Fork in the road Quote by Alanis Morissette

When I turned 19 I kinda realized that I needed to write my own songs instead of singing songs written by other people.

— Colbie Caillat

I started writing songs when I was 10. It was a natural way to express myself as a kid. It wasn't until I started…

— Kimbra

I was, like, in my mid-30s when I found out I could sing. I was doing karaoke and we were doing Bob Seger, 'Old…

— Jelly Roll

I didn't start singing and writing songs properly until I was 19.

— Tom Walker

When I first started making music, it was where I went when I couldn't express myself, when I wasn't able to connect with other…

— Sharon Van Etten

I started songwriting at around age 12, and that was it. I never really stopped. Nothing else ever really crossed my mind. It's truly…

— Lara Fabian

I was a different person before I started to write. When I realized I could be a songwriter and that people would listen -…

— Gwen Stefani

I started singing very early. I was six or seven years old, and I was singing along to TV commercials and figuring out, 'Oh,…

— Yuna

By the second time I sang by myself in school, I just realized that I was more in control of my environment than I…

— Seinabo Sey

When I was 15, all I knew was that I had to be somebody and that I could be somebody. So I exploited the…

— Juan Gabriel

I grew up in the era of Britney Spears, where artists had songs written for them, and you got up and sang them. That's…

— Bebe Rexha

I started singing when I was 8, and then when I was 11, I started writing my first songs.

— Jorja Smith