If I wasn't singing country music for a living, I was…

I was going to a school to be a doctor, so figuring out nutrition, that's really worked.

— Raquel Pennington

I didn't think I was going to school to be a doctor - no offense, but that wasn't me.

— Gerald Green

I feel like Nashville has really embraced me with open arms. I was a little worried at first; you know, everybody knows about my…

— Cassadee Pope

I've been doing country music for a while, and people ask me, 'What's a kid from New Jersey doing singing country music?' I just…

— Eddie Rabbitt

I probably went all the way to junior high school before a school doctor told me that I was 'dyslexic.'

— Caitlyn Jenner

Singing was something I always did. I really don't remember a time when I wasn't singing, even as a little child.

— Alessia Cara

I get a lot of 'Oh, you've been gone.' I wasn't gone. Just because you didn't see me doesn't mean I wasn't working and…

— Tionne Watkins

The car picked up speed, and the sound seemed to lull me.I could relax, I thought as I felt the tingling of circulation in…

— Kim Harrison

If I wasn't singing, I'd probably be, probably an accountant.

— Janet Jackson

On the first recording, I wasn't singing out that much; I was shy with my singing.

— St. Lucia

I think I kind of came out of the womb singing. I think I was, like, born at the hospital, and, you know, popped…

— Emmy Rossum

It was silly, wasn't it? But the singing made it not silly.

— Audrey Niffenegger

I can't remember a time when I wasn't singing.

— Dinah Shore

After spending my pre-teen years as the singer in a bluegrass band, I convinced my parents to let me drop out of high school…

— Carly Pearce

There is definitely that thing here a little where people are like 'Oh that Broadway girl has come to Nashville' and I'm like 'Listen…

— Laura Bell Bundy