Eddy Arnold Quotes

I want to be like Bruce Springsteen or something, making songs that are relevant.

If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a moody folk singer, sitting on stools and being very depressing.

I sing a bit and play guitar.

My son writes songs and plays. He sings like an angel.

My mom wanted to be a country singer, too, so country was always being played. And my girlfriends and I used to go to concerts, like Brad Paisley, in middle school and high school.

When I go on the road now, which is less than before, but still more than I'd like to, I think of myself primarily as a singer. Not a songwriter, not a celebrity, just a man who likes to sing.

I wanna be able to stand on the stage and hold out the mic and people sing all the lyrics to my song.

Singing is my passion and I always wanted to travel the country.

My songs are classics.

I was inspired to be a singer/songwriter from an early age.

I was put here to sing.

I love karaoke. I love maudlin country ballads. In another life, I'd be Loretta Lynn.

If I could go back, I think I would be a rock star instead of an actor, man.

Forget acting. It's all about rock 'n' roll.

I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.

I'm a musician. I play instruments. I dabble in the hip-hop field. That doesn't take vocal ability necessarily.

I come from a school of people, folk singers, and the tradition there is troubadours, and you're carrying a message. Now admittedly, our job is partly just to make you boogie, just make you want to dance. Part of our job is to take you on a little voyage, tell you a story.

I play keyboards and sing. I've written a couple of songs too.

I'm a big singer. I really love it.

So much of my career has been about saying things the way people say them, using melodies not that I can sing but that the people can sing.

I guess I'm like Roger Miller who used to say that he didn't have as many jokes as he thought he did.

It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing.

You know, Leonard Cohen is amazing, just a mastermind, and really one of the great geniuses of our time.

I mean, there are so many of his songs that I like that I could easily do that one day.

I'm a rock star because I couldn't be a soccer star.