Alive Quote by Mavis Staples

My voice is my gift. And Pops had me using it in the right way. I had many offers to sing pop, to sing…

— Mavis Staples

I've been working in music since I was a little kid. I would do background singing in my dad's studio all the time when…

— King Princess

I'm so used to people slagging me off. Since the beginning of my career I've been told I have no talent, I can't sing…

— Madonna Ciccone

I never made any money off of my records. It gave me the name across the country so that I could do some of…

— Mickey Gilley

I had taken some of my solo music into the record label. They didn't really care for the direction I was moving in and…

— Shirley Manson

As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record.

— Scott Weiland

I can't believe I got a major-label record deal. My music was quirky, and my voice was so odd and high and girlish, it…

— Juliana Hatfield

On my first record, I rapped about me being on the block every day and hanging out in the 'hood, basically doing a bunch…

— Nelly

I started out to be a person on the street, just like everybody else. I didn't start out to be a singer. But I…

— Janis Joplin

I have always been a singer/songwriter, and I was pushed in places I didn't want to do, like pop or top forty. I don't…

— Lisa Marie Presley

I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.

— Bebe Rexha

I never wanted to be a pop singer, but I always watched pop programs and knew I could do better than the people I…

— Ian Brown