Rupi Kaur Quotes

I have more than one side of me that likes to get out on a stage and sing.

I had this exceptional classical music voice. If I'd followed a true path for my talent, I would have ended up being an opera singer.

I was a born singer.

I like Sam Bailey - she's got a huge voice.

I have a talent, I can sing.

When I look at the arc of my career, my focus is on lyricism, right? I own that.

I was pretty young when I decided I wanted to, well, more so be a singer. I started singing in church in my hometown, East Orange, New Jersey. I knew when I was about five or six that I wanted to be a performer.

When I started out, I wanted to be Billy Joel. The plan was to be a singer-songwriter of that ilk, and, then, I got waylaid - that's probably an unfair way to say it - from being a rock star by the musical theatre stuff, which I love doing.

I'm not aiming to be someone like Christina Aguilera.

Some people have the gift where they can just sing. I don't have the fail-safe voice, so it has to be something that I need to sing about.

I love singing. I just love it.

I love singing fun songs; I've built a career on them.

I know I can sing; I can sing, and I like how I sound.

I'm a huge closet Mariah Carey fan - she's got one of the best voices probably ever.

I've been singing for a really long time and I love a lot of genres, but country just seemed like the best fit. The people in that genre are just so nice and welcoming. And that seemed so appealing. Also my voice fit it and seemed like the way to go.

I've always looked up to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey for their outstanding vocal performances. I've always been inspired by them.

I knew I always wanted to sing.

I'm not just a singer-songwriter doing songs in the key of me.

I want to be a soul singer.

I started as a songwriter and wanted to be like Leonard Cohen. I've always seen my stories as enlarged songs.

I never saw myself as a singer; I never really thought I had the voice for it.

All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity. It is a sport, like the silver fox. It happens.

I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition.

I consider myself to have one of the greatest voices in the industry.

I grew up at the piano, and I longed to write musicals.