Ballads Quote by Sarah Harding

My first concert was Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey.

— Brett Young

In my early days, I sang rock stuff, but the career didn't kick until '67.

— Engelbert Humperdinck

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

— Kamasi Washington

Guitar gigs were everywhere in the '50s, and I started diddling around so I could keep working. Playing honky-tonk, simple stuff. I took a…

— George Benson

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

— Questlove

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

My first concert ever was my freshman year of high school, at Blossom, and it was Lil Wayne and Young Money. It was wild.

— Larry Nance, Jr

I was in bands, like everyone else, when I was 16, 17; I was a little skater listening to Dead Kennedy's and Steel Pole…

— Bonobo

I began to go to concerts when I was 12 years old.

— Anonymous

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

— Van Morrison

I was 18 when I signed my first record contract and in those days fame was a lot of fun.

— Martin Kemp

A lotta years I was out there on the road pulling one-nighters. Then I got hired to sing in Sam Donahue's band in 1963.…

— Frank Sinatra Jr