Abandoned Quote by Jonathan Cain

I've twice been on the point of giving up my performing career to train for the priesthood.

— Stephen Hough

There were a lot of things I thought of doing as I was growing up, from becoming a singer to a priest to a…

— David Lammy

I live again the days and evenings of my long career. I dream at night of operas and concerts in which I have had…

— John McCormack

At different points in my life, I had grappled with the idea of going into the priesthood - in high school or law school.…

— James McGreevey

I realised that if I wanted to carry on with my musical dreams, I had to change, so I started meditating, and I changed…

— Ian Gillan

And I was very interested in the priesthood.

— Thomas Keneally

And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those educational resources, I felt a duty…

— Thomas Keneally

I never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that was that.

— Barry Manilow

Being a musician was not my choice; it was really a God-ordained thing, so I'm still passionately chasing after the pursuit of that whole…

— Philip Bailey

After giving up being a session/touring drummer I decided to pursue this crazy dream I had of being a solo artist.

— G Flip

I had my breakthrough at 6 years old and received the Lord, Jesus Christ. I was so swept up in the spirit, I told…

— Jonathan Cain

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

— Cassandra Wilson