Age Quote by Ananya Birla

I've written poetry since I was in the first grade, and it wasn't until I was a little bit older that I realized poetry…

— Jordin Sparks

I was completely devoted to reading and books from the age of seven. It took until I was 18 to have the confidence to…

— Christopher Koch

I began to write poetry when I was about four years old. In other words, I've always been writing poetry.

— Ernesto Cardenal

I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry.

— Jeffery Deaver

I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry.

— Elizabeth Edwards

I always wanted to write poetry, even when I was very young.

— Ama Ata Aidoo

I was a piano player before I was a poet.

— Gil Scott-Heron

When I was 19 I went to art school. I had six months of teaching myself to play baritone ukulele under my belt so…

— Joni Mitchell

I don't know what started me, I just wrote poetry from the time was quite small. I guess I liked nursery rhymes and I…

— Sylvia Plath

Growing up as a kid, I took creative writing classes, and I was always into poetry.

— Ivan Moody

I started writing music when I was around twelve. My current record company saw a video of me performing at my school's talent show.

— Lorde

I started doing music when I was thirteen; I actually started writing my first rhymes.

— Kendrick Lamar