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It was my Mum who got me into singing properly - she knew I had to do something with my voice because she knew I was talented. She was the one who pushed me into joining a choir all those years ago, when I was about 12. I remember she told me to start with the choir and just see where it took me.

My mother raised me in the church. I was not allowed to stay home on Sunday; there was no option. I sang in the choir all the way up until I went to college.

I sang in the choir for years, even though my family belonged to another church.

I sang in church choir all my life, through elementary school, junior high and high school.

I sang in choir as a kid.

Mum decided that I could sing a bit, so she put me in a choir, which I hated, and it was just a nightmare. I was a rebellious sort of choirboy.

I went to, you know, a church in Chicago, and my mom, of course, was in the choir because my mom was a singer; she used to sing. I wanted to be in the choir as well, and I was like, 'Mom, please, you know, I want to sing in the choir with you guys.' I kept on asking her, and finally I was, you know, in the choir.

When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church.

My father started me singing in church.

When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are.