Susanna Phillips Quotes

I never expected to go to Juilliard. When they came recruiting in Miami, I auditioned. I got a scholarship.

I wanted to be a concert pianist at Carnegie Hall; that is what I wanted to do from really early on.

I used to want to be a singer and a musician for years, from 6 years old to today. I'm not really good, but in time I could be. I'm more of a singer than anything.

Music is by no means something I was like, 'I'm going to make a career out of this!' It's the only thing I know how to do, so it was more like, 'I hope to God I can make a career out of this!'

All I ever wanted was to perform, make music, make videos.

Going to college was never an option. I was passionate about music, but how much talent I actually had was another matter.

I was an earnest young man who just wanted to make music.

When I was, like, 12, I remember grabbing a mic, pretending it was a guitar, and performing in front of my friends. I didn't know at the time I wanted to be an artist.

I never considered a career in music because it was too unattainable. I just didn't believe it was possible.

I knew I wanted to make music since I was young.

I did a lot of engineering things, like taking apart my brother's model car when I was 10. I also played the piano for about 10 years. I auditioned for Juilliard but didn't get in.

When I was younger and had made the decision to make a career in music, becoming famous was something that I dreamt about.

I have always wanted to become a musician and a singer.

I fell in love with it after going there on holiday when I was 16: we went on one of those red bus tours, and it goes past Juilliard, and I was like, 'I want to go there'.

None of my family are musicians, but there was a lot of classic rock and country going on. I always wanted to sing. As soon as I expressed an interest my mom was super supportive of me.

My son is a musician who next year will be attending the LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts in New York City, which his mother helped him get into by making him practice all the time.

I wanted to do this so badly, to be a successful musician.

I was your typical struggling actress. I went to every audition, took a million acting, dancing and singing lessons and spent years wondering where my next meal was coming from.

I started to write before I went to SUNY Purchase music conservatory. As an audition I submitted what I now think are really awful songs, but I guess they saw something in them.

Well, since I'm six years old, I've been playing the violin, the piano, I've been singing. It's always been a dream of mine, but I really never had the courage to actually go and do it professionally.

There are people much better placed to make music than me. It's always been a young person's game.

There's something magical that happens to every three-year-old that hears 'Ring of Fire.' That's usually where it starts for most people. They immediately want to put on a black shirt, grab a guitar and sing 'Ring of Fire.'

I just love music. I am very good at music.

Since I was about a little boy, I've always wanted to do music.

The X Factor' - I watch it because I'm always searching for talent to use in my musicals, so they do all the groundwork for me.