Singing quotes

“- Gonzo: Mr. Mayor! Mr. Mayor, I'm looking for a frog who can sing and dance!
- The Honorable Edward I. Koch: If he can balance the budget, I'll hire him!”
Dave Goelz - Gonzo
Ed Koch - The Honorable Edward I. Koch

“I'm your worst nightmare: a song-and-dance man raised on a military base.”
Walter Matthau - Charlie Gordon

“- Bert: All right, I'll do it myself!
- Mary Poppins: Do what?
- Bert: Bit o' magic!
- Michael: A bit of magic?
- Bert: It's easy! Let's see... You think [he, Jane, and Michael do so], you wink [they do it], you do a double blink [they do it], you close your eyes... and jump [they jump onto the drawing but nothing happens]
- Jane: Is...” (continue)(continue reading)

Dick Van Dyke - Bert
Julie Andrews - Mary Poppins
Matthew Garber - Michael Banks
Karen Dotrice - Jane Banks

“I could never sing in front of an audience. I don't even let my mom hear me in the shower.”
Hilary Duff - Lizzie McGuire

“- Nigel: The way you play you probably will. You forget I saw your Barber of Seville, your singing brought tears to my ears.
- Wilf Bond: Saw you in Carmen. I'll never forget it, but I'll try.”
John Rawnsley - Nigel
Billy Connolly - Wilf Bond

“A jazz singer...singing to his God!”

May McAvoy - Mary Dale

“Do what is in your heart, Jakie. If you sing and God is not in your voice, your father will know.”
Eugenie Besserer - Sara Rabinowitz

“- Capt. Sam Cahill: Is it my ears, or has your singing actually gotten worse?
- Goddard: Must be your ears, it was already as bad as it could be!”

Danny Glover - Capt. Sam Cahill
Tchéky Karyo - Goddard

“- Dawn Summers: Oh my God. You will never believe what happened at school today!
- Buffy Summers: Everybody started singing and dancing?
- Dawn Summers: I gave birth to a pterodactyl.
- Anya: Oh my God. Did it sing?”
Michelle Trachtenberg - Dawn Summers
Sarah Michelle Gellar - Buffy Summers
Emma Caulfield Ford - Anya

“We're clearly soldiers in petticoats, and dauntless crusaders for women's a-votes! Though we adore men individually, we agree that as a group they're rather stupid.”
Glynis Johns - Mrs. Banks

And I solemnly promise to never have sexual relations with a "Treblemaker", or may my vocal cords be ripped out by wolves.
Anna Camp - Aubrey

“- Lombardo: How do you win the heart of the ladies?
- Mumble: We sing.”
Johnny A. Sanchez - Lombardo
Elijah Wood - Mumble
Lombardo Boyar - Raul

“- Dottie: Pee-wee? Where are you calling from?
- Pee-wee Herman: Texas!
- Dottie: Huh?
- Pee-wee Herman: Honest! I'll prove it! [singing] The stars at night are big and bright...
- Passersby: [singing and clapping] ... deep in the heart of Texas!”
Elizabeth Daily - Dottie
Paul Reubens - Pee-wee Herman

“I got chills. They're multiplyin'. And I'm losing control. Cause the power you're supplying. It's electrifyin'.”

John Travolta - Danny

“Come on girls. This is supposed to be upbeat, not uptight. Get happy.”

Patsy Kensit - Cheryl Steed

My son came to me in my dreams, he sang "Kol Nidre" so beautifully. If he would only sing like that tonight, surely he would be forgiven.

Warner Oland - The Cantor

“- Sally Jackson: I've always dreamed of being a big hit singer.
- Dorian Montier: Oh, can you sing?
- Sally Jackson: No, that's why they call them dreams.”
Drew Barrymore - Sally Jackson
Luke Wilson - Dorian Montier

“- Marty O'Reilly: This guy you're talking about, he can't sing at all.
- Angelo Pardipillo: He can't sing? Then why has he got such a big band?
- Wally Jatczak: To drown him out!”
Carroll O'Connor - Marty O'Reilly
Robert Loggia - Angelo Pardipillo
William Bronder - Wally Jatczak

“Will you go find yourself a gondola?”

Carroll O'Connor - Marty O'Reilly

“My son was to stand at my side and sing tonight – but now I have no son.”

Warner Oland - The Cantor

“- Samantha: Are you really serious about singing?
- Village People: Construction Worker: Fanantical. Fame, fortune, platinum records... it's every boy's dream.”
Valerie Perrine - Samantha
David Hodo - Village People: Construction Worker

“- Max Grabelski: Alright! Knock it off! What is that? We run and dance and sing and play?
- Gordy: My mom kinda wrote the words.
- Max Grabelski: Well they suck! Okay?”
Daniel Stern - Max Grabelski
Blake Bashoff - Gordy

“- Margo: Stick to your rapping Ice Shtick and leave the smart remarks to those with IQs over 40.
- Dickie: It's not rap, it's mantras.
- Margo: I was chanting mantras before you were born.
- Dickie: You were chanting mantras before Buddha was born.”
Ruby Dee - Margo
Kyle Howard - Dickie

“- Dr. Walter Rist: I thought that you were musically inclined. Do you ever sing? You know or play any instrument?
- Angelo: Fuckin' guitar.
- Dr. Walter Rist: Is that a, a special kind of guitar?
- Angelo: No, it's regular.”
Patrick Collins - Dr. Walter Rist
Héctor Elizondo - Angelo

“You know, it was a toss up whether I go in for diamonds or sing in the choir. The choir lost.”

Mae West - Lady Lou