Sonny Sandoval Quotes

I started making music professionally when I was 14.

I do see myself doing more than just playback singing.

Music is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

There was never really a Plan B for me - I always wanted to be a music artist.

My mom eventually told me if I wanted to be in the music industry, I should start writing my own songs. At that time, I was in junior high and had no idea where to start - I was writing joke rap songs with friends. Eventually, I wrote my first song in high school, and my mom took me to go record it with one of her band member friends at his house.

I'd rather make music than tour.

I was a musician first before anything.

I write songs. Then, I record them. And, later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple.

I wanted to play in a band, and I wanted to do music for a living, and that's what I dedicated my life to.

I'm desperate to start a career in music.

My #1 goal is to become a successful singer and share my gift with the world.

But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music.

I was just trying out and having some fun. I don't think I'd want to pursue singing as a career; it's an on-the-side thing. It would be great if I could make a career out of it but if I can't, that's OK too.

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

All I've ever wanted to do was play music and go on the road and make records.

I decided to start professionally making music at about 11. I was like, 'Okay, this is something I really want to do.'

I went from elementary school to proper training, operatic training, and I went on to the Motown University and learned a lot of things from some wonderful people.

I always knew I wanted to be in a band.

At one point, I was thinking about going to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, but then I realized it's actually not what I wanted to do.

I was someone who knew what they wanted to do for so long. I was always fascinated by music, always a student of pop.

I've dedicated more than 15 years to this theater and television thing; I want to spend the next 10, 15 years or so devoted to music.

My father was a songwriter and he had a studio, and I was always surrounded by musicians and people creating music. I think I just always believed that that was a normal job, and people waking up at lunchtime and working until late at night, that to me always just was quite a normal job.

Playback singing has always been my dream.

I went to college to find myself. That's where I really realized I wanted to be a recording artist and started on the process of figuring out how to do that.

My focus was, and still is, totally on making music, getting on the road and performing live.