Katherine Jenkins Quotes

I mean, I sing. But I don't think I'm a good enough singer to do any kind of musical.

I do love singing. I wouldn't say I'm any good, but I definitely love it - especially jazz singing.

I knew from a young age that I could sing and it was impressed upon me that if I got a classically trained education in voice, it would serve as a foundation for whatever I chose to do.

I don't sing as well as my mother. I'm a good actress. I'm not that good a singer.

They really can't imagine what my voice is like. Every time I sing a song, they are very surprised.

I had been singing since I was 3 years old, so my love of singing was always there.

I do know a good singer when I hear one.

The most widely criticised singers in the history of opera, Maria Callas and Franco Corelli, happen also to be the best singers. I am honoured for being part of their group.

I love to sing. I never had any formal training. My mother is a singer, and I picked up listening to her.

I studied classical opera, so I was always singing in Italian and German and French.

I can't sing, like, I can't saaang. I'm no Luther! That to me is singing. Being able to hit a note doesn't mean you can sing.

I'm not a trained singer at all. I've auditioned on occasion for proper musical theatre-type stuff, but I can't read music, and I wasn't particularly good at it.

I sang all the time, and finally, my mother looked at me and said: 'I have a friend in New York who gives singing lessons. If she says you can sing, you can take lessons. If you can't sing, I never want you to open your mouth again as long as you live.'

I have the soul of a singer and do splendidly in the shower but the world will never hear it. Basically, I'm the only Irish person who can't carry a tune.

I didn't understand that I could sing until I was like 11 or 12. My mom heard me singing around the house and she said, What are you doing? You really can sing! So then I started going to school and singing to the girls.

I've got quite a good brain and all that, which I've never had to use in singing at all.

In case you're wondering whether I lip synch, the answer is no... people think so because I sound so good.

I'm very lucky in the sense that I've got a voice that's distinctive. Not good, but distinctive. That's a very useful thing to have in this business. I'm glad on the one hand that I've got it, but I wish it was more powerful. I wish I had a greater range. I wish it was more accurate at times.

I'm not the best singer in the world; I'm just good at picking up what I want to sound like.

I sang opera for over four years when I was younger.

I think Freddie Mercury is probably the best of all time in terms of a rock voice. There was a vulnerability to it, his technical ability was amazing, and so much of his personality would come out through his voice. I'm not even a guy to buy Queen records, really, and I still think he's one of the best.

My mum always wanted to send me to a music school, but we didn't really have the money. So even now, I'm not a technically good singer. If you asked me to sing a particular harmony, I wouldn't know how.

I wish I could sing like Nelly.

My mother's brother is a very good singer. My grandfather took up classical singing lessons and learnt to play the harmonium.

I don't think a good singer or a great singer is either of those things without a great song.