Big Quote by Chesney Hawkes

I made my first record at 27, and there are people who are 17 and 18 out there making records.

— Goldie

I'm 23, and if I wanted to release a record when I was 17, I could have released a record, but I'm really glad I didn't.

— Shura

I started young. My first record came out when I was - what? 18? So I was in the studio when I was 15, 16.

— Heavy D

When I was 19 I had a record deal.

— DJ Premier

My first record - it was 1991. I was 16 years old. My first album came out when I was 20. So, I've been…

— Nas

My first record came out while I was a senior in high school, which is dangerous.

— Will Smith

My first record was almost not my first record.

— Tracy Chapman

When I was 15 I became a full-time singer in a band. At 18 I made my first record.

— Agnetha Faltskog

I was the youngest producer to have a No. 1 record when Kris Kross first came out, and that was a record I held…

— Jermaine Dupri

My first record I ever got was 'Full Moon Fever.' My dad gave me a copy when I was maybe nine years old or…

— Laura Jane Grace

I was only halfway to the record and it seemed like it took me a long time. I feel like that one will never…

— Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

I was 18 when I signed my first record contract and in those days fame was a lot of fun.

— Martin Kemp