Family Quote by Barbara Cook

I think it was when I was 12 when I entered a singing competition. I sang my own original song for an audience of 1,000 people.

— Birdy

First time I sang, I was singing Alicia Keys in the bathroom of my mom's beauty shop. I was six.

— La'Porsha Renae

I was probably six years old when I first sang before an audience.

— Brian McKnight

I was probably about four when I really wanted to start singing.

— Lisa Stansfield

I started to sing professionally when I was about 13 or 14.

— Lisa Stansfield

I sang and wrote songs when I was 12 years old.

— Mose Allison

I was singing when I was five years old. My sister and I both had the talent from mom and dad, and she was…

— Carl Gardner

I got into singing when I was 6.

— Danielle de Niese

I think the first big thing I did: I sang at my mom's wedding when I was almost 8, so 7... that was my first thing.

— Kirstin Maldonado

I had five brothers and sisters. Four of them older, and some of them played instruments, and we would get together and have family…

— Al Jarreau

I only started singing at about 15, and it came as quite a surprise to my dad.

— Romy Madley Croft

I started singing when I was 18 and landed my first record deal with RCA when I was 26 after a lot of grafting…

— Bonnie Tyler