“I started singing when I was five. I grew up the youngest of four kids who all studied classical piano, so you could say I've been listening to music ever since the moment of conception.” MomentsKidsFiveFourListeningGrewGrew UpSingingPianoConceptionListening To Music Author:K. D. Lang
“I remember singing around the house to records that were playing. All kinds of music. And the great James Cleveland was often in our house, and I grew up with his sound as well.” WellsKindRememberHouseSoundRecordsGrewGrew UpSingingAll KindsCleveland Author:Aretha Franklin
“I grew up in St. Louis in a tiny house full of large music - Mahalia Jackson and Marian Anderson singing majestically on the stereo, my German-American mother fingering 'The Lost Chord' on the piano as golden light sank through trees, my Palestinian father trilling in Arabic in the shower each dawn.” LightMotherFatherHouseLostTreeGrewGrew UpSingingTinyGoldenDawnPianoPalestinianShowersChordsHouse MusicGolden LightTiny Houses Author:Naomi Shihab Nye
“I'm singing the way that I love to sing, which is like old soul, like old Al Green. I grew up about an hour from Memphis. So all that music that I grew up with - the Stax music and early rhythm n' blues - I'm doing that. I'm actually getting out from behind my guitar and I'm singing.” WaySoulHoursBehindsGrewGrew UpSingingGreenGuitarRhythmAlsMemphisOld Soul Author:Sheryl Crow
“I grew up listening to cabaret. At 7 and 8 years old, I was already singing like a club performer.” YearsListeningGrewGrew UpSingingClubsPerformersCabaret Author:Annaleigh Ashford
“When I was young, I was always telling my parents and telling everybody that I was going to be a singer and an actress when I grew up. I took classes. I was in dance lessons. I took singing lessons. I was in the plays. I took acting lessons. I did different things that continued to keep me ready for this opportunity and ready for all the things that are happening now.” DifferentPlayYoungOpportunityParentActingClassReadyGrewLessonsGrew UpSingingHappeningsActressesSingersDifferent Things Author:Naturi Naughton
“Our whole intention was to make a record of songs that we grew up with and change them up a little bit, but we kind of stumbled on writing "Joseph's Lullaby." The irony is when I originally wrote the song, it was called "Mary's Lullaby." I wrote it from Mary's standpoint and it was in a higher key, a real falsetto, and it just wasn't right. One day, the producer's wife said, "Well, it's kind of odd that you're singing from Mary's perspective, being the guy. Why don't you do Joseph?” WritingWellsKindLittlesSaidRealWholeGuySongBitsRecordsWifePerspectiveKeysGrewHigherOne DayLittle BitGrew UpSingingIntentionProducersIronyOddMaryStandpointLullabyFalsetto Author:Bart Millard
“I grew up bar-singing and saw all kinds of ways people tried to outrun their emotional pain. It doesn't work. You end up with the original pain, as well as new pain added on top of it from the tactics you used trying to avoid it in the first place. It's best to take a deep breath, bolster yourself, and walk through it.” PeopleWayTryingFirstsWellsKindEndsPainUsedWalksSawsEmotionalGrewGrew UpSingingBreathsOriginalsBarsAll KindsTacticsEmotional PainDeep BreathTake A Deep BreathOutrun Author:Jewel
“I grew up only singing country. I did listen to like Debbie Gibson and other pop music, but I would only sing country music.” CountryGrewGrew UpSingingPopsPop Music Author:Tonya Mitchell
“I grew up in the church, singing in choirs, and I went to a performing arts school, and I had a gospel group, so music has always been in my blood.” ArtSchoolChurchGroupsBloodGrewGrew UpSingingPerformingChoirArt SchoolPerforming Arts Author:Tweet
“When I found out that I was going to be singing with Jennifer Holliday, I literally freaked out! I grew up listening to her, and I was going to cry because I sang with someone who is a huge inspiration to me.” InspirationFoundCryHugeListeningGrewGrew UpSingingJennifer Author:Jessica Sanchez
“I grew up singing professionally since I was 7 years old and so to get to play a character who's living out their Rock star dreams as JEM was pretty much epic.” YearsPlayCharacterDreamStarsRocksGrewGrew UpSingingEpicRock StarJem Author:Samantha Newark
“I always tell people is really make sure you know why you want to do it. For me, I didnt make a conscious decision like "Oh I want to be a singer", it was like I grew up around it, I was singing because it was just natural for me to sing.” PeopleKnowsWantNaturalDecisionGrewGrew UpSingingConsciousSingers Author:Jhene Aiko
“I grew up listening and looking up at these people and laughing at Carol Burnett and singing James Taylor songs. And same with Smokey Robinson. So they were such a huge influence as a child that to actually sit alongside them and perform on the same bill was an amazing experience for me.” PeopleChildrenSongLaughingInfluenceHugeListeningGrewGrew UpSingingBillsCarolsAmazing Experiences Author:MC Lyte
“I grew up singing in Kansas. My dad had a band when I was growing up. So I sang in church and school and started singing with his band when I was seven. So I've been singing all my life.” SchoolChurchGrowing UpGrowingGrewDadBandGrew UpSingingSevenMy DadKansas Author:Martina McBride
“I grew up in music theater playing to the audience - singing and dancing and showing off. That's really my background. But the camera's different. I think I'm more at home on stage.” ThinkingDifferentHomeAudienceStageGrewGrew UpSingingTheaterCamerasDancingBackgroundsShowing OffSinging And Dancing Author:Christopher Walken
“I grew up sitting beside my grandmother playing the piano and singing.” GrewGrew UpSingingSittingPianoGrandmotherMy Grandmother Author:Miranda Kerr
“I grew up doing musical theatre in Orlando, Florida. When I was 14, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time - a deliveryman heard me singing and offered to deliver my demo tape to Sony Music. I was just really lucky.” HappenedHeardGrewLuckyGrew UpSingingMusicalTheatreTapeFloridaRight TimeRight PlaceDemosSonyOrlandoMusical Theatre Author:Mandy Moore
“I grew up in a really small town with not a lot of money, and I liked singing, but it was just something that was a hobby.” GrewGrew UpSingingTownsLots Of MoneyHobbiesSmall Town Author:Justin Bieber
“Singing was my first love and I never even considered it after I started acting, but now I'm bringing it back into my life. I trained from the ages of 11 to 17. When I moved to New York and got into serious acting, I just kind of abandoned the whole singing thing. But when I grew up in Pennsylvania I went to voice lessons once a week.” FirstsKindWholeAgeVoiceActingWeekNew YorkSeriousGrewLessonsGrew UpSingingMovedAbandonedFirst LovePennsylvania Author:Amanda Seyfried
“I grew up singing and dancing, so people have been calling me gay since fifth grade. I've heard everything you could possibly hear about it. But I do love gay people, so I'm not going to act like I was insulted or angry about it.” PeopleHas BeensHeardGrewCallingGayGrew UpSingingAngryDancingGradesFifthGay PeopleInsultedSinging And DancingFifth Grade Author:Matthew Morrison
“I grew up singing. My mother was a music teacher.” MotherTeacherGrewGrew UpSingingMusic Teacher Author:Connie Britton