Top 27 Quotes & Sayings by Tevin Campbell

Explore popular quotes and sayings by Tevin Campbell.

Last updated on November 18, 2024.

Tevin Jermod Campbell is an American singer and songwriter. He performed gospel in his local church from an early age. Following an audition for jazz musician Bobbi Humphrey in 1988, Campbell was signed to Warner Bros. Records. In 1989, Campbell collaborated with Quincy Jones performing lead vocals for "Tomorrow" on Jones' album Back on the Block and released his Platinum-selling debut album, T.E.V.I.N. The album included his highest-charting single to date, "Tell Me What You Want Me to Do", peaking at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. The debut album also included the singles "Alone With You", and "Goodbye".

Source: Wikipedia

I didn't have much of a relationship with the songs and my voice was changing. I didn't have any control over it. I mean, one day it could be high and the next day it could be gone. And that's why we had to keep going back in and doing songs over.

Tevin Campbell

I have done some bad things - things I can't and won't talk about. Nothing that bad, but if that stuff was printed in the papers, they'd paint me as a bad guy. I couldn't be Tevin Campbell, Mr. Perfect. But I really don't want to be Tevin Campbell, Mr. Perfect.

Tevin Campbell

It's really, really amazing and I have a couple of college friends and their friends are huge fans of 'Powerline'. I mean, they got the t-shirts, they got the memorabilia, they got all that stuff.

Tevin Campbell

I'd like to not have to worry about image, about doing the right thing all the time. Not that I want to be a criminal or anything. I'd like to be able to do something wrong and not feel the whole world will know.

Tevin Campbell

I remember doing Broadway, I started Broadway in 2005, and, of course, I sing two songs in the play, 'Hairspray'.

Tevin Campbell

It's a great compliment to be compared to Michael Jackson, but people are starting to realize now that I'm just me, and that's all I want to to be.

Tevin Campbell

I could go to the mall with my friends or go to movies or hang out without a care in the world. I could chase girls and not have to worry about whether they want me because they've heard my records on the radio.

Tevin Campbell

So, the idea of being a star on MTV and all that never really appealed to me. It makes life hectic.

Tevin Campbell

I do ultimately wanna go back to Broadway and do live theater; I wanna act. But singing is my love. I feel like I'm sitting on a pot of gold.

Tevin Campbell

I was raised in the church and liked singing in the background. I never really wanted to be the main attraction, and I'm still not sure I can sing.

Tevin Campbell

Most of the songs that I write have nothing to do with the stuff that I used to sing about since I didn't write back then.

Tevin Campbell

If you listen to 'Paris,' when I'm up on the bridge part, it literally sounds like my vocal cords are being ripped apart.

Tevin Campbell

So, you do make a lot of sacrifices in the business, but you have to stay humble and you have to live that normal life. That's what I do now. It keeps me grounded.

Tevin Campbell

I can't flip a burger, I can't do anything. All I know how to do is sing. I've been blessed to be able to make a living doing what I love.

Tevin Campbell

The black man's struggle in this country, I understood that. But I didn't really understand the historical message behind the 'Paris' song until later in my life.

Tevin Campbell

When I was a kid I loved to sing, that's all I did.

Tevin Campbell

I was approached by Spectra Music Group, so that led to me finally releasing 'Safer On The Ground.' It really was just about putting all the dots together.

Tevin Campbell

My main concern about coming back is being able to financially support it on my own. I don't want to depend on any record company to do it for me. But I have a fan base, people still streaming my music.

Tevin Campbell

I experienced a lot while I was away from the industry. From being on Broadway to learning more about myself. Those are really the things that I'm writing about.

Tevin Campbell

I have a goal to reach, a way I want my voice to sound, and until I get there, I won't feel that I'm really that good.

Tevin Campbell

When I was in the business, when I was younger, it was more work for me. I didn't actually start to live my life until I left the business, and you don't want to do that.

Tevin Campbell

I was more of a dancer back then, I did choreography, but I was nothing like 'Powerline'.

Tevin Campbell

I'll be 40 this year, so 'Can We Talk' is really not me anymore. Now I have the freedom to express myself through my music and write about my likes, my dislikes, and my passions. There's no greater feeling than being able to express myself.

Tevin Campbell

Sometimes I think what it might be like if I stayed in the background and was just singing in a choir somewhere. That crosses my mind on some of the bad days when I'm overworked. But it's just a fleeting thought.

Tevin Campbell