Ends Quote by Katey Sagal

I think it was a natural step to start recording my own music.

— McCoy Tyner

I don't even know at what age I started, because it's always been there. Performing... creating... it's in my DNA.

— Janelle Monae

I actually started writing it because I was inspired by my own personal growth.

— Erykah Badu

When I first started, everything happened at once. I became religious, my musical career took off, I got married, I had kids, and all…

— Matisyahu

The idea [of A Period of Transition album] was to get a break from everything for a while because I've been doing it for…

— Van Morrison

I started writing it, because it was seven years ago. But yes, that is the genesis of why I started writing.

— Natalie Dormer

When I was making the early stuff, I never expected it to be so big. I was in my own kind of bubble. I…

— The Weeknd

I became fascinated with recording in an open room.

— Daniel Lanois

I start with a mood or an idea that comes from a personal place emotionally, and the narrative concepts come much later.

— James Gray

I grew up in L.A. and started recording here first and it felt very different than when I went to Long Pond for the…

— Gracie Abrams

I feel like the first record was really finding my feet, figuring out what music I wanted to make... Now that I've done that,…

— Flume

When I was, like, 16, I had, like, my first, like, bit of software and stuff. So then I started, like, making music and…

— Cuco