Music Aspiration Quotes

Playback singing has always been my dream.

I'm not a 'guitarist.' I'm trying to be a bassist.

I'm a serious aficionada of country music - Reba McEntire, Toby Keith, Montgomery Gentry. I've even written some songs. They haven't done anything of mine yet. But it's only a matter of time.

I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey.

Sometimes I just wish I played in a band like Foo Fighters.

I've wanted to do a solo album since 2000 when I was writing songs for the 'Machine' record.

I'm still dreaming to be the next Missy Elliott.

I really want to be a rock star.

I've always wanted to walk into a hotel, sit at a piano and play 'Piano Man.'

I dreamed of having a Gibson. I had a cheap Kent - you know, a Japanese guitar - and then a Kanora, a Japanese guitar. I borrowed a friend's Harmony for years. To have a Gibson was really, really my dream as a kid.

I do see myself doing more than just playback singing.

I always wanted to play some kind of instrument - piano, saxophone, whatever. I took it up for a while, then forgot about it because I didn't have the time.

From day one when you're singing, you're dreaming about making that first album and making your break into whatever music you want to break into.

If I could be in any band, I think it would have to be The Beatles. That would have been a lot of fun.

Most singers have their idols. I remember Elvis Presley when I was a kid. When I was about sixteen, I always said I wanted to do 'Love Me Tender.'

Gibson ES 125 was a real instrument, this was in 1956. I started learning; I had a vision of a sound.

I started playing trumpet when I was 11 years old. All I wanted to be was a jazz trumpet player when I grew up.

At 17, I wanted to be a rock star.

I've always wanted to make a bluegrass album.

When I was 9 years old, I wanted to be the baritone sax player in the Little Richard band.

I've been chasing music since I was 16.

I know that what you have faced. I know that you have faced disappointment and loss in your lives. I have, too. I wanted more than anything to be a concert cellist.

I always wanted to be in a boy band since I was a kid.

I'd love to be a pop star - at heart.

I love country music, blues, and punk, and one day I might make those kinds of records.