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Everybody, even me, sometimes had to compromise on something, doing things we know to be wrong, and this happens doing whatever job in the world. But a singer must have the courage of saying no.

— Jose Carreras

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The word 'no' is a very good word in a singer's repertoire.

— Kiri Te Kanawa

I don't think I'm a singer, I think I'm an expressionist. But it takes time to put it in people's minds that this guy is not singing, 'Baby, I want to have you.' This guy is actually thinking about what he's saying. This guy has something to say.

— Benjamin Clementine

I think every singer hears songs that make you want to sing them.

— David Nail

Whatever else has been said about me personally is unimportant. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.

— Frank Sinatra

The worst frustration for a singer is choosing a career in making music and then not being able to make music because you're always giving interviews.

— Shakira

I had so many beliefs against being a singer or what it takes. There was a lot of pain associated with that. The rejection of it all. I lived in a rejection state of mind. Not because of my voice; the mike never rejected me. It was harboring all those bad memories of being broke. It teaches you your worth. Nothing good comes from that.

— Ester Dean

I have simply said that there's just a side of me that could not judge anybody singing. It's not who I am. I don't want to be that person.

— Steve Perry

I don't think I'm a great singer myself. I'm all right. I've worked with different writers, different producers... I've just been blessed with the caliber of people I've been able to work with.

— Melanie Chisholm

I'm not a very typical singer.

— Samuel Larsen

I never thought of myself as a good singer.

— Loleatta Holloway

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