54 Best Singing Contest Quotes To Motivate You

Following is our list of singing contest quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about singing on stage.

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Famous Singing Contest Quotes

Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn't it — Ben Hogan

The only thing better than singing is more singing. - Ella Fitzgerald

The only thing better than singing is more singing. — Ella Fitzgerald

Don't sing it, bring it. — Scott Hall

Singing is a form of admitting that I'm alive. — Alfredo Kraus

Those who wish to sing always find a song. — Swedish Proverbs

There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva. — Josh Groban

To sing is to pray twice. — Saint Augustine

With technology now, you can go in and sing a song, and for $100,000, you will sound flawless. — Vince Neil

Sing, that's the most powerful weapon you have. — Gerard Way

Singing, it's like it's like loving somebody, it's a supreme emotional and physical experience. — Janis Joplin

The thing I thought about doing it was it's Comic Relief and you've got to be funny. So although I did try to sing properly it obviously has hilarious results when you can't sing. — Jo Brand

The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance. — Linda Ronstadt

When I'm singing I'm always trying to get to the highest point possible. I'd fly to the top of Buckingham Palace to sing to the queen. — Florence Welch

Drama if I sing, drama if I don't sing. What do you do? — Montserrat Caballe

All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity. It is a sport, like the silver fox. It happens. — Willa Cather

Singing Competition Quotes

I got to sing solo in the junior choir when I was 10 or 11 and won a competition, and my sister's piano playing improved to a certain level. One time my sister and I worked together. The first song we ever sang in High School was Rags to Riches by Tony Bennett. — Gordon Lightfoot

I started singing at the Met when I was seven, and the competition was so fierce that it really prepared me. — Emmy Rossum

I discovered at 18 that singing and songwriting was my strength. I decided that it was closest to my heart and if I pursued it then there would be no competition. I would just live my life being myself and living my dream. — Jason Mraz

Singing contest quote A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forg
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

I started singing at the Met when I was seven, and the competition was so fierce that it really prepared me. — Emily Rossum

The only problem I had on The Voice, was wishing that we, as artists, could have had a stronger opinion in our own song choices. At the end of the day, it's still a vocal competition show and you want to sing the song that showcases your voice the best. — Curtis Grimes

I think it was when I was 12 when I entered a singing competition. I sang my own original song for an audience of 1,000 people. — Birdy

Singing contest quote Every heart sings a song incomplete, until another heart whispers back.
Every heart sings a song incomplete, until another heart whispers back.

I don't feel competition at all. I just feel like I want to be the best. In everything that Michael (Jackson) did, he was the best. When he was dancing, when he was singing, he always wanted to be the best, and that's me... He's the guideline. — Justin Bieber

In the music business, we all do different things, but we sit there and admire other people who can write a song differently or sing differently. It's not so competitive. — Barbra Streisand

Singing On Stage Quotes

I don't use backing tapes when I am singing and dancing on stage. I can do cartwheels and sing. — Beyonce Knowles

I just love the thrill of performing on stage. I believe that singing is something I was put here to do. — Lucy Hale

Even if my throat bleeds from singing and my body breaks from dancing,I will never give up on stage.Under the circumstances where you cannot enjoy yourself whole-heartedly.Just scream and shout 'till your throat hurts — Jaejoong

Singing contest quote Like a bird singing in the rain, the grateful memories survive in time of sorrow.
Like a bird singing in the rain, the grateful memories survive in time of sorrow.

I appreciate art in any form. So it applies to clothes as well. On stage, I think people prefer me in Indian outfits... in fact, it goes with the kind of songs I sing as well. Indianness in the form of a sari, or a chaniya choli or jeans with something interesting, matches my style of singing. — Shreya Ghoshal

The stage is like an addiction. Since singing and dancing had been my dreams all this time, I fall even more into those charms every time I’m on stage. These days I get the urge to make the audience go crazy. — Minzy

Music makes my heart beat. The more i hear, sing and perform on stage my heart beats stronger than ever. I want to live like this until the day i die. — Junsu

Singing contest quote Those who wish to sing... always find a song.
Those who wish to sing... always find a song.

I have to sing it every night, I can't get up on stage if it's some bullshit story. — Ryan Tedder

We went on stage with the Jefferson Airplane, Jim started singing with Grace Slick and hugging her. Then he danced off the stage, went back into the dressing room and passed out cold. — Ray Manzarek

My experience of singing, as an actor, was that there's a different creative feeling of freedom. The acting thing is a bit more defined and cerebral. I can see why people would want to cross over. If you have so much freedom on stage then perhaps you want to be confined a bit, and vice versa. — Orlando Bloom

John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London. — Ben Kingsley

Singing Performance Quotes

Mainly I was able to perform with music - I played the French horn, I would sing, and I was a drummer in the pipe band. So I think it was a way to show off. — Ewan McGregor

Streets crowded with people strolling, or sitting at outdoor cafes. And always, talking, gesturing, singing, laughing. I liked Rome immediately.Everybody was a performer. — Kirk Douglas

We all tried rapping, we all tried singing, we all tried different kinds of styles and performances, so we naturally found our perfect spot. — Lisa Manoban

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

The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV. — Rupert Holmes

I've always had mostly women come out to see me perform. That's the reason the guys show up; they know R. Kelly is going to draw the women. Most of the songs I'm singing are catering to women anyway. — R. Kelly

Nothing really goes through my head when I'm performing live, I normally just look out into the crowd and see the fans and it makes me feel really happy - especially when they all sing the lyrics back, it's amazing. — Perrie Edwards

Singing contest quote You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they s
You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.

Pure entertainment is not an egotistical lady singing boring songs onstage for two hours and people in tuxes clapping whether they like it or not. It's the real performers on the street who can hold people's attention and keep them from walking away. — Andy Kaufman

... we performers are monsters. We are a totally different, far-out race of people. I totally and completely admit, with no qualmsat all, my egomania, my selfishness, coupled with a really magnificent voice. — Leontyne Price

Tell of his wondrous faithfulness, And sound his power abroad; Sing the sweet promise of his grace, And the performing God. — Isaac Watts

I just wanted to perform. I just wanted to perform in whatever capacity, whether it was acting, singing, dancing, comedy - whatever it was, I just loved it and felt at my absolute happiest when I was performing for people. — James Corden

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More Singing Contest Quotes

I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs. — Taylor Swift

Even if you have nothing in your wallet, nothing can keep you from having a great summer. You can listen to crickets sing you to sleep, trace the Big Dipper, breathe in the stars, run through a sprinkler, host a cartwheel contest in the front yard. — Regina Brett

Singing contest quote You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.
You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.

Who's judging American Idol? Paula Abdul? Paula Abdul judging a singing contest is like Christopher Reeve judging a dance contest! — Chris Rock

When I was studying in secondary school, a teacher recommended me during a singing contest. I took the championship because of my voce that I take proud of. Then I thought maybe my voice is not bad,then I wanted to be a singer. — Daesung

I was not ambitious as a child. My father encouraged me to enter competitions and contests, which became very much part of my life. I was not the typical teenager. I was very closed, shy and didn't hangout with my friends at disco's. My parents wanted me at home. Singing became my life, I traveled a lot on the job, and my job became my dream. — Laura Pausini

Singing contest quote Use what talent you possess; the wood would be very silent i
Use what talent you possess; the wood would be very silent if no bird sang except those that sang best.

Singing for royalty is a dream of mine - I'd absolutely love to sing for the Queen at the Royal Variety Show. All the contestants are very good. I will just have to do my best and see what happens. — Susan Boyle

He asked if I was a songwriter, and I said yeah, that I was in town because I'd won this contest. He said, okay, then he was gonna play me his hit, and started singing 'When it's time to relax, one beer stands clear... ' — Arthur Godfrey

I really idolize everything my sisters do,so I went into singing contests and won also. That's how I really got into singing. — Coco Lee

I met Jason Mraz when he had a concert in Korea as a cover contest winner of his songs! He was super nice to even tune the guitar that I also won from the contest for me and we decided to jam to one of his hit songs, ”Lucky”. I actually don’t remember how I was able to sing because I was so nervous at the time but it would also be a dream come true if i can have the honor to share the stage with Jason Mraz one day! — Megan Lee

Some people choose to go on 'American Idol' or another singing contest, and some people choose to beat down barrooms before anyone even knows who they are, in order to get a fan base, so when they do get a record deal, they have that to put in front of a label. — Jake Owen

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