Annuals Quote by Maureen Forrester

My mother had aspirations to become a concert singer. Her Methodist Minister father didn't approve of young girls leaving home until they married, so…

— John Coltrane

My mother was the only one who encouraged and inspired me for singing. She was singing all the time in the house, playing records…

— Bonnie Tyler

I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her.

— Linda Lavin

Can you stop your mother from singing to you? Who would do such a thing?

— Louise Erdrich

My mother, Zelma, was an influence on my career. When I was six or seven I started singing, imitating people like Eartha Kitt, and…

— Maureen Lipman

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

— Cassandra Wilson

Because I grew up singing in church, I got used to performing in front of people from a really young age.

— Raye

Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me.

— Little Richard

I would sing at home. I would sing in the car with my dad, but whenever he tried to make me sing in church,…

— Ro James

My mom was an opera singer, and she gave up her career to raise a family. But she also taught my sisters how to…

— Tika Sumpter

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

— Cassandra Wilson

My father's a deacon, my mother's a choir director, so I grew up in the church and singing in the choir, begging my mom…

— Keke Palmer