High school Quote by Don McLean

I just started playing guitar and started singing and started working on this act that I would call 'Don McLean' when I was probably…

— Don McLean

Even before I became a recording artist, I did other things in music. I was a teacher, I did studio work, and I was…

— Jon Secada

I started writing songs in high school. And eventually, I got some songs recorded by some major artists, mostly because I was out there…

— Gordon Lightfoot

I went to college to find myself. That's where I really realized I wanted to be a recording artist and started on the process…

— Raheem DeVaughn

Me making music happened not even from a desire to make records.

— Roisin Murphy

I took temp jobs, recorded a demo in the evenings and eventually shopped a record deal. All I knew was that I wanted to…

— Natasha Bedingfield

All I had was a CD with beats. I wrote to every beat on that CD, and when I got off punishment, I put…

— Dreezy

I made records for 20 years, I lived off it. But people would say I made so many mistakes, I did so many things…

— David Berman

So many people I was at school with have all ended up being musicians and putting records out.

— Kieran Hebden

I feel like I've been doing performing my entire life. I started taking music lessons and singing when I was about ten. I didn't…

— Alex Winston

I feel like I haven't done anything. What have I done? I've just made a few records.

— Erykah Badu

People started recording my songs. Later, I was offered songwriter contracts. And then, finally, I could take the time to work on my own…

— Kim Petras