29 Vocalist Quotes for You to Enjoy

My upbringing was in the church. We had to attend regularly. And, of course, the church provided a training ground for me, so to speak, as a young vocalist and certainly gave me all of the spiritual values that I needed as a young lady. Aretha Franklin

Basically, I'm a musical vocalist, but I do voiceover stuff as a sideline, like plumbing or something. Iggy Pop

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I used to sing at funeral homes for families that didn't have a vocalist. I didn't get paid. I needed to sing. Anita Baker

Vocalist Sing Families Get Paid Used Homes Funeral Needed

When you think of rock and roll and metal, a lot of it is based around the riff. If you can sing over the riff and what the arrangements are going to be like, you have to leave space for what most people consider one of the most key essential parts, which is the vocalist. M. Shadows

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I like to sing because my mother was a singer. She sang to me all the time, so I learned to love singing. I did have a career as little 10-year-old George Benson. I made my first record as a vocalist, but I've been playing guitar since I was 9. George Benson

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Often, when I work with a vocalist, I like to focus on the melodies first. Flume

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Richie Kotzen is such an unbelievable talent as a vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter. Mike Portnoy

Guitarist Unbelievable Vocalist Songwriter Talent Richie

Van Morrison is probably, at this point in time, my biggest influence as a vocalist. When we were making our last album I had a vinyl copy of 'Veedon Fleece' in the vocal booth in front of me, in the dorky sense. I think there were candles around, which is really tacky, but hey, I needed to channel Van the Man! Nate Ruess

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When I was a vocalist, a lead singer in a rock band, I was a law student at the time. It wasn't a professional rock band, it was for fun. I was already way out of that by the time Phantom came along. Having to learn to sing, it was such duress, having to really try and get to such a quality. Gerard Butler

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In college, I was able to be the vocalist for the jazz band at Arkansas State. Ashley McBryde

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'Somebody That I Used to Know,' like a lot of the record, was a bit of a struggle to finish. It was written fairly quickly - I wrote it in November 2010 - but it took six months to find Kimbra and really realize she was the right vocalist to make the female part come to life. There were constant hurdles. Gotye

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My style of singing has always been referred to 'soul' singing when it fact it's more influenced by English R&B Blues Shouting. I'm closer to Led Zeppelin as a vocalist than to Ella Fitzgerald. It was torture dealing with major labels. Alison Moyet

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Most of us remember Nat King Cole as a vocalist. His warm, grainy baritone is still so closely identified with such familiar ballads as 'Stardust' and 'The Christmas Song' that it's hard to imagine anyone else performing them. Terry Teachout

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As a vocalist, I can scream, and I've got a really good singing voice, but I can't do the really heavy vocals. Devin Townsend

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In any event, I'm proud to wear the badge of jazz vocalist if that's what people want to call me; but at the same time, there are many other things I like to do. Dianne Reeves

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Donna Summer was one of the strongest female singers in pop music. She was very underrated as a vocalist and a writer, and her songbook is just outrageous. Annaleigh Ashford

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A bass player has to think and play like a bass player. A drummer has to play and think like a drummer, and stay out of the way of the vocalist. The guitar player has to respect everybody else. Hunter Hayes

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During college, I didn't really have an interest in what I was studying. It was during college that I first stumbled into forming an underground band where I was the lead vocalist. I had always had an ear for music, but nothing more than that. And that good ear of mine led me to learn and play a lot of instruments while in college. Fawad Khan

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I've certainly developed as a vocalist. I find my early recordings very difficult to listen to. Michael Feinstein

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We've had a problem finding a vocalist. We have not been lucky yet to find the one. I think the problem is that the three of us have such a pedigree of vocalist, that if we come out with someone that's not good we'll obviously be slated! Peter Hook

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What I consider a challenge is to prove that I am worthy as Journey's new vocalist. Arnel Pineda

Journey Challenge Consider Worthy Vocalist New Am Prove

We met Ferg at one of our shows in L.A. She gave us her number. For the song 'Shut Up' on Elephunk, we needed a vocalist. Someone said 'yo, remember that white girl - we should get her in the studio.' Since then, we've become friends. She's one of the guys now, she isn't just a girl. apl.de.ap

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Everyone in the group sang when I joined them. That was one of the problems with L.T.D.: there was no focal point. It took until 1976, or about six or seven years, before I was put into the spotlight as a vocalist. That's when I recorded 'Love Ballad,' and it became a hit for the group. Jeffrey Osborne

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