Career Quote by Deeyah Khan

I started rejecting the proper way to sing and I started singing.

— Adam Lambert

Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing.

— Madonna Ciccone

I had a couple of years of rebellion - I was singing in a rock band.

— Antoine Arnault

I was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I've done my whole life, without thought.

— Nina Simone

I didn't have any aspirations of becoming a singer.

— Michel'le

There was a time when I stopped singing, between 16 and 19, but that was done on purpose, maybe as a punishment, maybe as a cure.

— Jeff Buckley

I studied opera, and when I left conservatory I told myself I would never sing in public again.

— Garth Greenwell

I was never interested in singing in the church or school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.

— Cassandra Wilson

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

— Barbra Streisand

When I started singing, people said I couldn't sing because I was a music director. I proved them wrong.

— Himesh Reshammiya

The more I abandon ideas of myself as a musician, the better a singer I become.

— Dan Bejar

When I was studying in secondary school, a teacher recommended me during a singing contest. I took the championship because of my voce that…

— Daesung