taylor Swift
I listen to music mostly in the evening. I've come to love what is called world music, like the Zimbabwean Oliver Mtukudzi and the Colombian singer Marta Gomez. I also love the Irish folk singer Mary Black. Other favorites include Chet Baker, Eva Cassidy, and Billie Holiday. — Jeannette Walls
The other day my daughter said, ‘Daddy, guess who my favorite Stroke is?’ And I thought she was going to say me because, oh man, she loves me so much, and she said: ‘Julian! Because he’s the singer — Nick Valensi
Like I say, I'm always writing and if something sticks, it sticks. I get to write with great songwriters in town. Lori McKenna is one of my all-time favorite singer-songwriters who's ever walked the planet. I get to write with her. The Warren Brothers are friends of mine and I write with them all the time. Lance Miller is a great songwriter. Tom Douglas - you can't get any better than that. I write a lot of stuff but it's got to stick. — Tim McGraw
I carry my iPod everywhere. My favorite group is the John Butler Trio, an Australian jam band. The lead singer and guitarist writes amazing lyrics. — Hope Solo
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