I am not a Ph.D. in economics or a doctorate in literature that I can afford to take my singing lightly. Even if I sing a jingle, I take it as seriously as oxygen.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.
For an individual, playback singing is not enough to sustain a career, and it is not really a main source of income.
I had a degree in economics but also thought of myself as a musician.
I can sing, but it takes an incredible amount of work for me to sound acceptable.
Singing is actually my favourite thing to do in the world - so when you don't consider yourself as talented at anything academically, and there is one thing you're good at, I think it's best to follow what you're good at.
Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear notion of the money to be made in it.
I knew from a young age that I could sing and it was impressed upon me that if I got a classically trained education in voice, it would serve as a foundation for whatever I chose to do.
You've got to sing like you don't need the money.
I can sing, but it isn't something I crave to do professionally.
If I wasn't singing, I'd probably be, probably an accountant.