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So I started chanting when I was nineteen, which was about twelve years ago, and it really had a huge impact on my outlook, happiness, and general creativity.

— Duncan Sheik

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

When I was 10 or 11 people started saying there was something special about my voice. But when I was 15 or 16 is when I really thought my hobby could become my career.

— Jessie J

Chanting is a simple practice. When you notice you are thinking about something else during the chant, let go of the thought and come back home, to the chant, to that place where we are expressing our inner purity.

— Sharon Salzberg

I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music.

— Kelly Osbourne

I was very lucky when I was a kid - I travelled a lot and spent a lot of time in Africa, Asia and Europe. I also chant in Sanskrit.

— William Hurt

I got into singing when I was 6.

— Danielle de Niese

I got that idea from being in India. I always like the chanting.

— Ray Davies

I started singing very early. I was six or seven years old, and I was singing along to TV commercials and figuring out, 'Oh, hey, I can sing in tune. This is really cool.' But the songwriting thing came much much later, when I was 19 years old.

— Yuna

Ever since I was a kid, I might have been eleven or twelve. I'd be telling anyone who would listen that when I grew up, I wanted to be an artist.

— Graeme Base

I've been singing since I was nine or ten.

— Kelli O'Hara

✗Opposing Perspectives

When I was 3, I recited a poem at a festival in Passaic, New Jersey. The applause was tremendous, and it hit me that I could affect people positively by performing.

— Nina Arianda