I'm always going to be a singer.
I'm not the guy that thinks I'm a perfect singer.
When I see a good singer, I get teary-eyed. Part of it is jealousy because all comedians are frustrated rock stars. That's a fact.
I don't talk about Amy Winehouse as a 'singer. ' She's a pioneer. I listened to her endlessly when I started writing.
Before I was 14, I wanted to be a singer, an actor, or a hockey player. By 15, I knew I was going to be a singer.
I said to my teacher, 'I can't be a singer because I'm not pretty enough, and I'm fat. ' And she looked at me and said, 'Tell that to Nell Carter, babe. ' That changed my life forever!
I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
Gaps can be very emotional. I mean, that's in my drumming. When I drum, you know, I don't need to drum all over the track. I play with the singer and I can back off.
I never saw myself as a singer; I never really thought I had the voice for it.
God made me a singer, and I just sang.
On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and the singer, that's the point.
If you want to be a singer or a performer or absolutely anything in the world that you want to do, I think you should never give up, you should never let anyone put you down and tell you you can't do it, because if you believe in yourself you will go far
I'm Opera Singer. I can sing Brecht, Weil.
For me, I'm more of a songwriter than a guitar player or singer. And not having things to work on was really kind of nice.
It's all about respect; he's looking for respect from his buddies. In the last one he just wanted to hang out, to be part of the group, but this time he wants more from his friends. And without giving the story away, he finally gets something that he has been looking for when the mini sloths kidnap him and take him to their tribal area. He gets to be the Fire King and they worship him and there is an amazing scene with a "call and response" sequence in the style of Cab Callow [the legendary American jazz singer and band leader] between him and his audience
The thing is that I'm an actor first, and in 'Once,' I was able to be a musician and a singer as well as an actor.
Never mind the transience of show business and popularity. When we hear Ray Charles, we go, 'That's a great singer. ' You don't need a reporter or a writer to tell us. Good is good and it should shine through the years.
I was born a singer. I need to do that.
I never claimed to be the best singer, I never claimed to be the best dancer, but I do claim to be the person that can put them together best.
Death always leaves one singer to mourn.