Singers - Singing Quotes

I cannot sing the old songs I sang long years ago, And yet I cannot say I’m sad That time hath changed us so, For when I used to sing those songs, My Papa blankety blanked, And Mama took me on her knee And I, alas! was spanked.

The only thing better than singing is more singing.

I cannot sing the old songs I sang long years ago, For heart and voice would fail me, And foolish tears would flow.

If I had a song, I’d sing it in the morning, I’d sing it in the evening, All over this land.

I can’t sing. As a singist I am not a success. I am saddest when I sing. So are those who hear me. They are sadder even than I am.

Come, Let us roam the night together singing, I love you. Across The Harlem roof-tops Moon is shining. Night sky is blue. Stars are great drops Of golden dew. Down the street A band is playing… Come, Let us roam the night together Singing.

I cannot sing the old songs now It is not that I deem them low ‘Tis that I can’t remember how They go.

At night, dead on eight, as I tapped away at my typewriter, I was interrupted by a curious humming noise. It was me singing under my breath, the overture to Oliver! a tune which has never completely flushed from the uttermost ventricle of my memory. Today, every time I do a new show it returns […]

Goodbye to care When you whistle the air of a song you can’t forget!

Well, you don’t look for much of a voice in a comic song. You don’t expect correct phrasing or vocalization. You don’t mind if a man does find out, when in the middle of a note, that he is too high, and comes down with a jerk. You don’t bother about time. You don’t mind […]