Quotes About Aspiration

There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to.

I never really thought I was going to be a singer, honestly. I never listened to singers; I always listened to rap music.

It took me a while to really believe in myself or feel determined about it, but then once I realized that it's possible for anyone, and these people who are singers started off very normal... I realized that it was not that hard to do.

So many singers want to act, and so many actors try to sing.

I never pursued voice hard enough. I've done musicals here and there, but I was never dedicated to really being one of these fantastic, operatic kind of singers that you have to be in some of these musicals.

I have always looked up to Adele and Christina Aguilera as singers ever since I was very young, and now my favorite male singer is Hozier.

Even when I was a kid, I always sort of identified myself with Keith Richards and Slash more than the singers of the bands.

There are so many young singers I meet from Delhi, and I am sure they will attain heights some day. They all are very good, and I am very proud of them.

It's always been my goal to have backing singers.

When I was younger I was interested in fame. Lots of kids want to be actors and singers and stuff and it's fun to be recognized and fun to have pictures taken of you.

There's lots of singers that I love; I don't know if I used any of them as role models. Maybe I would have been a better singer when I started if I had.

People ask me for advice. And the best advice I can give aspiring singers is to know in your heart this is your calling and there's nothing else you'd rather do.

I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.

I was just trying out and having some fun. I don't think I'd want to pursue singing as a career; it's an on-the-side thing. It would be great if I could make a career out of it but if I can't, that's OK too.

I love singing so much. As a kid, that was what I wanted to do.

It's such a big dream of mine to be singing in front of my friends and family in my hometown.

Before 'Music and Lyrics,' I was just doing high school plays and singing in my church choir and my school choir.

Playback singing has always been my dream.

I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.

I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs.

I always felt that I would become somebody outstanding, whether it was in singing, instrumental playing, orchestra conducting, or anything involving feeling.

I do see myself doing more than just playback singing.

I am working on my nightclub act, definitely want to do more singing.

When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.