Band Quote by Carly Pearce

My mom wanted to be a country singer, too, so country was always being played. And my girlfriends and I used to go to…

— Jana Kramer

I was living in Knoxville, Tennessee, and I didn't really know how you would become a singer. I didn't even think that I could…

— Kelsea Ballerini

I grew up loving country music from a young age and wanted to sing more than I wanted to sit in school.

— Carly Pearce

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

— Connie Britton

I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging…

— Taylor Swift

In the autumn of 1970 I had a job singing in the school system, playing my guitar in classrooms.

— Don McLean

When I was 9 years old, I really wanted to be in the show business. I really wanted to be an artist. I would…

— Ricky Martin

At one stage, I wanted to be a folk singer.

— Roger Allam

I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed.

— Patti Page

Music was always part of my life - my mother says I came out singing. I wanted to be Gene Kelly - or Judy…

— Imelda May

Growing up I played piano and I sang at a lot of weddings; I grew up in a very small town, a little coal-mining…

— Jayma Mays

Everyone knows my parents were crazy enough to let me quit high school so I could sing.

— Carly Pearce