Away Quote by Scooter Braun

I was only 24 then, but 18 of those 24 years had been dedicated to wanting to get to that moment.

— Marion Jones

As I was about to turn 40, I realised it wasn't going to be possible to carry on being in my 30s. And that…

— Simon Amstell

I didn't die young. So I am very lucky. There are other artists and people that didn't survive certain things... people can imagine that…

— Angelina Jolie

I was the Justin Bieber of the '70s. Really, I was.

— Barry Manilow

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

— Kamasi Washington

When I was 23, I felt like I was further back than when I was 21. After two solo albums for this small indie…

— Jon Hopkins

I thought the best thing to do to bring me back to reality would be to have a child, and by the time I…

— Dolores O'Riordan

My success set me up for life, and it meant that I could retire from the music industry at 27 to spend time with…

— Rick Astley

I got so famous with so many new people entering my life. You can imagine how it was for an 18-year-old who was playing…

— Mohammad Amir

I was pretty scared of the idea as a younger person of being a musician on the road. It didn't occur to me as…

— Julia Holter

I spent most of my 20s playing music. I was in a band and we worked really hard and did not get very far.…

— Fred Armisen

When my career took off it surprised me, I was only 22. To have that much success so fast, I just wasn't prepared.

— Jose Feliciano