Andra Day Quotes

I went to School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, and we had a bunch of singing classes. My first job in New York was an Off-Broadway musical.

I was introduced to theater by a teacher that found me when I was in elementary school. She tested me for the Gifted and Talented program, started taking me to see the 'Nutcracker Ballet.' I got involved.

I had gone to the High School of the Performing Arts in New York City.

I can remember being very keen to go to drama school at the age of eight, and practising ballet in my bedroom to Queen soundtracks.

Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing.

If you looked at my music collection and saw an album that was a soundtrack to a musical, it's probably because I had bought it to learn the music so I could go and audition.

I used to sing when I was into local theatre but gave it up to concentrate on dance.

I love dancing just because I've done it my whole life and it's definitely what I want to do. I feel like, I want to train with acting and do movies. Those two are my main priorities. I definitely want to be able to sing and model, too. I definitely love those, too.

My whole background, my whole life was just lots and lots of theater, a lot of that being musical theater.

I was the lead in two musicals, and I took dance classes.

I did a lot of musical theater when I was younger, and I really hope to get back there someday. I miss singing a lot. I listen to Broadway show tunes in my car and sing along to them.

I can sing, but my voice is untrained. I'd like to do a musical someday.

It was always acting, singing and dancing that I loved.

My first job was in pantomime; I was a chorus girl in 'Dick Whittington' at 16. I got the part by ringing the director daily to see if anyone had dropped out, and it paid off eventually, when I was cast as a rat!

I have always been intrigued with singing and I actually started my career in musical comedies.

I would do a musical, but I can't sing.

I have intentionally not pursued musical theater.

Musical theater is one of my passions.

I did my first musical in 4th grade as Huck Finn. By 11th grade, I was starring in 'Godspell' and 'Pippin' and pretending to be Che in 'Evita' in my bedroom. Singing has always been a huge part of me.

I grew up in Northern California, and theater is all there was. I didn't know how to go about starting a career when I was 10.

I didn't necessarily set out to be in musical theater, but that's where my path has taken me, and I've been loving and enjoying it ever since.

I really liked to sing and dance, and that's why I decided to start as a trainee.

My performing inspiration all started at my performing-arts school back in Atlanta. That was the spark that made me want to perform.

My background is musical theater. I have a BFA from the University of Florida.

I did some musical theater and studied a little bit of acting as well.