Auditions Quote by Toby Lightman

I used to be really nervous when I sang. Like, when I was a kid starting young, 18 and 19, and my dad really…

— Dan Auerbach

I always wanted to be a singer, but none of my friends thought I could sing.

— Nate Ruess

I was too shy, I think, to sing publicly. It takes a particular kind of person. And when I was young, I was not…

— Hugh Laurie

I remember when I was little in choir and I got given a solo, and I was like: I was meant to sing. I…

— Megan Stalter

I always wanted to sing but was too shy to do so.

— Saira Banu

Everyone told me I could sing from about the age of ten. My mum was always telling me. But I was so shy, I…

— Dionne Bromfield

I auditioned for a musical, and I can't sing. It was a kid's film musical, not a stage show, so I thought I could…

— Holliday Grainger

As an adolescent, I was painfully shy, withdrawn. I didn't really have the nerve to sing my songs on stage, and nobody else was…

— David Bowie

I started singing about three years ago, I entered a local singing competition called Stratford Idol. The other people in the competition had been…

— Justin Bieber

I went to a performing arts school. I went to an audition for a musical, 'Les Miserables,' in the West End, and I got…

— Anne-Marie

I think I wanted to sing, but I just couldn't because I was so shy. I didn't really know how to begin that other…

— Doja Cat

I never tried to sing like anybody else, fortunately I didn't sound like anybody else. It just happened.

— Andy Williams