Quotes About Ambition

It's funny, I guess when I was growing up, I didn't really think about being an instrumentalist, per se. I didn't think, well, I want to be a piano player, or, I want to be a guitar player, or even, I want to be a singer. I just wanted to be a musician.

I used to think I was a singer; I had my own delusions about it.

I'd always wanted to be an actress or a model or a singer.

I think I'm a mama's boy who wanted to be a hockey player, who failed, and had to become a singer. I think that I'm a generous, impatient, kind, jerk.

I've always wanted to be a singer and an actor. I will continue to concentrate on both because I love both.

The very first show I did was 'Fame L.A.' Everyone had talent... it was either dancing or acting or something like that. I was a singer, so I got my first role.

Hendrix was the first person I had come across who seemed completely free, and when you're nine or 10, your life is entirely dominated by adults. So he represented this thing that I wanted to be. Hendrix was the first person who made me think it might be good to be a singer and a guitarist - before that I wanted to be a footballer.

I don't want to stay a singer forever. I want to fulfill my dream career as a lawyer!

There's room in the world for one historical folk-rock singer to make a decent living, and I happen to be it.

I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed.

I want to be a playback singer and make my name big.

My goal was to become a 'good singer' rather than a 'different singer.'

I want to be like Chris Brown meets Jay Z. Chris is a singer, a dancer, a complete powerhouse on stage and Jay Z is not just a popular musician, but also a lyrical genius, a business mogul, who knows how to be classy.

I've often felt I've been born out of my time, and when I started Fairground Attraction in the 1980s, I wanted to be a 1940s jazz singer.

It was harder to break into comics than it was to become a singer in a rock band.

And, you know, I never wanted to be a singer.

I just knew that was what I wanted to do. I was going to perform as a singer; I was going to perform as a dancer, and I was, you know, going to do movies and be an actress. I was going to do it or die trying. That's what my life was.

I wanted to be an opera singer since I was a very little girl.

I know how it feels to be a singer who wants to get discovered.

When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of being a country music singer, but I never dreamed I'd be a member of the Grand Ole Opry.

I was probably four when I knew that I wanted to be a singer.

The ideal girl is driven, working on something other than modeling or being a singer.

When I was a child, the idea of coming to Mumbai and becoming a singer was a far-fetched one.

I didn't know whether I wanted to be an actress or a singer then.