All Quotes

When I sign on for a project, I'm there to give the director all the material he or she might need to tell their story, and that's the number one priority.
‐‐ James Franco

When I sign people's stuff, I put down John 3:16 and 17.
‐‐ Si Robertson

When I signed a contract, I was here to play 162 games.
‐‐ Eddie Murray

When I signed a record deal, I was always told by execs I needed to be like everybody else, that I had to show my midriff, things that would take away from who I want to be as an artist.
‐‐ Jessica Simpson

When I signed onto 'Superman,' editors Matt Idelson and Wil Moss gave me a rough outline that JMS had turned in for the remaining issues of the 'Grounded' arc, which amounted to a couple of sentences for each issue, spelling out in general terms where the issue would take place geographically, specific guest stars, things like that.
‐‐ Chris Roberson

When I signed that major-label contract when I was 20 years old. I did it because I wanted to play music for the rest of my life. That's every 20-year-old's dream - to do whatever the hell you want.
‐‐ Billie Joe Armstrong

When I signed the license, I thought the media wasn't going to pick up on it if I used my real name, Nicholai Hilton.
‐‐ Nicky Hilton

When I signed up for 'Dancing with the Stars,' I was nervous. If I threw everything off, there are 10-15 million people watching, and that would be a negative viewpoint of deaf people, and I didn't want that.
‐‐ Nyle DiMarco

When I signed up for Google Plus, it recommended 500 people for me to invite. You know, and once I invited those 500 people I got another 500 people. So it has a huge install base that it can start from.
‐‐ Jennifer Lee

When I signed up for Google Plus, my reaction after playing around with it for a little bit was like, 'Huh, I think Facebook should be scared.' In part, because it's a really elegant product. It's very fast.
‐‐ Jennifer Lee

When I signed up for Y&R, my actor friends said, 'A daytime soap? It'll kill your career!' Now they'd trade places with me in a heartbeat.
‐‐ Jeanne Cooper

When I signed with Scooter Braun and I decided to go overseas to promote my song, the only concern was how should I communicate with the public and the audience with my language. Scooter and I talked a lot about that: should we translate or not? Finally we didn't, and I think that was a really good decision.
‐‐ Psy

When I sing a tune, the lyrics are important to me. Most of the standard lyrics I know well. And as soon as I hear an arrangement, I get ideas, kind of like blowing a horn. I guess I never sing a tune the same way twice.
‐‐ Sarah Vaughan

When I sing along with Britney Spears I will sing in an American accent. But eventually I found my own voice. My songs are so brutally honest, it would be alien to sing in any accent other than my own. Don't get me wrong - I can imitate singers. I can do bar mitzvahs and weddings.
‐‐ Ellie Goulding

When I sing for myself, I probably sing for anyone who has any kind of hurt, any kind of bad feelings, good feelings, ups and downs, highs and lows, that kind of thing.
‐‐ Etta James

When I sing for myself, I sing in a more free, athletic way. When I face an audience, there is always some fear that makes me put the brakes on a bit.
‐‐ Andrea Bocelli

When I sing full-on I use my whole body. I open my throat and let it fly out.
‐‐ Robert Goulet

When I sing, I always relive a part of my life.
‐‐ Vittorio Grigolo

When I sing, I close my eyes. If I see a feather, everything is fine. Without this image in my mind, the sound is not 'truthful' enough, and I must begin again. I have to.
‐‐ Sarah Brightman

When I sing I don't feel like it's me. I feel I am fabulous, like I'm 10 feet tall. I am the greatest. I am the strongest. I am Samson. I'm whoever I want to be.
‐‐ Cyndi Lauper

When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black. I don't want them to see that my face is white. I want them to see my soul. And that is colorless.
‐‐ Marian Anderson

When I sing, I feel like when you're first in love. It's more than sex. It's that point two people can get to they call love, when you really touch someone for the first time, but it's gigantic, multiplied by the whole audience. I feel chills.
‐‐ Janis Joplin

When I sing, I go somewhere else. Every time after I sing, I'll ask, 'Did I do OK?' Because I feel like it's like my soul squeezing out of my vocal chords. I don't sit there and think about 'I'm gonna do this next...' I just sing. I sing from my heart, and my heart's got a little lonesome in it.
‐‐ Ashley Monroe

When I sing I have a lot of visions. Like what's happening now in my life.
‐‐ Cyndi Lauper

When I sing, I have a sense of peace, I feel like my brain turns off, and I become the core person of who I am - the essence of me. I feel connected to whatever is out there. It's almost like I leave my body and get to watch.
‐‐ Michelle Branch

When I sing, I have to live in that moment, so my audience can feel that. That is my reason for doing art.
‐‐ Jill Scott

When I sing, I pick out people in the audience and pinpoint on them. So if you feel that I am singing just for you, you may be right!
‐‐ Glenn Hughes

When I sing, I think mostly about the music. But I know that, through singing, my body shows everything that I am. I am a very passionate man and I suffer a lot and have a lot of joy also. In my opinion, it is very important for me to find this stimulus and motivation for singing.
‐‐ Andrea Bocelli

When I sing, I want people to think only about the tenor and only about the music.
‐‐ Jose Carreras

When I sing, it's just... comfort is a stupid word, but it is.
‐‐ Sarah McLachlan

When I sing, it's the most solitary state: just me, and the microphone, and the holy spirit. It's not about notes or scales, it's all about emotion.
‐‐ Sinead O'Connor

When I sing, people shut up.
‐‐ Barbra Streisand

When I sing, trouble can sit right on my shoulder and I don't even notice.
‐‐ Sarah Vaughan

When I sit and talk with a person, I'm not always paying attention. I'm looking at the person and saying, 'What is it about his or her life that appeals to me?'
‐‐ Patricia Reilly Giff

When I sit at my table to write, I never know what it's going to be until I'm under way. I trust in inspiration, which sometimes comes and sometimes doesn't. But I don't sit back waiting for it. I work every day.
‐‐ Alberto Moravia

When I sit at that typewriter, I have to be frightened of what I'm trying to do. I'm frightened by my own belief that I can actually get a story down on paper.
‐‐ Barry Lopez

When I sit behind that electronic drum, it dominates me; there is no innovation in composing music like that.
‐‐ Sivamani

When I sit down and design, it's shoes that always appear.
‐‐ Edgardo Osorio

When I sit down and play guitar, I melt into the instrument. I can play for hours by myself. Playing guitar has given me such a wonderful life, and I'm grateful for it.
‐‐ Alex Lifeson

When I sit down I write very fast... if I haven't finished a book in two or three months then I think it's not going well.
‐‐ Michael Morpurgo

When I sit down to begin penciling a page, most of the hard work for me is done. I can concentrate solely on my art from that point on, which is the fun part!
‐‐ Raina Telgemeier

When I sit down to make a set list I usually think, 'We'll build it up here, take it down here, go into a quiet section here, explode here,' in a way that there's a flow and it doesn't feel like shuffle on an iPod.
‐‐ Trent Reznor

When I sit down to talk to men's magazines, there's a certain character that I play. She's not fully fleshed out - she doesn't have her own name - but she shows up to do men's-magazine interviews.
‐‐ Megan Fox

When I sit down to write a novel, I am exploring my own relationship with God, with the struggle between good and evil, my own purpose.
‐‐ Ted Dekker

When I sit down to write a scene, I have a plan in mind, and I'm thrilled when a character disregards my goals and takes the story to a place I hadn't imagined.
‐‐ Lauren Kate

When I sit down to write a song, I really want the message of healing to thrive and transcend all ages.
‐‐ Jason Mraz

When I sit down to write a song, it's a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I'm about to do.
‐‐ Paul McCartney

When I sit down to write a song, there is no filter. I'm not trying to write for anyone or anything specifically. It's just trying to capture a little piece of your soul - even if it's a really ugly part.
‐‐ Jenny Lewis

When I sit down to write, I consider myself an artist.
‐‐ Barbara Kingsolver

When I sit down to write, I don't have any real goals except to follow one good sentence with another... I'm not the kind of writer who has a map.
‐‐ Melissa Bank

When I sit down to write, I don't think about writing about an idea or a given message. I just try to write a story which is hard enough.
‐‐ Jhumpa Lahiri

When I sit down to write, I don't think, 'OK, what is the next David O. Russell film I can write, or what is Harvey Weinstein going to want to buy?' Or even, 'What are filmgoers going to want.' I try to think, tell a good story. Just do what you do.
‐‐ Matthew Quick

When I sit down to write, I just let the goose out of the bottle.
‐‐ Tom Robbins

When I sit down to write, I know everything I need to know... I start writing, and within 30 seconds or 60 seconds, I'm watching a movie. I'm not making this stuff up; the characters are acting it out,and I'm just writing it down.
‐‐ M. J. Rose