Believe Quote by Sarah Weeks

I wrote my first rhymes around 8th grade. After serving a year in juvenile detention, I decided to pursue my career as an artist.

— Yukmouth

I've been writing since I was five years old. I used to write poetry, and I loved to rhyme.

— Gabriella Wilson

I started writing rhymes in fact when I was 11 or 12 years old. I was actually into hip hop before anything else.

— Jay Sean

In the early '90s, when I really started to find my voice, I was reading a lot of books, and I was moved by…

— Mos Def

I was an English major in college, so I really liked spoken word and poetry; it was what I did before I wrote music.

— Mat Kearney

I used to write a lot of songs. I was an English major in college. I was a deluded poet for a year. Totally…

— Paul Dano

I started writing poetry when I was 12 years old and also undertook vocal training since a young age. However, it was only during…

— Ananya Birla

College didn't stick, so I worked odd jobs, but I've always written songs and played music. I actually met a guy who was a…

— Chris Stapleton

I started doing music when I was thirteen; I actually started writing my first rhymes.

— Kendrick Lamar

I was writing poems and little freestyle raps in my notes throughout all of elementary and high school.

— Ice Spice

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 an English major, and I always wrote poems.

— Mat Kearney