Firsts Quote by Florence Welch

I was first inspired to make music by my cousin Oran. He was making music on an old Mac II by himself in his…

— Flying Lotus

A few of the artists knew my name, because I have an unusual name, from Rolling Stone.

— Jancee Dunn

I don't ever use my name for anything in terms of getting the music heard.

— Dhani Harrison

I took the name originally as a kind of disguise because I didn't want people to know I was about to embark on a…

— John Wesley Harding

I decided I wanted to use my real name 'Tierra Whack' when I decided I wanted to make music my career.

— Tierra Whack

My name was originally Da Baby Jesus, but I changed it like two years into my career because I didn't want to offend anyone;…

— DaBaby

One of my other nicknames was Thomas Edison, because I invented so many moves.

— Earl Monroe

Originally, I wanted to call the band 'Guns 'n Robots.' I still believe that if we had just called ourselves 'Guns 'n Robots' we'd…

— Slash

When people come up to me and say, 'You made it,' I think, 'But I'm not done yet. Not everyone's heard my music.' I…

— Mandy Moore

After moving to England I did some recording and eventually formed an English band, this was together for quite a few years with only…

— Suzi Quatro

I made the first Feist album in '98. So at that point, it was my nickname. It was as far as with my circle…

— Feist

It's weird what a last name will do. I changed it to 'Milian,' and next thing you know, I was working and getting auditions…

— Christina Milian