Irwin Thomas Quotes

I'm a huge Kelly Clarkson fan. I think she's great.

San Francisco has always been my favorite booing city. I don't mean the people boo louder or longer, but there is a very special intimacy. When they boo you, you know they mean you. Music, that's what it is to me. One time in Kezar Stadium they gave me a standing boo.

I'm one of the biggest Kid Cudi fans of all time. He's very relatable.

I love Jessica Simpson. I love her voice. She's amazing.

Representing not just the resurrection of a career, 1953 marked 37-year-old Frank Sinatra's creative emergence as the best singer of his century.

I love the fact that I can go out there on stage with a guitar and sing a song that means something to somebody.

I love Jill Scott! I love everything she puts on, how she does her hair; everything about Jill Scott is amazing!

I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.

I want to sing for people. I want them to have the music. It's a nice feeling.

I'd like to do something with Bruno Mars if we ever got the opportunity.

I respect Lady Gaga very much.

Jessie J is a great, great girl. I'm a friend and have always been a fan of hers. I'm happy to see her doing her thing.

I did this thing with Trisha Yearwood, a song called 'The Price.' I had been sitting on it for a while, because I figured, you know, this really needs a good singer.

He learned through the way that my father and I felt about his songs, his country songs, that they were great songs. And then he went out and sang them for the audiences that we found, and he found a tremendous reaction to that.

When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me.

I want to write songs people can sing along to. I can think of nothing more exciting than travelling the world and playing to audiences and having them sing your words along with you.

I think Selena Gomez is extremely talented.

I admire Rihanna.

I'm not just a singer of funny songs; I am basically, first and foremost, a musician. I'm always recording all styles of music.

There were aspects of stardom I didn't like, which were of no consequence, really, but the positive things far outweighed the negative. By the time I came to write 'Setting Sons,' I felt my writing was more like prose, set to music.

I'm often compared to Alan Rickman. I wish.

I went with a friend to see Frank Sinatra in Las Vegas, in the last year that he was performing. He wasn't necessarily on top form, but the way he could connect with an audience and the way he communicated through the lyrics was something I hadn't ever really seen before.

I actually like Taylor Swift. I admire what she's been able to do on some levels.

I know there are a lot of tough stories out there about Sinatra, but he was so sweet to Bobby and me. He even had us replace him one night in the main room. He didn't get Sammy or Dean; he said, 'I want the kids to do it.' Man, what an honor.

I love what Drake does.