Religion Quote by BB King

I used to sing at funeral homes for families that didn't have a vocalist. I didn't get paid. I needed to sing.

— Anita Baker

When I was young, I wanted to be the greatest blues singer of all time. I wrecked my education and left home for it.

— Felix Dennis

Like all soul singers, I grew up singing in church but sometimes I would leave early and sit in the car listening to gospel…

— Daryl Hall

My mother told me to keep on singing, and that kept me working through the cotton fields. She said God has his hand on…

— Johnny Cash

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

— Charlotte Ritchie

I have an inspired career other than just singing.

— Toni Basil

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

— Madonna Ciccone

It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.

— Ben E. King

Singers like Gladys Knight are mostly responsible for how I learned to sing.

— Lisa Stansfield

I grew up in the Southern Baptist Church, where my father was a minister at music, so I sang in the church all the…

— Missi Pyle

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

— Anne Murray