Sing Quotes

I turned down Prince William’s invitation for me to sing at his birthday bash because he was spearing animals in Africa and bringing publicity to it, and I thought that was pretty disgusting!

My story: Salvation. My song; the same singing to Jesus, and blessing his name.

I love to beatbox and have been doing it before I even knew what it was.

Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.

I can sing love; only I’m afraid the lyrics might get shattered again.

I sing to the realists, people who accept it like it is. I express problems. There are tears when it’s sad and smiles when it’s happy. It seems simple to me, but for some people, I guess feelin’ takes courage.

I just wanted to write the songs. I never wanted to sing them.

Mozart didn’t need a scheme for his music. He played and sang with the heavenly lightness of a child.

My father is a Baptist minister and my parents encouraged my music, always having me sing in front of an audience.

It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn’t stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no.