Richard C. Armitage Quotes

I know I could never be in a pop band. I honestly have an appalling voice.

I like Brandy a lot. She's a vocal prodigy.

Being a rock star was out of the question. I can't sing.

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

I did everything I could to not be a musician.

I used to want to be a singer and a musician for years, from 6 years old to today. I'm not really good, but in time I could be. I'm more of a singer than anything.

And, you know, I never wanted to be a singer.

I didn't know I was gonna act. I thought I was gonna be a singer because that's what I did first, and I was like, 'When I grow up, I want to be, you know, a singer.'

I think I was super young when I decided I wanted to be in music and be a singer.

More than meeting people and going out with girls, I'm focused on my music.

I wanted to do this so badly, to be a successful musician.

Labels and people didn't know if i could write original music or anything.

I don't intend to stop making music.

Who told you I was a musician?

I always thought I was a singer, but I really am not.

Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.

I knew I always wanted to sing.

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

I've wanted to perform my entire life. I found a paper I wrote in kindergarten class about what I wanted to be when I grew up - and I wrote 'a famous singer!'

I know that I can sing. That's the reason I started playing music when I was twelve years old.

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

I did record a bunch of stuff, but the thing that usually stops me from doing that is that I'm a terrible singer. I made a bunch of instrumental music, and it feels really good, but just as a singer, I'm not good.

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 didn't want to be a solo Westlife - covers and ballads - and the reason I signed with Capitol Records was because they wanted me to write songs myself. It was pretty scary, but they put me in a studio in Nashville with some new songwriters, and the results were pretty good.

I was going to be a teacher. I was applying to graduate school when I got the call to do 'Same Love,' actually. I was gonna go to Boston University for my masters in teaching.