Quotes About Dedication

I love to sing. I'm learning guitar right now.

What I'm doing is a dream come true but at the same time its work. It's like anything else. The only time it doesn't really feel like work to me is when I'm on stage and doing what I've prepared myself for my whole life which is to stand out in front of a crowd and sing.

For me, any chance to serve Singapore even in its limited capacity... I would be glad to take it up and use it to serve Singaporeans.

An opera singer is like an athlete before a match. An athlete cannot overdo anything. In order to perform at the highest possible level, you need to refrain from activities so as to be able to express this power.

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.

If you play an instrument, it makes you a better singer. The more you play, the better you sing, the more you sing, the better you play.

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

I've always felt myself as being a serious singer.

I am still working on developing my voice. I am, I know, better as a coloratura singer than I was. It's a matter of strong breath control and yet making it sound as though it is the easiest thing in the world.

When I started, I faced a lot of hardships. People used to call me a Rafi clone because I used to sing my favourite singer's songs. Then 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa' happened. It gave me a good break.

I always wanted to perform in some capacity since I was a kid - I was a ballerina, then a singer before acting.

There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are.

To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do.

I was always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to be an actress. For me, it's all just one thing.

Jerry Garcia used to take his paints on the road. I don't do that. Either I'm a singer or a painter. I'm not good at multi-tasking.

I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play an instrument.

There are people who'll dismiss me as 'just' a singer. That's how it is, how it's always been, but just because I'm not hunched over a piece of paper with a pen in my hand doesn't mean I'm not putting in the graft.

I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

I'm a singer today because of my dad. He was the one who pushed me to my full potential.

Like a bathroom singer, I am a closet artist, but you need time to paint.

I am not just a singer, I am a composer as well. Because I'm balancing both, it takes me longer to compose a song.

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

I never not wanted to be a singer. Since I was 3, I knew this was what I wanted to do. Well, I can't say I wanted to do it, but I fantasized and thought about it all the time. I never thought it would actually happen.

I think every singer should be able to jump in for a singer who has been sick, for instance, and learn an opera in two days. I know people who can do it.