Individuality Quote by Kristine Opolais

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

— Garth Greenwell

I wanted to be an opera singer, but the discipline needed to maintain a healthy voice and that was not for me.

— Bridget Everett

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

— Madonna Ciccone

I couldn't be an artist who was told what to do, what to be, what to sing.

— Tulisa

I never quite dare to believe I'm brave enough to be an artist, but I'm on the side of artists. I think of myself…

— Stephen Fry

I was trying to find my way into the music business still, but I didn't want to portray something that I wasn't. I really…

— Ginuwine

To me, Mozart is our Shakespeare, the one who wrote the most dramatic, psychologically most baffling music. He combined ideas that no one else…

— Lukas Foss

Yeah, you're a regular Mozart...well, except for the whole music thing.

— James Dashner

Being a full-time musician back before I had my son, it was sort of too much 'me' all the time. I felt like a…

— Domino Kirke

My parents were opera singers. I didn't want to play opera because I wasn't good enough. I didn't want to play their music; I…

— Rick Nielsen

I wasn't really a performer by temperament,

— Tom Lehrer

I was skewed and manipulated for years. I was giving my heart and soul to music, while my confidence was being constantly chipped away…

— Raye