Sayings about Singing
Water quenches the thirst but does not teach you how to sing. ~ German Proverb
When the Spaniard sings he is either stupid or without money. ~ Spanish Proverb
When we sing everybody hears us, when we sigh nobody hears us. ~ Russian Proverb
If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing. ~ Zimbabwean Proverb
Not everyone who sings a lullaby stays awake. ~ Iranian Proverb
It is folly to sing twice to a deaf man. ~ English Proverbs
As the abbot sings the sacristan responds. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Conversation shortens the distance, singing lightens the load. ~ Russian Proverb
Drink and sing: the dark night is ahead of us. ~ Japanese Proverb
When mosquitoes work, they bite and then they sing. ~ Malian Proverb
Singing “Alleluia” everywhere does not prove piety. ~ Ethiopian Proverb
Bad people don’t sing. ~ Gypsy Proverb
You can cage a bird but you can’t make it sing. ~ French Proverb
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. ~ Chinese Proverb
It is not summer until the crickets sing. ~ Greek Proverbs
Theologians, dogs, and singers always disagree. ~ Indian Proverb
If a bird knew how poor he was it wouldn’t sing so beautifully. ~ Danish Proverbs
What the old ones sing, the young ones whistle. ~ Dutch Proverb
Three things that can’t be taught: generosity, poetry and a singing voice. ~ Irish Proverbs
Singing birds don’t build nests. ~ Cameroonian Proverb
An empty barrel sings in the wind. ~ Croatian Proverb
The fool sings a love song to his wife, the wise man will talk about his dog. ~ Turkish Proverbs
The chicken sings what the rooster teaches him. ~ French Proverb
Even the sharpest ear cannot hear an ant singing. ~ Sudanese Proverb
To sing to the deaf, to talk with the dumb, and to dance for the blind are three foolish things. ~ Indian Proverbs
Let someone else sing your praise. ~ New Zealander Proverb
As the old birds sing, so the young ones twitter. ~ German Proverb
When danger approaches, sing to it. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb
He who sings, frightens away all his ills. ~ Traditional Proverb
Birds of prey do not sing. ~ German Proverb
Water teaches us to weep, wine teaches us to sing. ~ Polish Proverbs
If you sing before breakfast, you’ll cry before night. ~ American Proverb
The mosquito is small — but when he sings, your ears are full of him. ~ Mauritian Proverb
There are many people who can sing, but don’t know the words. ~ Indian Proverb
When a woman is not singing, she is not working much either. ~ Egyptian Proverbs
Loving and singing are not to be forced. ~ German Proverbs
I can’t sing but I am a musicologist. ~ Yiddish Proverb
Until spring comes, nightingales do not sing. ~ Azerbaijani Proverb
Quotations about Singing
As long as we live, there is never enough singing. ~ Martin Luther
I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing. ~ William James
O, she will sing the savageness out of a bear! ~ William Shakespeare
Singing has nothing to do with the affairs of this world: it is not for the law. Singers are merry, and free from sorrows and cares. ~ Martin Luther
Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable; with the possible exception of a moose singing “Embraceable You” in spats. ~ Woody Allen
[H]e sang words without sense, but their tone went to his heart… ~ Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
They sing, they will pay. ~ Jules Mazarin
The singer has everything within him. The notes come out from his very life. They are not materials gathered from outside. ~ Rabindranath Tagore
There’s no half-singing in the shower, you’re either a rock star or an opera diva. ~ Josh Groban
Sing out loud in the car even, or especially, if it embarrasses your children. ~ Marilyn Penland
God respects me when I work; but God loves me when I sing. ~ Rabindranath Tagore
That which is not worth speaking they sing. ~ Pierre Auguste Caron de Beaumarchais
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them? ~ Rose F. Kennedy
He who sings frightens away his ills. ~ Miguel de Cervantes
Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint. ~ Georgia O’Keeffe
I’d rather be dead than singing ”Satisfaction” when I’m forty-five. ~ Mick Jagger
Swans sing before they die — t’were no bad thing did certain persons die before they sing. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I sing like I feel. ~ Ella Fitzgerald
The total person sings not just the vocal chords. ~ Esther Broner
This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist. ~ Horace