AJ Tracey Quotes

My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury singing.

My mother is a singer, my sisters all sing, my uncles are incredible singers and guitar players, so it's just kind of been like my habitat.

I just kind of went into the blue-collar workforce at a really young age and discovered music, in terms of being a musician, around the same time. The good news is, I was probably 17 when I knew that's what I was going to do with the rest of my life, no matter what that meant.

I really wanted to just be a musician. I didn't want to be anything else, but I was funny and all that.

I like to sing because my mother was a singer. She sang to me all the time, so I learned to love singing. I did have a career as little 10-year-old George Benson. I made my first record as a vocalist, but I've been playing guitar since I was 9.

The events of the day inspired me to become a lawyer.

From a very young age, I was singing and acting and performing for my family.

I was born with this love for music, and I say 'born with' because I don't really remember a day waking up and deciding that I'm going do to music. It's been all I've ever done and all I've ever wanted to do.

I guess, you know, if I didn't make it with the piano, I guess I would've been the biggest bum.

Pops, he was a singer's singer. I loved to hear my father sing. He just was so laid-back and cool. I always wished I could sing like Pops.

I am a trial lawyer. Matilda says that at dinner on a good day I sound like an affidavit.

I realized that I didn't want to do anything else. Plus, I realized I was good, and, most importantly, I actually loved to sing on stage.

Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are.

Suddenly, I realised: this was what I wanted to do. I didn't know how to do it; I just knew acting felt right.

I'm pretty obsessed with Sara Bareilles. She is so talented, and I feel like I would learn so much from her.

And, you know, I never wanted to be a singer.

I became a musician because that's really what I wanted to do when I was fifteen, but I had other abilities.

I could have become a mime or a juggler, but I became a singer-songwriter instead.

I wanted to be a vet, a nurse, a chef - I mean, anything but the music industry. But once I hit high school, the bug really bit me. You can't deny where you come from and what's in your genes, and music definitely was. I haven't looked back since.

All my children inherited perfect pitch.

My interests are guitars, cars, and vacation. I've been playing guitar all my life. My dad was a professional guitarist, but I'm terrible, which lets me off the hook, so I just play for myself.

When I was 17 or 18 and it was time to figure out what to do with my life, I realized that I didn't enjoy anything as much as I enjoyed playing music. I felt that I had no choice: that I had to become a musician.

My parents were so far from the music world that they couldn't conceive how you could make a living. But for me, it was the only solution for the rest of my life.

Music is my thing. In fact, that's what I wanted to do. I thought of myself as a musician. I had never thought about acting.

Music has always been a large part of my life, and I'm very fortunate to be able to start a career doing something I love.