Band Quote by Lisa Loeb

I'd been performing in bands since I was 12 which represented, at that point, about 16 years of playing music.

— Van Morrison

I started writing music when I was around twelve. My current record company saw a video of me performing at my school's talent show.

— Lorde

I'd written songs since I was 16, but I never thought that I would be a musician full time.

— Shura

The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on…

— Rupert Holmes

I spent most of my 20s playing music. I was in a band and we worked really hard and did not get very far.…

— Fred Armisen

I enjoyed singing and playing guitar but didn't have the stamina to make music-making a career. In reality, writing was my real gift, and…

— Ann Powers

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

— Kamasi Washington

When I was 15 I became a full-time singer in a band. At 18 I made my first record.

— Agnetha Faltskog

When I was 13 or 14, I took seven months off from touring. I did a lot of weekend gigs in Louisiana. We have…

— Hunter Hayes

In high school I was in a band called Goodfight, but it was more me running around on stage. It was very punk inspired.…

— Angel Olsen

I have been making music since I was a kid. I have written music since I was, like, seven or eight. I was in…

— Joyner Lucas

I had kids at age 47, and very late in life, and I'd been doing it for 30 straight years, writing songs, making a…

— Bob Seger