“If anything, when I was young, I wanted to be an orchestra.” — Brian Stokes Mitchell Quote

If anything, when I was young, I wanted to be an orchestra.

I kind of feel the career chose me. My motto has always been, 'Go where I'm wanted.'

I've sung a whole lot of jazz. It's my favorite style of music to sing. People don't realize it, because they're so accustomed to hearing me sing musical theater.

For a while, I couldn't get arrested in television because everybody thought of me as that guy on 'Trapper John.' So I thought, 'Great, I'll come out here to New York and do some theater, and when they get tired of me, I'll do something else.'

I played in orchestras all through high school and taught myself how to play guitar.

My father will go see Trans-Siberian Orchestra every single year. I mean, he's completely into it.

To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.

There's not an orchestra in the world that doesn't have weaknesses. None of us can play everything well. The repertoire is just too big.

I can go in front of an orchestra. I can go in front of an audience. But if you see me walking through an audience in the reception or through a lot of people, I'm still shy.