I’d love to work with people like Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna, Bruno Mars, and The Weeknd.

Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrists?
And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists?
And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air?
Oh they’re taking him to prison for the colour of his hair.

In the future, I see me as being my own artist and definitely not a ballad singer

I am not a methodical singer. I don’t follow any process or rules; what I follow is just my heart – whatever I experience, I just write and then compose it.

I am an untrained musician and a common man’s singer.

Undeniably, I’m a country singer; I’m a country songwriter. But I feel like I make country music for people who like country music and for people who don’t.

Loretta Lynn was one of those ladies a long time ago that opened a lot of doors and paved the way for a lot of ballsy singer-songwriters who weren’t just cute.

One piece of advice I often give young singers, including my son Vijay, is to not get sidetracked from their primary duty of learning music. This is the age of marketing and hard sell. Everybody wants instant results. But no amount of hard sell will prop you up if you don’t hone your craft.

My father was a very popular singer and stage actor during his time, in the 1950s. But he didn’t take any formal lessons in music, which was probably why he insisted I study music so I could get a proper base and build a strong career in it.

Your voice is like a very serious instrument that you have to tame if you want to be an amazing singer – Marvin Gaye or Michael Jackson

I’m a singer and as long as I can sing – which, thank God, is something that I still seem to be able to do – I’d like to carry on making records.

I’m an emotional singer, and I put all of myself into my songs.

I think I was a singer before I came out of the womb. I also think that the way you live your life, and the choices you make parallel what doors open up for you.

I’m not a singer, a walking instrument like Aretha Franklin. When you get an Iggy Pop record, you don’t get “Iggy Sings.” I am also a style of music, an approach.”I’m not a singer, a walking instrument like Aretha Franklin. When you get an Iggy Pop record, you don’t get “Iggy Sings.” I am also a style of music, an approach.

As a professional singer, I want to be remembered as a singer with her own distinctive color, both by the public and the people in the industry, during and at the end of my career.

I achieved my one and only dream, which was to debut as a singer.

If you tossin’ and you’re turnin’ and you just can’t fall asleep I’ll sing a song beside you

I am not someone who does a lot of exercise, so I attempt to maintain some sort of rhythm, and I think the jump rope is the funnest way. It’s easy, you can do it in your room or anywhere

It doesn’t matter if you want to be a teacher, an astronaut, or a reggaeton singer, you need to study.

The singer alone does not make a song, there has to be someone who hears. -Broken Song

You can’t criticize Bob Dylan’s singing. You have to respect Billy Joel as a brilliant poet. You can’t tell me there’s a better rock band ever than Led Zeppelin. And if you speak during the Eagles’ “Last Resort,” we’re done. I’m just asking for seven minutes. This stuff really matters, you know.

Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse – and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness – And Wilderness is Paradise enow.

I let go the idea of success in the traditional way. I wasn’t having much luck as a singer and I was okay with that.

I’m a writer first and a singer second.