Engelbert Humperdinck Quotes

But I love singing live. Nothing beats the feeling of going out on stage and going, 'I can really sing.'

Singing has always been a part of my life. I started at Opryland singing, and I realized I could make a living at it. I thought it was something I would grow out of. I didn't know what I was going to do with my life. Everything's just sorta fallen into place.

I think I knew I was going to be a musician for the rest of my life kind of early. When I was in third grade, I was playing in a talent show, and my dad wrote a two- or three-minute boogie-woogie piece. I played it, everybody loved it, and I was like, 'Wow, this is great.'

I played my first show when I was 17, and that was a big moment. I realized it was something I could keep doing.

I know it's cliche, but after the first show, I knew I liked singing, being on stage, making people happy. It just felt natural.

I was always singing as a kid. That's honestly all I've ever wanted to do.

Every night on stage it gets more and more comfortable. I think it really shows in the performances and just being able to revel in it and do it and live the dream I've thought about for so long.

I get really nervous right before I go on stage. But once I'm performing, I always love it. It's like being in a different world.

I'm not a good enough singer to pull off the effect.

I've always been a singer, but I don't know if I was always a natural performer.

I didn't think I was a famous singer. I didn't think I was a star or that I could make the waters part - just that singing was what I was going to do.

I knew I wanted to be a singer from the age of five. I've been lucky to be so single-minded - some of my friends still don't know what they want to do, and they're finding it hard. There are home videos of me singing and taking centre stage at family parties when I'm about three.

Going out on a stage publicly and not knowing how people are going to react to you - once I experienced that, it made me feel much more comfortable about going into a scene.

And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire.

When I started really singing I was 17, 18 years old. I used to go around trying to be a singer in the Bronx. My knees would shake but I learned by doing.

I knew I always wanted to sing.

I'd like to keep singing - whether that's small or big. To stop singing for a living would break my heart.

There are a lot of people who would laugh at the idea of me being a good singer.

I never saw myself as a singer; I never really thought I had the voice for it.

I do love to sing. Had I a longer set of thigh bones and a sweeter voice, I should have loved to be a performer.

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

My singing really seemed to connect with people, and it ended up as my main career, which I love.

There's some anxiety the 30 minutes before the show starts. But once you step on stage and face the people, everything goes away, and you have fun and enjoy the audience.

I started singing in pubs and clubs around Belfast when I was 10. My dad is a musician, and he took me 'round; I impersonated Tina Turner and Shirley Bassey, and the crowd couldn't believe what was coming out of this little girl.

Growing up, I always wanted to be a singer, and I've done that.