Billy Porter Quotes

Scandal rarely toured after those first few hits. I want to go out and sing and connect with fans who may have never seen us live.

Since I was 17, I had been just making records and promoting them.

I have always thought of myself as a performer first and way down the line as a recording artist.

I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don't want that no more. I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I'm really about.

Growing up, I always wanted to be a singer, and I've done that.

It would be a dream come true if I could just go from studio to studio and play solos.

This business is about working. It's really not about glamour. For me, the most glamorous thing about it is to b able to get on stage and perform my music for people. That's the privilege. And that's what all the work leads up to, and that's why it's worth it to me.

When I was 15 I became a full-time singer in a band. At 18 I made my first record.

I was producing demos for a band that was called Physical Ed. Out of production of demos I went and did a few jam sessions with then in Northern California clubs, but I never actually toured with them.

I've no grand designs to conquer the music industry, but I'd love to be able to tell my mates that I'm playing in a pub in Camden one night.

The Band never really played big concert tours. We never sold millions and millions of albums.

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

I really want to put the emphasis on creating music. I want to cut a record. I want to start going on tour.

I just wanted to keep growing and touring with my band.

When I was younger, I just wanted to be a singer.

I'm not ruling out music forever. I'd love to do that, but if I ever did, I don't think it would be with a record label or anything like that. It might even look like me finding a band and kind of playing in bars.

I still get surprised that people don't know that I sing.

My first five albums were triple-platinum, and I played a lot of concerts.

I'm a touring musician. I don't watch the charts. I had the kind of success I'd hoped for. I won Grammys for a folk record, and that was magic.

I always wanted to be a singer first.

Patrick and Joe were so young when we started the band. As slow as it was, with all the touring and crappy clubs we played, we still never had time to stop and reflect. When we took a break, it finally gave us time to reflect and grow up.

I will give full credit to the 'Indian Idol' platform for grooming me as a singer and shaping my career.

As long as I can write songs, make a record and do concerts, I'm really quite happy.

Apart from being a playback singer for films, I'm also an independent musician.

As musicians, we are quite literally singing for our supper. Don't get me wrong, I love touring, but the reality is that our idols from the '70s and '80s never toured this hard. They'd do a record, have one big world tour, maybe two, then break to do another record.