Condescending Quote by Tinie Tempah

On my first album I was wearing a lot of guys pants, baggy clothes and stuff like that. I was 17 and I was…

— Avril Lavigne

I always felt in my band and in the pop-rock format that I wasn't weird enough, that I wasn't standing out enough. Wearing things…

— Cassadee Pope

My style when I was 17 was very low-key with jeans, T-shirts, and Converse. I was signed to a major record label by then,…

— Michelle Branch

I've always been a bit dressed up, even on casual days. I suppose that's the performer in me.

— Danielle de Niese

I had no style when I was 17! I look at teenagers now and say, 'I wish I'd looked like them when I was…

— Anonymous

I've never been in a band where I didn't dress up. It just feels very me.

— Hunx

I was definitely surrounded by music and fashion at a very, very young age.

— Harley Viera-Newton

When I started doing stand-up in the late eighties, that was not an uncommon thing, that people dressed for the stage. I've seen that…

— Paul F. Tompkins

One of the things I figured out was that I was having good gigs when I wore jumpers. It was because I looked more…

— James Acaster

When you start performing, you realize that you have to separate yourself from the pack. So I would never wear bell-bottoms, which everybody else…

— Loudon Wainwright III

When I was 16, I started to spend a lot of time in Soho and downtown New York and noticed everyone's style and the…

— Justine Skye

I always wear the same thing onstage.

— Patti Smith