Felt Quote by Russell Howard

In my 20s, I was carving a space for myself in the world of entertainment.

— Mandira Bedi

When I was given my first gig, and I had no real appetite for a career, I just worked to get money so I…

— Stacey Dooley

One day I woke up, had an early mid-life crisis, and decided it all had to change. I went and did Logan Murray's comedy…

— Greg Davies

When I was 18, the vision was to make music that didn't exist, because everything else was so unsatisfactory.

— Mark E. Smith

I started gigging when I was around 13, my family helped me get small pub gigs and I have always loved performing since.

— Lola Young

When I told my mum I was going to play my first gig when I was 14, she couldn't believe it, cause I was…

— Paul Weller

My first gig was 'The Outsiders.' I was 14 there. And probably one of the more jading experiences in my whole life.

— Jay R. Ferguson

The only thing I had in my mind [when I was 17 ] was that I was going to be a professional musician. So…

— John Petrucci

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

— Kamasi Washington

I'd been gigging since I was 14, doing little competitions and pubs and clubs and old people's homes.

— Jade Bird

By the time I was 18 years old, I had achieved everything that was in my heart to do and at the same time…

— Kelly Clark

I got lucky when I was a teenager when we were booking bands at university. Those gigs were the greatest two hours in my…

— Michael Rapino