#singer

You can't be perfect. You can't be the perfect father. You can't be the perfect singer. ↗

I was born into a family of gospel singers. My early ambitions were many. I was going to be a ballerina. I almost had that one come true until I tore a tendon, so I transferred from my toes to my throat and that's where the talent settled. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#ballerina #born #come #early #family

The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a singer/songwriter, or find a singer to develop. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

#chops #completely #develop #different #driven

Many writers secretly long to be performers. You always get the 'if you weren't a writer' question. I would be a back-up singer, to stand in the back and go like 'do, do, do.' ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#back #back-up #get #go #i

I'm no hillbilly singer. ↗

— Elvis Presley

#i #singer

When we did a lot of that Motown stuff there were four of us on the front line. When we started the evening we'd start from one end of the band and just go along. The lead singer would change all the time. That's the first time that I actually managed to put it into a record. ↗

— Roy Wood

#along #band #change #did #end

If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music. ↗

— Chely Wright

#country #country music #done #i #i love

I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist. ↗

— Cassandra Wilson

#described #heard #i #jazz #jazz singer

I'm a mom first, a singer second. ↗

— Gretchen Wilson

#i #mom #second #singer

My mum and I have an incredible friendship now after a mixture of pain, honesty, unconditional love and a long break from each other ↗