Family Quote by Anita Baker

I grew up singing in church. My family owned funeral homes so I would sing for the occasional funeral, as well.

— Christopher Jackson

I used to sing all the time. But I couldn't imagine getting paid for it.

— Anne Murray

I used to sing as a living while I was at university.

— Charlotte Ritchie

Me and my three younger siblings, we sang together in grandma's church, and I was in the Chicago Children's Choir in high school, but…

— Jamila Woods

I did choir in high school, but I didn't sing professionally anywhere ever.

— Scott Michael Foster

I only began to sing because I couldn't get a job as an actress.

— Barbra Streisand

Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear notion of the…

— Charley Pride

I started as a guitarist and couldn't find a decent singer, so I started providing my own vocals.

— Billy Squier

I didn't realize I could sing until I served someone tea at a cafe my parents owned in north west London, where we had…

— Liz Mitchell

I grew up singing. My mother was a music teacher.

— Connie Britton

I tried to get a job in music but was too unique to stand behind someone as a backing vocal or to sing in…

— Netta Barzilai

Like a lot of artists, I started out as a singer in my church choir when I was a child.

— Big Freedia