20th-century Singer Quotes

Michael Jackson

Madonna

John Lennon

Elvis Presley

Bob Marley

Britney Spears

Avril Lavigne

I shot the sheriff
But I did not shoot the deputy.

They told you don't you ever come around here
Don't wanna see your face you better disappear. The fire's in their eyes and their words are really clear. So beat it, just beat it.

Michael Jackson

Come on girls! Do you believe in love? Cause I got something to say about it.

Hey buddy, don't you be no square, if you can't find a partner use a wooden chair.

Nor do I think we came from monkeys, by the wayThat's another piece of garbage. What the hell's it based on? We couldn't've come from anything-fish, maybe, but not monkeys. I don't believe in the evolution of fish to monkeys to men. Why aren't monkeys changing into men now? It's absolute garbage. It's absolutely irrational garbage, as mad as the ones who believe the world was made only four thousand years ago, the fundamentalists.

He's as great as anyone else. He's talking very groovy too. It's easy to understand what he means. But it's the same when it comes to Cuba. It's not only Castro, it's everybody. But he's perfect for that job, I tell you.

Cigareetes and whuskey and wild, wild women
They'll drive you crazy; they'll drive you insane.

Tim Spencer (singer)

I'm just a normal everyday kind of goddess.

The only proper way to eliminate bad habits is to replace them with good ones.

Ukraine can become a successful country and a major player on the political stage if we start heeding the voices of the people.

Everyone's trusting in their hearts, like their heart don't lie

A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose said my old friend Gertrude Stein.

Anne Danielewski

That HBO student [Dutch politician Mark Rutte] has some good ideas, but he doesn't seem reliable. I think what he needs is to get laid to become a man.

You don't appreciate home until you leave it and, let me tell you, you can't appreciate life till you've almost left it! Some people hope and die with their song still in them. I used to think that happiness resulted when my earnings matched my yearnings! But not anymore!

The world will not end. This is ridiculous. I think it's like 2000. It's a great trick to do business and earn lots of money because stupid people hoard things. This is a stimulator of the economy.

What better job is there for a 17-year-old girl than being in a pop group?

Susan Ann Sulley

The music was thunder and joy. Lightning bolts of happiness and praise, foot-stomping, dance-shouting, good-feeling singing from the soul.

Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing

In our quest for living a pure, focused life that pleases God, we all hit the wall at one time or another. What do we do then? Give up... Not an option. I have had times when the road has gotten long... Those periods can be very challenging. When they happen, I go to God and ask for His strength for the journey.

Rebecca St. James

One cardinal rule in behavioral medicine is that unless it is interfered with, your body knows exactly what it is doing and always does the best thing it can do under the circumstances. Consequently, if you are overweight, you may reasonably assume that the extra fat itself is your body's best adjustment to the circumstances you are providing.

We sing with the entire body. The sounds that we make emanate not just from the head, but from the whole heart and soul, and, most important, the gut.

When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art.

Barack Obama being elected. I think about how… um… how my sons will grow up only knowing a black President. [Wells with tears] I can't explain how that's changed America. There's an optimism now that wasn't there for black people.

Brandon Flowers

Life's too short to drink bad wine or smoke poor cigars.

I think I was the first person at Motown to ask where the money was going. And that made me an enemy. Did I find out? Honey, I found my way out the door.