Solomon Burke Quotes

I wanted to be Stan Laurel, then I wanted to be Fred Astaire and then Captain Kangaroo. I actually started out as a radio announcer when I was 17 and never left the business, so that's literally 70 years.

I've been in the entertainment industry since I was five and it has always been something that has been in my blood.

Every actor I know wants to be a pop star.

I've been able to go on and have a successful career on Broadway and certainly the last five years in Las Vegas have been amazing.

Growing up, the last thing I ever thought I'd do is be an entertainer.

I came here knowing nobody. I worked clubs as a singer and even the doors a few times before I landed some TV roles.

I wanted to be a professional singer/actress, though I knew it would be hard.

I just went to Harvard a little while, because I graduated from Armstrong High School in Washington and then I went up there but I didn't stay that long because I went into show business.

I'm in showbusiness. I'm an entertainer.

I think someone like Carmen Electra would be great in 'Peepshow.' Really, though, I think anyone who can sing and dance would be great.

I always knew I wanted to work in entertainment, but I actually really wanted to be a singer more than an actress.

I was signed to RCA to be a country singer.

I did 'Showtime at the Apollo' when I was 10, and it was the first time that I'd ever performed on TV, and it felt great.

Please don't ask which I enjoy more - acting or hosting - because I love them equally.

My memories of Las Vegas were all with my father when I was, like, a teenager. He was best friends with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, and we'd come up and see the shows and go backstage afterwards and have dinner together. It was one of my first educations about stars and how they really are back stage.

I just want to do a movie musical and then if I could do some recording stuff, that would be amazing! I would die a happy woman! I really would. It doesn't take much!

In my heart and soul, I always knew that I wanted to be in show business.

I've been doing this journey in acting and singing since I was six years old, and I definitely think this will take me to the next level - in movies.

By 11th grade, I was in show business as a professional.

I personally knew and worked with Sammy Davis, Jr. Sammy hired me to open for him at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas when I was a 19-year-old standup comedian, and that's where my fascination with his incredible story began.

Since I was four, my goal was to be a famous singer and a famous actor.

I am with the entertainment industry since the age of 12.

There was a time I'd do 300 shows a year.

My father was an entertainer, and he knew what he was doing.

For the first 25 years of my career, I did nothing but sing and dance.