“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.” KnowsReasonShowsGuySongSingingDrawsCateringR Kelly Author:R. Kelly
“The condition of mankind is, and always has been, so miserable and depraved that, if anyone were to say to the poet: "For God's sake stop singing and do something useful like putting on the kettle or fetching bandages," what just reason could he give for refusing?” IfsGivingHas BeensReasonConditionsMankindPoetSingingSakeMiserableDepravedKettlesBandages Author:W. H. Auden
“The music business for me was never about buses and billboards you know, that was never the reason I got into the music business. The reason I wanted to get into the music business was because I genuinely, wholeheartedly love to sing. I love singing songs and telling stories and playing music, so that's why I got into the music business.” KnowsReasonStoriesWantedSongSingingBusMusic BusinessPlaying MusicTelling StoriesWholeheartedlyBillboardsSinging Songs Author:Johnny Reid
“.. to a poet, the human community is like the community of birds to a bird, singing to each other. Love is one of the reasons we are singing to one another, love of language itself, love of sound, love of singing itself, and love of the other birds.” HumansReasonLanguageSoundCommunityLove IsPoetSelf LoveSingingBirdAnd Love Author:Sharon Olds
“For poetry exists to break through to below the level of reason where the angels and monsters that the amenities keep in the cellar may come out to dance, to rove and roar, growling and singing, to bring life back to the enclosed rooms where too often we are only 'living and partly living.” MayReasonLevelsRoomsBreakSingingAngelMonstersBreak ThroughCellarsAmenitiesGrowling Book:Writings on Writing Source: Writings on Writing
“I sang a song in Hindi; nobody even knew what that was. Singing about Native American issues, nobody did that... I had no reason to want to copy anybody else... All I had was my originality.” WantReasonSongIssuesSingingNativeNo ReasonCopiesOriginalityNative AmericanHindi Author:Buffy Sainte-Marie
“Presley brought an excitement to singing, in part because rock and roll was greeted as his invention, but for other reasons not so widely reflected on: Elvis Presley had the most beautiful singing voice of any human being on earth.” HumansReasonEarthBeautifulVoiceHuman BeingsRocksSingingInventionExcitementRock And Roll Author:William F. Buckley, Jr.
“Why do Christians sing when they are together? The reason is, quite simply, because in singing together it is possible for them to speak and pray the same Word at the same time; in other words, because here they can unite in the Word.” ReasonChristianTogetherSpeakPrayingSingingSinging Together Book:Life Together Source: Life Together
“I'm singing these songs to inspire you, to keep you going, to lift you up and give you a reason to get up in the morning” GivingReasonSongMorningInspireSingingGet UpLiftsLift You Up Author:Mavis Staples
“Singing was more of a hobby, and I was terrified of anyone's opinions. The only reason I kept doing it was because people responded positively, and if they hadn't I don't really know if I'd feel the same. I'm not into fighting for people's affections.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsReasonFightingOpinionSingingAffectionHobbiesTerrifiedPositively Author:SZA
“I love the fans and they are the reason for my professional existence. When I'm out there doing a show and I see the fans dancing and singing, that's what I love the most. It's just the greatest feeling in the world.” WorldReasonShowsFeelingsExistenceFansSingingDancing Author:Michael Jackson
“I still play but for some reason, I am having so much fun playing guitar and singing that I don't really miss it because I've done it for so long like twenty-something years with Motley.” YearsLongStillsReasonDonePlayFunMissingSingingTwentiesGuitarPlaying GuitarTwenty Somethings Author:Tommy Lee
“I tell myself that, regardless of what source I draw on, I'm writing a new work for reasons peculiar to me and not an adaptation, and so feel, in the end, justified in singing it my way.” WayFeelsWritingEndsReasonSourceSingingDrawsMy WayPeculiarJustifiedAdaptationNew Work Author:Norman Lock
“I've tried to write songs for other people and it usually requires them singing it and then changing the phrasing. I can put a lot of words in a song, and one of the reasons is, I'm not that good of a singer, so I don't hold a lot of notes.” PeopleWritingI CanReasonSongSingingNotesSingers Author:Craig Finn
“A lot more people will want to hear a 5-minute singing cartoon about Communism in China than will want to read that PhD thesis, and that's the power of it even if a lot of details will be missing - that's the reason something like that often has more impact on society.” PeopleIfsWantReasonMinutesMissingSingingImpactDetailsChinaCommunismCartoonThesisPhdsImpact On Society Author:Jeffrey Lewis
“I'm not really a folk singer, but I love the music and there's certain lines that will get just stuck in my head, and they seem to be stuck there for a reason, and I start singing them.” ReasonSeemsCertainLinesSingingFolksSingersStuck Author:Sam Amidon
“Basically, I didn't want to sing anything for the sake of singing it. There were some songs where I really wailed, but because it's such an intimate space anything I chose to sing simply to make sound was going to come off an inauthentic. So I was really happy with where it landed - every song I sang, I loved for one reason or another. I didn't have to worry about selling a song.” WantReasonSongSoundSpaceWorrySingingSakeSellingIntimateReally Happy Author:Aaron Tveit
“In the morning I'd write these essays, anything that I'd feel like writing, and in the afternoon, I'd spend time with my guitar. I had decided after listening to my last four or five albums that my biggest weakness musically was melody. the reason I had been singing in a monotone over the chord patterns in my songs was that I never practiced doing melodies.” FeelsWritingReasonLastsSongMorningFiveFourListeningSingingWeaknessDecidedGuitarPatternsAlbumsMelodyAfternoonSay AnythingEnd TimesEssaysChordsSpend TimeDoing Me Author:Iggy Pop
“It's cool because you don't know how certain songs are going to go over until you play them live. For some reason, "Shivers" gets a huge response. I was not expecting it. When I start singing in the middle of "Baby Get Worse", they go nuts. Just little surprises like that.” KnowsLittlesReasonPlayCertainSongKnow HowMiddleHugeBabySingingSurpriseResponseNutsExpectingShiver Author:John Britt Daniel
“We sing a lot of the soundtrack in this film [Swiss Army Man] - me and Paul Dano - and on the last day of filming we had to just get into the back of our sound mixer's van and record a really crappy, rough version of the singing then. For some reason that was one of the most fun days.” MenReasonLastsFilmFunSoundRecordsSingingArmyVersionsRoughVansLast DaySoundtracksSwissFun Day Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“Concurrently, while I was in school, while I was winning awards for acting, I was winning awards for singing, in high school. One of the reasons why I decided to continue on with the acting was the opera world is fraught with a very long process, and I did love the acting, as well. The acting took off sooner, and then you get involved with that.” WorldWellsLongReasonSchoolWinningProcessActingInvolvedSingingHigh SchoolDecidedReason WhyAwardsOperaGet InvolvedWinning Awards Author:Robert Davi
“Last season when I was on set...for some reason I had The Battle Hymn of the Republic in my head but I didn't know all the words. It was one of those songs you had to learn when you were younger. It wasn't as important for people raised in the 80's and 90's as it was to people raised in the 50's, 60's and 70's so when I started singing "My eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord," Jane [Fonda] heard me singing it and started singing the rest of it. Suddenly everyone on set everyone was singing. That's just something I can keep in my heart forever.” PeopleKnowsHeartI CanImportantReasonEyeLastsSongLordForeverHeardMy HeartBattleSingingGlorySeasonsRaisedRepublicJaneHymns Author:Baron Vaughn
“I don't want to try to recreate for no reason. Like, me in my bedroom, singing songs to a camera was a special thing that was at that time in my life. But I'm just not that kid. I like the format of it, but I want to be able to release things for free.” WantTryingReasonKidsAbleSongSpecialSingingCamerasLike MeReleaseNo ReasonBedroomFormatSpecial ThingsSinging Songs Author:Bo Burnham
“I guess I'm attracted to people who are singing about love or life, and they have a particular passion that I can connect with. There are people I can tell are amazing, but I can't connect for some reason. It doesn't really make sense why you connect with someone or you don't.” PeopleReasonPassionSingingMake Sense Author:Langhorne Slim
“It's my dream to sing onstage all around the world. France is the land of my birth, but I prefer other countries because the world is very, very big and I'd like to discover different countries - it's my first reason for travelling and singing.” WorldDifferentCountryReasonDreamBirthSinging Author:Amaury Vassili
“In high school I was worried about singing in a choir not being a cool thing, like "I want girls to like me so I don't want to do something that's not cool." But, in fact, if you do something you like to do and you're good at it, you're going to find someone who will like you for that reason.” ReasonSchoolGirlLike YouSingingHigh SchoolWorriedChoir Author:Adam DeVine
“I'll bet she's beautiful, that girl he talks about, and she's got everything that I have to live without... He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar, the only one who's got enough of me to break my heart. He's the song in the car I keep singing; don't know why I do.” KnowsHeartReasonEnoughBeautifulSongGirlBreakCarMy HeartSingingGuitarThat GirlBreaking My HeartTeardrop Author:Taylor Swift
“I listen to the people. That was a big reason for my life, maybe the main reason, I'm singing because I love it when people say to me, 'Thank you.' I thank them. It's a marriage.” PeopleReasonBigsSingingThank You Author:Julio Iglesias
“What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason. ... I wrote some of my best love songs ever when I was unhappy and my saddest love songs when I was very much in love. When I wrote 'You're in My Heart', which is an uplifting song, I had just broken up with-Now who had I broken up with?. ... Half the battle is selling music, not singing it. It's the image, not what you sing.” HeartReasonSongHalfBoysBrokenDadMy HeartBattleSingingFaultsGuitarMy DadUnhappySellingUpliftingSongwritingBest LoveSaddestBroken Up Author:Rod Stewart