“Richard Rodgers got me started. He heard me one day and he couldn't believe I never had any voice training. My teacher, Jaharal Hall, tells me I've got to sing like I fight—smooth, no apparent effort.”— Sugar Ray Robinson, thestacks.deadspin.com
“I can't sing and I can't dance, but I can lick any SOB in the house.”— Jack Dempsey, books.google.com
“This is impossible, I could never sing in front of an audience. I don't even let my mom hear me in the shower.”— Lizzie McGuire, imdb.com
“I would love to do much more singing, it’s just one of those things where I can’t quite describe what it feels like when you’re standing in front of a forty piece orchestra and there’s nothing between you and an audience but a microphone. It’s like strapping yourself to a locomotive, and I love it.”— Kevin Spacey, pbs.org
“Singing is good for the soul. It's the first thing I do every morning, after my blessings and my grace. I put music on and I sing.”— Richard Simmons, menshealth.com
“The better the singer's voice is, the harder it is to believe what they're saying. So I turn my weaknesses into an advantage.”— David Byrne, imdb.com
“I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is too much for me. Forgive me if I don't have all the words. Maybe I can sing it and you'll understand.”— Ella Fitzgerald, ellafitzgerald.com
“I know that my singing doesn’t make the moon rise, nor does it make the stars shine. But without my song, the night would seem empty and incomplete. There is more to daybreak than light, just as there is more to nighttime than darkness.”— Geoffrey Chaucer, amazon.com
“Yes, it is wonderful to be alive! Indeed, the Bottle inwardly sang of all this, as do young poets, who frequently also know nothing about the things of which they sing.”— Hans Christian Andersen, amazon.com
“That’s one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.”— Dave Grohl, theguardian.com
“I love a voice that’s really beautiful and clear. I’ve always had a strong curiosity about the voice; I think it’s the most interesting instrument.”— Briana Marela, vogue.com
“The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do i…”— Kurt Vonnegut, amazon.com
“To describe the young haremaid's singing voice as akin to a frog trapped beneath a hot stone would have been a great insult to both frog and stone.”— Brian Jacques, amazon.com