Kari Matchett Quotes

If I was tall and blonde, I might have been a dancer or singer.

'The Voice' gave me a chance to show people the side of me that is an artist. People didn't know what that would look like or sound like. It allowed people to see that potential.

I always sang, I always acted, I always played.

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.

The art helps, between the acting gigs. I feel that if I can sing in Mamma Mia! then goddammit, I can hang a few paintings, give people lots of cocktails, and have a good time.

I know how difficult it is to make a career in the arts, but even if you don't make a career of it, don't lose it as a hobby. Artists often end up in jobs that have nothing to do with their art. But that side needs to be fulfilled - don't give it up.

I wanna be the best at what I do. I wanna sing, I wanna dance, I wanna act. That's about it.

I come from an era, in my world, where you just had to define yourself as who you are and what you do. I happen to be an actor. I happen to be someone that loves to act, that also likes music, that also likes to speak, and that also has an opinion.

I became an entertainer not because I wanted to but because I was meant to.

I understand wanting to do your craft. I understand wanting to have a passion for your art and for your ability to be an actor, to be a singer, to be a dancer - that I understand. Wanting to be famous - I don't get that. But that's where we're living right now.

In so many areas, when you think about it, you never really see an actor cross over to music. It always music to acting and it's receivable because when music gives a form of entertainment of art to where it's very personable, it's a passion, it's an intimate type of art to when you hear it, it's them.

I had always planned to be an actor, and the music was just in my DNA, it's always been.

I grew up always wanting to be a dancer and when I went to New York, I fell in love with the idea of performing in all ways.

I have always loved performing.

I've always wanted to be a singer and an actor. I will continue to concentrate on both because I love both.

I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint.

You look at Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Bob Seger. All they ever wanted to do was go out there and entertain, and I'm the same way.

I was always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to be an actress. For me, it's all just one thing.

I know I want to work for my whole life because I know I can't live without music or dancing. But I don't know if I want to be a big star.

I always liked acting in school and drama classes, but when people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I always told them I wanted to be a singer. I didn't want to be a jack of all trades. I wanted to master one.

It's in my blood to perform.

I was always one of those fortunate people who never wanted to be anything other than a singer and an actor. Most people know me as a singer, but I am also an actor.

I didn't know whether I wanted to be an actress or a singer then.

I have not become the artist I believe I am. I want to become a stadium act. I'm not done at all.

Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career and music just really allowed me to find another way to express myself.