Competition Quote by Romesh Ranganathan

I worked with my parents on the stage in production numbers since I was 4, but I never really gave much thought to being…

— Helen Reddy

I got into the studio when I was thirteen. At the age of twelve I was doing public performances.

— Chingy

My first gig, I was about 17 or 18. But I'd been singing a long time. I got a guitar when I was 8,…

— Toby Keith

I knew I wanted to be a performer really early on, like around 8 years old. I did tons of acting and loved being…

— Kate Brown

I first did stand-up when I was 17, and then I passed out fliers for a comedy club (in New York City) and I…

— Sarah Silverman

My first gig was at Radio City Music Hall when I was 13.

— Questlove

I started performing at home as a kid putting on shows and lip-syncing Michael Jackson for the grown-ups. Then, in musicals and plays in…

— Matisyahu

I was grounded in the performing arts from a very young age.

— Pratik Gandhi

I began working on stage in Atlanta when I was 3, doing a dance act with the Ragamuffins of Rhythm. Later I became a…

— Nipsey Russell

I started performing non-professionally at birthday parties and family gatherings doing 'Saturday Night Live' impressions at four. Then I started for real at seven.

— Annaleigh Ashford

I started performing music about the age of 16. I lived in Brooklyn, New York, and this thing called the Flatbush Fair comes once…

— Theophilus London

I'd say that, first and foremost, I'm a performer; I started performing when I was four years old, and being on stage from a…

— Paloma Faith