Firsts Quote by Frank Ocean

My first gig was at Radio City Music Hall when I was 13.

— Questlove

I booked my first studio at like 12 or 13. Somewhere in that season of my life, singing along with the radio became me…

— Frank Ocean

I had no allusions of radio success. I just loved being in studios. I was having fun and in that sense I now feel…

— Matthew Sweet

I got into the studio when I was thirteen. At the age of twelve I was doing public performances.

— Chingy

I started radio, actually, when I was 13. I started DJing when I was 13, but later in that year, I started a high…

— Statik Selektah

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

I began to go to concerts when I was 12 years old.

— Anonymous

I started radio in 1950 on the Lone Ranger radio program, a dramatic show that emanated from Detroit when I was 18 years old…

— Casey Kasem

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

— Lisa Stansfield

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

— Brian McKnight

My parents used to bring me to Radio City when I was a little girl, so performing there 50 years later was absolutely surreal…

— Wendy Liebman

By the time I was about 15, I was out playing gigs and knew I was going to be a musician.

— Kamasi Washington