Birthday Quote by Charli XCX

I started making beats when I was 13.

— Metro Boomin

When I was about 14, I got a tacky keyboard for 250 pounds and put on a drum machine and found I could write a song.

— Dolores O'Riordan

I started making beats when I was nine in my bedroom and garage.

— MNEK

I was about 18 when I started making music, making beats. My mindset was totally different.

— Skepta

I started making beats in high school.

— Kenny Beats

When I was a youngster, I might have been about 17 or 18 when I first started making beats.

— Zaytoven

When I was a little kid and I heard a song I liked on TV, I would jump up and run to the piano…

— Brendon Urie

My mother is a pianist and vocalist. When I was 15, I was playing guitar in her Dell Graham Trio.

— Larry Graham

When I was in middle school, that's when I first started making beats. I was maybe 14, 16, something like that.

— Flying Lotus

When I started making beats in the 7th grade - even through middle school and high school - I admired a lot of Shawty…

— Metro Boomin

I didn't want to be one of the 10,000 kids on the internet making beats. I went out there and got recognized as the…

— Murda Beatz

I had piano lessons when I was five or six years old, so my mom got me this little keyboard in my room. And…

— Lapsley