Back Quote by Scatman Crothers

My first paying gig was a play called 'The Voice of the Prairie' at a theater that no longer exists in Chicago called Wisdom…

— Denis O'Hare

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

— Questlove

My first job in NYC was playing a gig in the early nineties at CBGBs.

— James Iha

The first live gig I ever saw was Johnny Cash at the Birmingham Odeon in 1971. I was 14 and went with my dad.

— Frank Skinner

My first job was singing on the Cas Walker radio show in Knoxville, Tennessee. I was about 10 years old, and I thought it…

— Dolly Parton

It was my first time in Kansas City. In about two or three days I had a gig at a place called The Monroe…

— Jay McShann

The first job I ever had was singing in a jazz club when I was like 15 with my friend, and we earned like…

— Zooey Deschanel

The first paid show was in Los Angeles at an art opening and I was paid maybe, I don't know, twenty five bucks?

— Devendra Banhart

The first real gig I went to was Randy Crawford in 1980. Seeing a big star like that was just fantastic.

— Bradley Walsh

The first job I got was a production of 'Fame - the Musical,' at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts, and it…

— Jonathan Groff

My first professional gig was 'Once Upon a Mattress' at the Drury Lane Oakbrook... I was in the ensemble. I was one of the…

— Jessie Mueller

I did a gig as a standup when I was eight years old. I went on holiday with my family to this holiday camp…

— Romesh Ranganathan