“The most frustrating thing for me as a singer is that people have pinpointed me as an actress who suddenly woke up one day and decided that I wanted to sing.” PeopleWantedOne DayDecidedActressesSingersFrustratingFrustrating Things Author:Marla Sokoloff
“All of a sudden one day I was like, I'm good at this! Oh, man! People are not giving me jobs because they feel sorry for me! I am an actress. I am a singer. I am a performer. That's what I do! Once I started giving myself a little credit, the whole world opened up.” PeopleMenWorldGivingFeelsLittlesWholeJobsOne DaySorryCreditActressesSingersWhole WorldPerformers Author:Jennifer Lopez
“I was a very devout boy and one day I heard the music of an Egyptian Koran singer in the mosque. The melancholy of this music touched me so deeply that it brought me to tears.” BoysHeardTearsOne DaySingersTouchedMelancholyEgyptianMosques Author:Shahin Najafi
“I started as a drummer, so I sort of took on singing duties by default. I had sung backgrounds and some lead vocals from behind the drums in different bands that I'd been in, and I'd gotten great responses for the songs I would sing. I really started pursuing the possibility of being a lead singer based on the fact that I was working a full-time restaurant job and then playing gigs at night, hauling drums around. One day, it just dawned on me that, 'Hey, I could be in a band and be the singer, and it would be a lot easier!'” DifferentFactsWould BeJobsNightSongBehindsPossibilityDutyEasierOne DayBandSingingResponseSingersBackgroundsHeyRestaurantsVocalGigsDrummerDefault Author:Chris Cornell
“One of my sisters wanted to be an opera singer. So, we spent a few dollars to try to train her, because Italian people would like to have an opera singer in the family. But she's got trouble coughing, let alone singing. One day, she was in the shower singing 'Madame Butterfly,' three days later the Japs attacked Pearl Harbor.” PeopleTryingWantedThreeTroubleOne DaySingingDollarsTrainSingersItalianMy SisterOperaButterflyShowersPearlsHarborsOpera SingersCoughing Author:Pat Cooper
“The guys in high school were like, "You've got a nice voice; you should keep singing," but I never honestly thought that one day I'd be a singer. When you're young, you don't see the signs.” ShouldSchoolYoungGuyVoiceNiceLike YouOne DaySingingHigh SchoolSingersHonestly Author:Victoria Legrand