Cocky Quote by Lloyd

I was a pretty sheltered kid, a slow starter. I was pretty secretive with my passion for music and, I guess, my talent and…

— Raheem DeVaughn

I think the other thing that shaped me a little bit is that I really didn't have any success in music until my early…

— Craig Finn

I took some time away from the music industry. I've been doing this since I was 16 and needed some time to get to…

— Tove Styrke

I had to appreciate other things about music, like the writing and the cadence and dealing with producers. I became a student. I wanted…

— Dawn Angelique

I wanted to be involved in music and I felt I needed to get in quick. I didn't want to spend four years in…

— Guy Oseary

I knew I wanted to make music since I was young.

— Lil Tjay

With my quick success, I didn't have time to learn the ropes of the music business. Because my first record was such a hit,…

— Phoebe Snow

The reality of the music industry is that I was a 22-year-old college graduate who was able to walk into boardrooms and be the…

— Maggie Rogers

I started making music professionally when I was 14.

— Sky Ferreira

I was done with music and I became very cynical about the industry and Top 40 radio. I didn't even want to look at…

— Darren Hayes

I felt like a failure for so long because I wasn't able to access myself in the way I knew I would have if…

— John Grant

When I was 23, I felt like I was further back than when I was 21. After two solo albums for this small indie…

— Jon Hopkins