Arnel Pineda Quotes

I was about 10 when I first began to sing. My mother had been away for three weeks, and I learned 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina.' When she came back, I sang it in front of her, my auntie Linda, my father, my uncle Jim, and my grandmother.

I remember him watching me through the crack of a door singing with a hairbrush. I was in front of his mirror. I think he wanted me to sing. He would get me on the table and make me sing sometimes or play the piano. He was very encouraging on that front.

The more they applaud, the bigger your salary will be.

I've also long since realized that the way to really engage children is to give out prizes; it's amazing how it concentrates their minds.

My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine.

When I was 4 or 5, I attended my father's concerts. He very often played Strauss waltzes as encores and I saw something happening with the audience.

I was sitting on my mom's lap across from my father to see Kay Thompson at Ciro's. And I always remember this energy force, this woman flying around the room and singing these harmonies so everyone went, 'Wow!' So I thought, 'That's what I want to do.'

Being the youngest, I was a bit of a daddy's girl and sought attention from an early age by singing. I don't know where I got my voice, but ours was always a musical house.

My dad bought me a guitar and people would ask me to play.

My dad would give me $10, which is a lot of money when you're 9, to sing at church, on tables at restaurants, at family functions, just about anywhere.

When I was as little as four years old, my mom would give me a pen and paper and tell me to write a story to keep me busy.

I remember in the fifth grade my dad would take me to Manhattan to shop for clothes.

For some reason, we stopped getting gold stars at some age. It's time to bring them back.

My mother said I was a star when I was about four years old. That's all I need.

I knew I wanted to sing when I was a very small boy. When I was probably 4 years old. My mother played a guitar and I would sit with her and she would sing and I learned to sing along with her.

My sister tells me I began singing before I could even talk. My first performance was of a song called 'My Blue Heaven,' which I began singing when I was a year and a half.

I do remember a teacher telling me when I was about ten that I was really good at acting. I was so proud, even though I am sure he said that to all of us in the class.

My mom was always driving me back and forth to guitar lessons, growing up. She was super supportive and probably my biggest cheerleader.

When I was six years old, Mom and Dad gave me a guitar for my birthday, and Daddy taught me the chords to 'You Are My Sunshine.'

As kids, my mom would always let us help bake, and if we behaved, we got to lick the beaters clean.

When I was seven, my mom took my twin sister and me to a play. I remember being fascinated about life onstage.

Anytime you get attention for something, you want to keep doing it.

I have been singing since the time I was two. My mom says I would sing Gujarati songs with my grandmother when I was a kid.

My son understands a lot and he's pushing me really hard. He always tells me 'you need to win, you need to be good.' He's happy to see that his father is racing and I think he understands step by step more about Formula One and he really likes it.

If you're not going to be rewarded for your virtues, and instead you're going to be punished for them, then what's your motivation to continue?