Nadine Coyle Quotes

I always knew I wanted to be in a band.

In high school I wanted to be a rock star and was in a lot of bands.

My sole focus as far back as I can remember was all about my dream to become a singer.

I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.

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 always forming bands.

I decided to start professionally making music at about 11. I was like, 'Okay, this is something I really want to do.'

At the time, I was making good money doing background work and demos.

I always wanted to be a singer - my whole life, all I ever did was sing around the house.

I'm glad 'Honest' came out right after 'Karate Chop,' because I don't want to be seen as a one-hit wonder.

I have always wanted to become a musician and a singer.

I was probably four when I knew that I wanted to be a singer.

I've waited so long to get to this point, and I'm so happy to be making my first album. I want to be a performer and an entertainer.

I wish I could be a professional singer.

I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.

I've always wanted to sing and to be an entertainer. After high school, I moved from New Orleans to Los Angeles and started songwriting. But I didn't really get serious until then.

We didn't move to L.A. to move to L.A. We moved to make music with Muggs.

People say, 'When are you making this comeback?' I say, 'It's not a comeback, it's a record.' They say, 'Where have you been all these years?' I say, 'I've been making records.'

I always said that someday I'm going to sing on a record.

Growing up, I was trying to make it in music. I was grinding, which is just what I loved doing. I didn't have nothing else to do. In my spare time, I'd record myself. Find a beat, pulling em up. Just making something and creating for me.

I'd like to release solo songs on a regular basis, but it's pretty difficult for me to finish them.

I never wanted to be an opera singer. I wanted to be an actress, maybe a rock singer.

If you will forever remember me as the girl from 'America's Got Talent,' that's cool, 'cause I am. If you wanna look into me and what I've done recently, that's cool, too.

There's a stigma attached to being an actor. People from 'Big Brother' call themselves actors. There's so much crap. It's not about appreciating that we're here to service the public, that we're storytellers. It doesn't sit comfortably with me.

I've been trying to be a singer ever since I was 2 years old and I'm a whole 27 years old now so it's like, things can happen or they can't. It's a humbling experience every year, every day.