Country Quote by Fantasia Barrino

I actually started out on the stage as a singer.

— James Nesbitt

I used to be a pop singer; well, not used to be. I am an R&B singer. My emphasis was on Stevie Wonder and…

— Keala Settle

I was never an R&B artist. People coined me one, but that's because, especially if you're in the States, if you're black and you…

— Kelis

I didn't have to be a pop singer with a certain look. When I started, there was really a revolution in natural artists with…

— Bonnie Raitt

When I joined this band, I never thought of myself as a singer. I just did whatever I could, which was rap. And then,…

— Sonny Sandoval

I was everything an R&B singer wasn't. I wasn't in shape. I wasn't a pretty boy.

— The Weeknd

I don't really feel the loyalty to any particular genre. To be completely honest, I'm an R&B singer because I'm black and I sing.

— Brent Faiyaz

I always wanted to be a singer first.

— Jeffrey Osborne

I'm called a folk singer, and I'm not too sure about that. I went about my life approaching music not from the point of…

— Harry Belafonte

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

— Billy Squier

My parents were both very musically inclined, they were both songwriters and musicians, so we grew up in the house singing music together, and…

— Jesse McCartney

I've always wanted to be a singer, since as far back as I can remember.

— Tiffany Darwish