--- title: "3 Vienna Teng Quotes - Famous Singer" description: "Taiwanese-American pianist and singer-songwriter based in Detroit... | Cynthia Yih Shih, better known by her stage name Vienna Teng, is an American pian..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d2/vienna-teng-84398_able_my-parents-said-i-d-always-been-attracte_364725.jpg" --- # Vienna Teng (1978) Singer **3** quotes in **45** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Vienna Teng is a singer. ## Quick Facts About Vienna Teng Born October 3, 1978 Profession Singer ## About Vienna Teng Taiwanese-American pianist and singer-songwriter based in Detroit... \| Cynthia Yih Shih, better known by her stage name Vienna Teng, is an American pianist and singer-songwriter who lives in Washington, DC. Teng has released five studio albums: Waking Hour (2002), Warm Strangers (2004), Dreaming Through the Noise (2006), Inland Territory (2009) and Aims (2013). She has ## Quotes by Vienna Teng > [My parents said I'd always been attracted to music from an early age. The classic story is I started singing before I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vienna-teng/my-parents-said-i-d-always-been-attracted-to-music-from-an-early-age/) Vienna Teng [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d2/vienna-teng-84398_able_my-parents-said-i-d-always-been-attracte_364725.jpg) > [So I always liked to sing, and apparently when I was about four or five I also started to be attracted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vienna-teng/so-i-always-liked-to-sing-and-apparently-when-i-was-about-four-or/) Vienna Teng [Climbing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climbing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/278/vienna-teng-84398_climbing_so-i-always-liked-to-sing-and-apparently_1349519.jpg) > [Basically what I'm trying to say is that when you get down to the nitty gritty of song writing, it is very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vienna-teng/basically-what-i-m-trying-to-say-is-that-when-you-get-down-to-the/) Vienna Teng [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3b/vienna-teng-84398_bits_basically-what-i-m-trying-to-say-is-that_2654549.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vienna-teng/#itemlist", "name": "Vienna Teng Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My parents said I'd always been attracted to music from an early age. 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