Keith Whitley Quotes

I want to be a country singer more than anything in the world.

I was gonna write songs, I was gonna be a star and a singer and I never thought of doing anything else.

I'm from Tullahoma, TN which is an hour south of Nashville, and I grew up and wanted to be like Garth Brooks, so I moved to Nashville when I was 18 to chase a dream.

I wanted to be in a rock band. That's all I ever wanted to do.

What you need to know about me is that I always just wanted to be a country singer. I didn't choose the path of television or being on magazine covers.

When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of being a country music singer, but I never dreamed I'd be a member of the Grand Ole Opry.

I think I was super young when I decided I wanted to be in music and be a singer.

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

The only two jobs I ever had were with Lester Flatt and Johnny Cash.

Playback singing has always been my dream.

Carrie Underwood was just a small-town Oklahoma girl with big dreams in 2005 when she competed on the fourth season of 'American Idol.' She is one of the few true 'American Idol' success stories and went on to have incredible career success.

I think I knew when I was about 2 and a half that I wanted to be a singer.

In high school I wanted to be a rock star and was in a lot of bands.

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 wanted to live in Nashville. I wanted to sing country.

Whenever people used to ask me what I wanted to be when I was older, I would always say that I wanted to be a singer. When I was 12, I decided I would do something about it, so I started writing songs.

My sole focus as far back as I can remember was all about my dream to become a singer.

I probably had the most fun recording For Richer For Poorer in Nashville.

Even though I'm a pop singer, I really have more the life of a country singer.

If you can't play guitar and sing in Nashville, you might as well just be a construction worker.

I wrote 'Happy Man' with a couple of boys of mine. I have been writing in Nashville for a long time. Of course I was writing songs back in Oklahoma when I was a kid.

Of all the songs I've recorded, 'Amarillo By Morning' always sticks out in my mind.

I plan to stay in music. I plan to keep making records.

I don't think I want to transition into being a recording artist for the rest of my life or anything like that, but it's something I'd like to try.