Always Quote by Nicola Roberts

I came from a very musical family, so I grew up singing karaoke with the family. My family said 'do this' and brought me…

— Cassie Steele

I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry.

— Rick Springfield

When I was 14 I was really influenced by artists like Protoje and Chronixx, so I started writing lyrics.

— Koffee

Like a lot of artists, I started out as a singer in my church choir when I was a child.

— Big Freedia

It was my Mum who got me into singing properly - she knew I had to do something with my voice because she knew…

— Susan Boyle

My parents - Augustine Joseph and Elizabeth - discovered my talent for singing when I was a kid. I remember them telling me that…

— K. J. Yesudas

I was inspired to be a singer/songwriter from an early age.

— Tom Kitt

I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think.

— Robert Morgan

My mother, Zelma, was an influence on my career. When I was six or seven I started singing, imitating people like Eartha Kitt, and…

— Maureen Lipman

My earliest poems were a way of talking to somebody. I suppose to myself.

— Philip Levine

I grew up singing. My mother was a music teacher.

— Connie Britton

I was a choir boy my whole life.

— Austin Aries