Grace VanderWaal Quotes

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

I can't dance and I can't sing too well.

That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business.

I'm a good singer, yet I couldn't participate in 'Star Ya Rockstar.'

I've always been a singer, but I don't know if I was always a natural performer.

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

I didn't know I could sing until I auditioned for 'Les Miserables.' My friend was auditioning, and I wanted to audition too.

There are a lot of singers who cannot sing to save their lives. We have to accept it, but thank God there is such a thing as live shows. It's only when people are faced with live shows that the world gets to know how good or how bad they are.

My dad Peter, who was my roadie when I was starting out, had loads of confidence but couldn't sing.

Nobody thought I could do anything with a singing career... except my singing teachers, who were accustomed to hearing voices that could be transformed into something.

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

Not going to lie: when I heard that Toni Braxton's sister, Tamar, wanted to have a music career, I was skeptical. I know she sang backup for Toni and is a great reality-TV star, but being a musician is a whole 'nother league. Well, Tamar proved me wrong.

I'm not a good enough singer to pull off the effect.

I mean, I sing. But I don't think I'm a good enough singer to do any kind of musical.

I knew I always wanted to sing.

There are a lot of people who look great but can't sing.

I don't sing as well as my mother. I'm a good actress. I'm not that good a singer.

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!'

A lot of the new people they choose on shows like 'American Idol' and things like that - I don't ever hear lead singers. They always seem to choose to pick people that are great singers, fabulous singers, but they've never got the voice that makes a great lead singer.

Musicals are hard for me because I got thrown out of the glee club in high school, because I couldn't sing in tune at the time. I can sing in tune now, but I have to work really hard on it to make sure that I don't exercise one of my great talents, which is the ability to sing in three keys at the same time.

I used to be a great blues singer.

I've only ever wanted to be a singer; I never wanted to be famous.

I do love to sing. Had I a longer set of thigh bones and a sweeter voice, I should have loved to be a performer.

I auditioned for a musical, and I can't sing. It was a kid's film musical, not a stage show, so I thought I could get away with it.

A lot of people don't know that I'm a singer - that's my thing, really.