I sang in a reggae band. And then there was a soul band where I sang back-up vocals and some lead. And I was also in a women's a capella group. And I was in the gospel choir at school. Actually, I've always been in choirs. Or some kind of group. Just because I love singing so much. But I truthfully never thought of it as a career.
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Related I always sang in church always was in a gospel choir and directed choirs and always performed, but I... CHARLES KING I was more of a dancing kid than a singing kid. I mean, I sang in school choirs and I sang in school... MADONNA CICCONE I'm from Washington state - a pretty small town there called Puyallup. I was really into the art... SARAH BUTLER I was in a rock band; I was my own folk singer; I was in a death metal band for a very short time; I... KIESZA I sang 'All Of Me' at the wedding. I sang 'Stay With You' from my first album. And t... JOHN LEGEND I sang in a rock band when I was training as a lawyer. You know, not professional, we just did it fo... GERARD BUTLER I sang a lot as a little girl and entered competitions. I loved singing in choirs, but it was as I g... ANNIE LENNOX I always sang when I was little-bitty girl. I sang all the time. And then I'm from Knoxville, Te... ASHLEY MONROE I played guitar and bass. I didn't do much vocals, although I did have one band where I was the ... OSCAR ISAAC I love the sound of voices singing together, congregational singing, anything like gospel, or folk, ... HOZIER I've been on the telethon before, when I was a freshman in high school swing choir, and I sang at 5 ... BRANDON ROUTH The only reason I became the singer in the band is because I sang the best. It wasn't out of som... ADAM LEVINE I was a founding member of the 'Dungeons and Dragons' club at my high school. I was in choru... JOHN C. REILLY I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. CRAIG GROESCHEL I played piano growing up. I played classical piano since I was 5, and I sang in choirs, and I sang ... RACHEL PLATTEN I've never been happy with the quality of my work. I always felt as though my musicianship was l... LINDA RONSTADT In school, I always sang in choirs. In fact, I used to do a lot of musicals in the youth theatre tha... TARON EGERTON I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I By high school, I was telling everyone, 'Oh, I'm going to be a doctor when I grow up,' b... AJA NAOMI KING I sang a lot in college - I was in a choral group in college. But, then, when I moved to New York, I... CALLIE THORNE Most of the time I was in grammar school through high school, I was in some kind of rock n' roll... LEE ATWATER I sang opera, I sang show tunes. I got into a rock band for a while. I've sung a lot of differen... TOM WOPAT Well, I've never been in a touring rock band, it was all just high school and college, playing t... ALESSANDRO NIVOLA I went to work in a woman's home in Los Angeles as a mother's helper. I worked there about t... GEORGIA HOLT I was 16 when I was in a band, for about 10 minutes. I went off and did acting after that. So it was... ROBERT CARLYLE I grew up performing in glee club at my school; I was the ostrich in 'Peter Pan,' and then I... KELSEA BALLERINI I always sang in school choirs and went on tours to other countries. I have always loved it. It'... TARON EGERTON I've always sung in choirs and acapella groups, but when I was in college, I finally started wri... RACHEL PLATTEN In high school, I was so painfully self-aware that how I thought of myself was probably very differe... AMY ADAMS I never went to acting school. I started in the circus, music hall, I was in a group, did kids' ... RUPERT GRAVES I like to sing because my mother was a singer. She sang to me all the time, so I learned to love sin... GEORGE BENSON I grew up teaching parts to choirs, and I love a whole group of voices singing as one. D'ANGELO I grew up with singers. My father's mother sang opera. My dad was a big band singer. I can't... J. D. SOUTHER I went to this little performing arts school in downtown Phoenix. You had to dance or act, and every... KACY HILL Throughout my whole life, as a performer, I've never played with a band. I've always played ... STEVE MARTIN Every time I'm home, it's like a vacation, but I've been playing in bands since I was 11... BRITTANY HOWARD I'd always thought the Rats were good fun, but one of the very nice things about being of Saga a... BOB GELDOF I was able to retire at age 48 because I sang in a church choir. It was there that I learned the imp... BOBBY W. MILLER When I moved to Seattle in fourth grade, I joined the Seattle Girls' Choir. It's a world-cla... BONNIE MCKEE I grew up in the era of Britney Spears, where artists had songs written for them, and you got up and... BEBE REXHA and echoes to my singing. More sounds went on—an arc-like melody created using an echo machine, an... DAVID BYRNE Like all soul singers, I grew up singing in church but sometimes I would leave early and sit in the ... DARYL HALL I always just wanted to be the singer or the bass player in the band. I'd love to have a band, w... BRYAN ADAMS I had always sung, as far back as I can remember, for the pure love of it. My voice was contralto, a... ENRICO CARUSO As a boy soprano in the high school choir, I later sang a solo during the carol service at Canterbur... HAMISH BOWLES I've never been in a band where someone goes, 'Ah, I've got the perfect name! And it'... WES BORLAND I was in lots of dodgy bands growing up and I always fancied myself in a band. But, you know, I was ... GEMMA ARTERTON I've always looked on myself as one of a band and never sought a solo career. ROD STEWART I was already in a band, and the teachers called my mum in and said: 'Abbey's so clever, it&... ABBEY CLANCY I sang with a band and all that stuff, but I did make a choice at one point to favor acting as a car... ANTHONY HEAD I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was more interested in becomin... CASSANDRA WILSON I always felt different because I didn't pick one specific clique or group to be a part of, and ... CASSADEE POPE I've definitely, you know, been with women. And I've had great relationships with them where... LANCE BASS I actually started singing country music at 4 years old, right when I started learning how to sing. ... CASSADEE POPE I love to play guitar and hack around. I was in a band when I was in high school. I never learned to... JOHN F. KERRY I have always loved music. My mom used to sing with my sister and I when I was younger, and I was in... RACHEL PLATTEN First time I sang, I was singing Alicia Keys in the bathroom of my mom's beauty shop. I was six. LA'PORSHA RENAE When I got out of high school, I was in a blues band. It was the kind of music I was interested in, ... TODD RUNDGREN I've always been a writer, and in high school, I was the editor of my school newspaper and I got... ZOE LISTER-JONES I began by saying that our history will be what we make it. If we go on as we are, then history will... EDWARD R. MURROW The first time I went on stage as an adult was touring with the Johnny Cash Show. I'd sang as a ... CARLENE CARTER None of the other guys in the band really sang, so that's when I brought Roy Clark in. WANDA JACKSON I went to a boarding school when I was 13, and it was a very arty school, so there was an opportunit... TEDDY THOMPSON My natural state is an outsider, and no matter what group I'm in or where I am, I've always ... MICHAEL BURRY I felt rich when I was 20 years old and my wife was paying my bills. Just being in a band, I've ... BONO I think I have music in me! I had a scholarship to study singing at one point, and I've never re... GARRET DILLAHUNT I was in a music class when I was little, and they discovered I had a talent and could sing. From th... VANESSA MORGAN Bhulaney ke liay bhi tujhy yaad tu kerna hoga, Magar her yaad se hain wabasta teri hazaar baata... HUSEYN RAZA I was in every band class I could get in, like after school jazz band and marching band, and that... CHAD SMITH I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mothe... RUBEN BLADES My chutzpah was me singing to Mario Lanza. So Mario looked at me after I talk-sang 'Be My Love... SAMMY CAHN When I was a teeny little girl, I was in dancing school, and I sang. We had to put a dance to a song... DORIS DAY I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was k... J. TILLMAN When I was in high school, The Dave Matthews Band was a local band, and that was the first time I wa... JASON MRAZ When I was a kid, my friends and I formed a band, Trombone Shorty's Brass Band. When I was six, ... TROMBONE SHORTY I started stand-up in 2007. I'd done a couple of gigs before that, but not much, and I was in a ... ED GAMBLE I've always been interested in singing. My sister's a fantastic singer, and it's just so... CHARLIE ROWE To have your parents get divorced at a young age, there's a lot of turbulence. We all grew up to... REID HOFFMAN I sang 'A Closer Walk with Thee' along with blues singer Brownie McGhee, ... Then there was a show w... ANDY GRIFFITH Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, ... CARLOS SANTANA In 'thinking up' music I usually have some kind of a brass band with wings on it in back of ... CHARLES IVES I'm in a sketch comedy group in school and I also do stand-up. JACK QUAID When I was in New York, I put together a show; I put together this really great band and performed a... ALIA SHAWKAT I was a late bloomer, but I had a career as a contemporary dancer before that, so I had some kind of... MADS MIKKELSEN When I did get married and then had children, it was Beatles' songs I sang to them at night. As ... ANN HOOD I was really fascinated by some of the things happening with Anonymous, the hackers group. I don'... MICHELLE GAGNON I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big ra... ALBERTO SALAZAR Jim Thorpe is someone I've always loved. He was an Olympic athlete, you know, and a football pla... CHANNING TATUM In my last year of drama school, I was Abigail in 'The Crucible' and Nina in 'The Seagul... KIMBERLEY NIXON If you can find a group of women, any age, who are supportive and kind and love you, that's the ... KATIE LOWES I've kind of been in a video game, I've kind of been an action figure. It was actually a Bar... LUCAS TILL I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to ... EDDIE VAN HALEN I wanted to play a mother again. I thought it would be interesting to play the mother of an older ch... SIGOURNEY WEAVER You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS I love acting. I've been doing it since I was 16, and it's in my nature. It's the thing ... VALERIA GOLINO My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that fo... EVAN DANDO I've been a Nick Cave fan since the early '80s when he was part of The Birthday Party thing ... ALEKSANDAR HEMON When I worked with M.I.A., who was, like, the coolest person back then, she was just a girl I met on... DIPLO My aunt is the director of the acapella group Black Voices. I was so struck by them as a child. They... LAURA MVULA I also remember the second band I was in ever. We were called Hybrid. We got a show at this local st... FRANK IERO
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In some ways, in the U.S. we don't know how to be. I think in a lot of ways America is about lib... ABIGAIL WASHBURN I do get around. Geographically, that is. ABIGAIL WASHBURN I was born in Evanston, Illinois. I spent my elementary and part of my junior high school years in a... ABIGAIL WASHBURN My parents played the radio, but music was never an obsession or something that I thought I could ca... ABIGAIL WASHBURN I would say I've always lived creativity, but now I - I do it with an intention that's got a... ABIGAIL WASHBURN I'm, I guess you could say, the Chinese-speaking, banjo-picking girl. ABIGAIL WASHBURN I feel like the one insight that's extremely comforting to me about the world is that we all sha... ABIGAIL WASHBURN 'Halo' I wrote with my grandpa in his nursing home. When I went to visit him, he'd often... ABIGAIL WASHBURN My whole drive is to make sure that music is a common space where we search for beauty and share it.... 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ABIGAIL JOHNSON I like analyzing and managing large-scale transaction processing platforms, record-keeping administr... ABIGAIL JOHNSON Change is something that is expected and, therefore, not resisted. ABIGAIL JOHNSON Every day, you have to get up with new energy and new ideas to contribute to pushing the organizatio... ABIGAIL JOHNSON Even a small reduction in errors and rework can have a significant impact. ABIGAIL JOHNSON There's a time that may come in an organization where leading by influence is not enough. When t... ABIGAIL JOHNSON I demand pretty aggressive goal setting and a commitment to measured progress towards those goals be... ABIGAIL JOHNSON Lots of people will give you advice... and depending upon how well they know you, the advice might b... ABIGAIL JOHNSON No matter how senior you get in an organization, no matter how well you're perceived to be doing... ABIGAIL JOHNSON You have to think that the answer - and the right answer - for you and your organization might not b... ABIGAIL JOHNSON At the end of the day, you know yourself best. ABIGAIL JOHNSON I love everybody. I think my totem animal is a Labrador Retriever. ABIGAIL DISNEY Having traveled to parts of the world where war has done its usual nasty work on people's lives,... ABIGAIL DISNEY I've heard people say in the U.N. community among mediators they don't like women as mediato... ABIGAIL DISNEY When you make your first film at 47 and anybody but your mother goes to see it, to me, that's a ... ABIGAIL DISNEY I was a bit of a lost lamb in my twenties, trying to find my higher calling. ABIGAIL DISNEY We have a world minus a whole lot of talent that has stepped out of contention for leadership, only ... ABIGAIL DISNEY There's no one on this earth taken less seriously in a leadership context than a young woman - e... ABIGAIL DISNEY The fact is, funnily enough, that the people who seem to be most committed to causes also seem to be... ABIGAIL DISNEY My advice to female directors is not to wait until you feel like your ideas have been pre-certified ... ABIGAIL DISNEY When you strengthen women, you strengthen the world. ABIGAIL DISNEY Combat is a piece of war. But war is a totalizing, uncivilized experience. ABIGAIL DISNEY Film is the medium for communicating not just ideas, but things of the heart. ABIGAIL DISNEY The hardest thing in the world, I now know, is to hold in your head that it is okay to think that yo... ABIGAIL DISNEY When men talk about war, the stories and terminology vary - it's this battle, these weapons, thi... ABIGAIL DISNEY News reports don't look at the land that existed before a war and the land that exists after a w... ABIGAIL DISNEY I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful ab... ABIGAIL DISNEY The greater good is achieved by not only telling people what they need to know, but also filling the... ABIGAIL DISNEY I don't really like to talk about other people. I think people who have things going on in their... ABIGAIL BRESLIN Well, my brother started acting before I did. ABIGAIL BRESLIN I try to make myself do things for other people when I'm feeling down. Like, you can call your l... ABIGAIL BRESLIN I would love to do a 'Scream'-type movie. ABIGAIL BRESLIN I'm pretty boring. ABIGAIL BRESLIN I really like to cook. ABIGAIL BRESLIN I have a really great family, and when I'm not filming, I go home and walk the dogs, take out th... ABIGAIL BRESLIN I've never had a treehouse because I live in New York City. It would be a little bit hard to fit... ABIGAIL BRESLIN I never want to play the same character twice. I like to do different roles. I have fun with that. ABIGAIL BRESLIN Well, you know, I never want to feel like I have a set plan of what I'm supposed to do. I kind o... ABIGAIL BRESLIN I'd love to work with Michelle Williams. I think that she's incredible. She's such a gre... ABIGAIL BRESLIN I'm a huge horror movie fan. Beyond belief. ABIGAIL BRESLIN I like English, and I like writing essays, and that kind of stuff. ABIGAIL BRESLIN I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from the... ABIGAIL BRESLIN It's never really fun to have to cry in a scene or anything like that. ABIGAIL BRESLIN I like to have sleepovers. ABIGAIL BRESLIN I love Chicago. ABIGAIL BRESLIN I love animated movies in general. I like making them. ABIGAIL BRESLIN I'd like to do more TV; TV is completely different than working in movies in a lot of ways, it... ABIGAIL BRESLIN I'm from New York. I have a non, neutral accent. It can go any way you want. ABIGAIL BRESLIN People say, like, 'Are you a regular person?' 'Well, I'm not a robot, if that's ... ABIGAIL BRESLIN I made my first movie when I was five. ABIGAIL BRESLIN What's my favourite food? One you order out. ABIGAIL BRESLIN My mom didn't ever think I would take to acting because I was a very shy, very reserved kind of ... ABIGAIL BRESLIN It's cheesy, but having a pimple or a bad hair day isn't going to matter in five years. I do... ABIGAIL BRESLIN I've always been a huge fan of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies. ABIGAIL BRESLIN I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and... ABIGAIL ADAMS Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, th... ABIGAIL ADAMS If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve? ABIGAIL ADAMS A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world. ABIGAIL ADAMS I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflic... ABIGAIL ADAMS Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if the... ABIGAIL ADAMS Great necessities call forth great leaders. -Abigail Adams. ABIGAIL ADAMS He was basically not sorry for the fact that Tanzanians were killed, that it was described as part o... ABIGAIL PERKINS He really didn't like that soldiers were in Saudi Arabia, the Holy Land. He said his target was the ... ABIGAIL PERKINS He said he was very happy. He stated Allah would take care of them. ABIGAIL PERKINS It sent a message to America, because bombings were the only way Americans would listen. ABIGAIL PERKINS Mohamed stated he would rather kill only Americans. ABIGAIL PERKINS Maturity is: The ability to stick with a job until it's finished; The ability to do a job without be... ABIGAIL BUREN In a letter to "Dear Abby" a reader complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and... ABIGAIL BUREN If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us we'd be millionaires ABIGAIL BUREN If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. ABIGAIL BUREN Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to "prove their love" like a moose needs a hat... ABIGAIL BUREN The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b... ABIGAIL BUREN People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes. ABIGAIL BUREN The less you talk, the more you're listened to. ABIGAIL BUREN A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints. ABIGAIL BUREN Fear less; hope more. Eat less; chew more. Talk less; say more. Hate less; love more. ABIGAIL BUREN If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion,... ABIGAIL ADAMS A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world ABIGAIL ADAMS I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting poi... ABIGAIL ADAMS These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the r... ABIGAIL ADAMS Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians,
friends, lovers and husbands. ABIGAIL ADAMS Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought
for with ardor and attended to with diligence. ABIGAIL ADAMS He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because
he is sufficient for himself, must ... ABIGAIL ADAMS I hate to complain...No one is without difficulties, whether in high or low life, and every person k... ABIGAIL ADAMS Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence... ABIGAIL ADAMS These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or th... ABIGAIL ADAMS I acknowledge myself a unitarian ABIGAIL ADAMS We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. ABIGAIL ADAMS ...remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put s... ABIGAIL ADAMS It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are f... ABIGAIL ADAMS Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. ABIGAIL ADAMS Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. ABIGAIL ADAMS If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion,... ABIGAIL ADAMS If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women. ABIGAIL ADAMS If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion,... ABIGAIL ADAMS Unless you paddle for the wave, you'll never know if you could catch it. But once you do... Ride... ABIGAIL SPENCER I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many... ABIGAIL ADAMS Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great... ABIGAIL ADAMS Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. ABIGAIL ADAMS Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. ABIGAIL ADAMS Gratefulness is a double-edged sword. Because I think we've poured it into a feeling. And the ba... ABIGAIL SPENCER When a gentleman spends quite some time telling me in detail about his father's courtship of his mot... ABIGAIL REYNOLDS ...remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put s... ABIGAIL ADAMS I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life....Man was made for action a... ABIGAIL ADAMS Great necessities call out great virtues. ABIGAIL ADAMS Great necessities call forth great leaders. ABIGAIL ADAMS We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. ABIGAIL ADAMS Our practice (Thursday) night definitely was the reason why we played so well tonight. We were lacki... ABIGAIL LAROSA This is a complete and total victory for consumers. ABIGAIL CAPLOVITZ The industry has been trying to get around existing consumer protection provision by the way they se... ABIGAIL CAPLOVITZ From the perspective of consumer groups, it is legislation that basically allows the industry to con... ABIGAIL CAPLOVITZ It is really important to keep in mind that puberty is the biology of change and adolescence is the ... ABIGAIL BAIRD During the first year of college, students have many new experiences. They are faced with new cognit... ABIGAIL BAIRD I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life ... Man was made for action ... ABIGAIL ADAMS Yes, I know that now that there is truth in beauty and beauty in truth. My nature is to be depressiv... ABIGAIL GEORGE What do you want, MacGuffin, a duel?” “No.” Julian held out both hands, one palm flat, th... ABIGAIL ROUX These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the re... ABIGAIL ADAMS Adventure, risk, and triumph is best learned from a piece of cream-filled, fried dough 1,200 miles f... ABIGAIL NELSON I would like to point out that while I have considerately remained composed during our discourse, I ... ABIGAIL REYNOLDS War and peace. There are blurred lines in the realities of both. A separation anxiety as the paradig... ABIGAIL GEORGE You know I'd follow you anywhere. Even if it's straight to Hell. ABIGAIL ROUX What about the animals?” Ty asked. “Who the hell needs this many dogs anyway?” “What’... ABIGAIL ROUX The way black women say "girl" can be magical. Frankly, I have no solid beliefs about the survival o... ABIGAIL PADGETT Like water our ideals for writing what seems at first to be a calling to pen a masterpiece, it at fi... ABIGAIL GEORGE Wait!" she cried, and she yanked away from him and gathered her heels and her ruined purse. She... ABIGAIL ROUX My bursting heart must find vent at my pen. 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