Attributed to Reynolds in: Colin Jarman (1993). The Book of Poisonous Quotes. p. 129
“A: Nobody really. Well, actually, Fred Astaire.”
Fred Astaire (1899–1987) American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter
Stephen Sondheim in an interview with David Patrick Stearns, Classical Music Critic, The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 19, 2009 https://archive.is/20130630031503/www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20090219_An_upbeat_Sondheim__offering_answers.html?viewAll=y
Fred Astaire (1899–1987) American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter
Jerome Robbins in Heeley, David, producer and director. Fred Astaire: Puttin' on his Top Hat and Fred Astaire: Change Partners and Dance (two television programs written by John L. Miller), PBS, March 1980. (M).
George Gascoigne (1525–1577) English politician and poet
"The Lullabie of a Lover", line 1; p. 272.
A Hundreth Sundrie Flowres (1573)
“Anything I can sing, I call a song. Anything I can't sing, I call a poem.”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Liner notes https://bobdylan.com/albums/freewheelin-bob-dylan/, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)
“People may say I can't sing, but no one can ever say I didn't sing.”
Florence Foster Jenkins (1868–1944) American soprano, renowned for her lack of musical skill and singing ability
Attributed without citation in Vernon Alfred Howard, Charm and Speed: Virtuosity in the Performing Arts http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qLXVeMzOvncC&pg=PA129&dq=%22People+may+say+I+can%27t+sing,+but+no+one+can+ever+say+I+didn%27t+sing.%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=V4nPUqCCMs2ThgeusoGwAw&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22People%20may%20say%20I%20can%27t%20sing%2C%20but%20no%20one%20can%20ever%20say%20I%20didn%27t%20sing.%22&f=false (2008), p. 129.
“Come, sing now, sing; for I know you sing well;
I see you have a singing face.”
John Fletcher The Wild Goose Chase
The Wild Goose Chase (c. 1621; published 1652), Act II. 2.
“But in such a place as this, I can only tell you
by singing this song.”
Ayumi Hamasaki (1978) Japanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress
A Song Is Born
Lyrics, I am...
Bono (1960) Irish rock musician, singer of U2
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"
Lyrics, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)
“His rhythm is the only one I can sing my songs to.”
Little Richard (1932) American pianist, singer and songwriter
On Chuck Berry, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/chuckberryhailhailrocknrollpgharrington_a0aa6d.htm <br class="br">Song lyrics, Others
