Lessons Quote by Yasmin Aga Khan

I decided to sing again after settling in Newark in 1982. I had a burning desire to sing and lots of encouragement from my…

— Jimmy Scott

I was a folk singer who became totally over the edge with country music. I found my voice and style working with Gram Parsons.…

— Emmylou Harris

I don't think I found my voice until I reached New York. I suppose it's possible I would have had some kind of different…

— Jay McInerney

I actually started as a singer in Brooklyn, and I lived in a community. To get out of the ghetto of my community, I…

— Charlemagne Palestine

Me and my three younger siblings, we sang together in grandma's church, and I was in the Chicago Children's Choir in high school, but…

— Jamila Woods

I was pretty young when I decided I wanted to, well, more so be a singer. I started singing in church in my hometown,…

— Naturi Naughton

I went to School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, and we had a bunch of singing classes. My first job in New York was…

— Anna Camp

I feel so very grateful to have the voice God gave me. It takes a lot of rest and training to sing, and I…

— Judy Collins

I was going to go to college and graduate and move to New York and do the Broadway thing. That's where a lot of…

— Sam Tsui

I started taking singing classes just two years ago. It was great. I never knew I could sing but I kind of found my…

— Hilary Duff

I didn't realize I could sing until I served someone tea at a cafe my parents owned in north west London, where we had…

— Liz Mitchell

I was always singing but didn't plan on pursuing it seriously. When I got to New York City when I was 18, I started…

— Lana Del Rey