“ God sent his Singers upon earth With songs of sadness and of mirth, That they might touch the hearts of men, And bring them back to heaven again. ”
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow- Copy
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“ Sweetest the strain when in the songThe singer has been lost. ”
- Elizabeth Stuart Phelps- Copy
- 3.3K
“ I'm a self-taught musician aside from what I've been able to pick up from other players. ”
- Walter Becker- Copy
- 2.4K
“ Since music has never had a Rembrandt, we have remained nothing more than musicians. ”
- Morton Feldman- Copy
- 1.7K
“ Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist. ”
- G. K. Chesterton- Copy
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“ 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. ”
- Willa Cather- Copy
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“ 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- Copy
- 3.5K
“ The great thing about being an astronaut is you kind of get to do a little bit of everything. I mean, we're going to ride a rocket uphill. ”
- David M. Brown- Copy
- 3.8K
“ If you can't get a job as a pianist in a brothel you become a royal reporter. ”
- Max Hastings- Copy
- 1.7K
“ I've always liked P.F. Sloan's 'Eve Of Destruction.' It's the performance by the singer, Barry McGuire, and, um, I would say it's also the chord progression and melody. ”
- Frank Black- Copy
- 4K
“ When life life does not find a singer to sing her heat, she produces a philosopher to speak her mind. ”
- Khalil Gibran- Copy
- 2.6K
“ We are musicians, entertainers. We can do it. We have the right tools. No worries. ”
- Pete Townshend- Copy
- 3.9K
“ The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes — ah, that is where the art resides. ”
- Artur Schnabel- Copy
- 1.9K
“ I've always thought of myself as a ballad singer who could sing rock 'n' roll, not the other way around. ”
- Elvis Costello- Copy
- 1.6K
“ Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune. ”
- Igor Stravinsky- Copy
- 3.5K
“ I just don't like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn't need another Streisand!" (on Diana Ross). ”
- Barbara Streisand- Copy
- 2.4K
“ 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- Copy
- 2.8K
“ I must say to you that my intensions for instance doing German, it is because Victoria de los Angeles is nothing to do with wanting to be like a German singer. ”
- Victoria de los Angeles- Copy
- 747
“ I never considered myself a patriot. I like to think I recognize only humanity as my nation. ”
- Isaac Asimov- Copy
- 427
“ When a pianist sits down and does a virtuoso performance he is in a technical sense transmitting more information to a machine than any other human activity involving machinery allows. ”
- Robert Moog- Copy
- 2.6K
“ I also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A man of great talent, far more gifted than I. He died very young... he killed himself in the prime of his life. ”
- Gustav Mahler- Copy
- 3K
“ It is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain the services of first-class conductors. They are sick and tired of dealing with singers, as I am. ”
- Rudolf Bing- Copy
- 2.7K
“ I never socialized with singers. It's very dangerous if you work with opera… I don't think that in 30 years a singer has entered my apartment. ”
- Rudolf Bing- Copy
- 2.3K
“ 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- Copy
- 3.6K
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