#singers

You know, there's still a lot of great songwriters out there who hand in songs. And there's a lot of brilliant singers and performers out there who sing other people's words. I enjoy doing both. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#brilliant #doing #enjoy #great #hand

It often seemed like we had become a nation where the only heroes were rock singers and ball players and that there were no large men of probity who could be called upon for the task. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#become #called #could #had #heroes

Ian and Sylvia, who, when you got right down to it, were essentially country and western singers. I just recorded his Four Strong Winds. It's a wonderful song. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

#down #essentially #four #got #his

I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it. ↗

— Nat King Cole

#buys #compete #heart #i #know

Singers, like Frank Sinatra and myself, we interpret the songs that we like. Not unlike a Shakespearean actor that goes back to the greatest words ever written, we go back to the greatest songs and bring about my interpretation of them. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#actor #back #bring #ever #frank

I don't know many singers who actually do like the sound of their own voice. ↗

— Roger Daltrey

#i #know #like #many #own

I know what I want at least, and the older I get I think I'm better at getting it out of players and singers. ↗

— Peter Maxwell Davies

#get #getting #i #i think #know

I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#historic #i #i love #learned #listen

It's fun singing with other people who are really good singers. There's something kind of poignant about braiding a couple vocals. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#couple #fun #good #kind #other

I always considered myself being an organizer. I'm very good at teaching singers, I'm very good at staging a show, to entertain people. But I never included myself. I never applied this to me as an artist. ↗

— Ike Turner

#applied #artist #being #considered #entertain