Competition Quote by Harry Hadden-Paton

I started singing at the Met when I was seven, and the competition was so fierce that it really prepared me.

— Emmy Rossum

Performing didn't feel comfortable until I was about 17. I loved to sing, but I always said I would never perform because I was…

— Seinabo Sey

I had serious performance stage fright. I kept my singing to the confines of my shower and car, while doing the dishes, and in…

— Michelle Chamuel

I was about 17 or 18 when I first started performing in public. I had a teacher when I was a freshman in college…

— Antony Hegarty

My mum said I used to sing on the bus. I was about five and would simply sit, staring out of the window, singing…

— Paul Young

Coming from a dance background, I was in competitions every single weekend, so I've been put on the spot since I was eight years…

— Tate McRae

I had quite intense stage fright singing in front of people. It always made me nervous to do it when I'm not on a…

— Naomi Ackie

In drama school, I entered a singing competition, which I ended up winning, which was great.

— Taron Egerton

Yeah... I was a singer as a kid. I had a lot of stage fright, and what's happened with 'Idol,' it has got me…

— Kara DioGuardi

When I first started performing, I was a nervous wreck. Honestly, sometimes I felt like I was going to run off the stage.

— Aubrie Sellers

I started singing about three years ago, I entered a local singing competition called Stratford Idol. The other people in the competition had been…

— Justin Bieber

When I was about 15. I was just singing around, and people kept telling me I needed to try it. A friend got me…

— Trey Songz