Allison Tolman Quotes

When you sing live, you cannot expect any artist, except for the amazing Beyonce or GaGa, to get it right every time.

Growing up, I always wanted to sing.

When I was younger, I just wanted to be a singer.

I always wanted to be a singer - my whole life, all I ever did was sing around the house.

I've always wanted to be a singer, since as far back as I can remember.

I never wanted to be an opera singer. I wanted to be an actress, maybe a rock singer.

I know I could never be in a pop band. I honestly have an appalling voice.

As it turns out, three of my four kids are professional singers. And they're really interesting, good singers.

I never decided to start singing, to be a singer.

I knew I always wanted to sing.

I've wanted to perform my entire life. I found a paper I wrote in kindergarten class about what I wanted to be when I grew up - and I wrote 'a famous singer!'

I don't think there was ever a moment when I was like, 'Yeah, I want to be a singer!' I guess it just happened. I performed a lot when I was younger and stuff, but I remember getting to the point where I thought I might have to get a normal job.

Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear notion of the money to be made in it.

My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer.

I've sung my whole life. I've taken lots of voice lessons and I love to sing. But I've never really sung professionally at all.

I feel like I am one of those artists that, thank god, can sing live.

I can't sing, so... I don't know if I will be doing any musicals.

I started my teenage years singing in churches across America, and finally wound up on a big stage.

I always knew I wanted to work in entertainment, but I actually really wanted to be a singer more than an actress.

Originally I considered myself a singer.

I was just trying out and having some fun. I don't think I'd want to pursue singing as a career; it's an on-the-side thing. It would be great if I could make a career out of it but if I can't, that's OK too.

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.'

I still get surprised that people don't know that I sing.

I didn't know I was gonna act. I thought I was gonna be a singer because that's what I did first, and I was like, 'When I grow up, I want to be, you know, a singer.'

I used to tell my family that I was going to be a singer since I learned how to talk.