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When I'm performing for the people, I am me, then. I am that little girl who, when she was five years old, used to sing at church. Or I'm that 15-year-old young lady who wanted to be grown and wanted to sing and couldn't wait to be smokin' a cigarette, you know?

— Etta James

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I wanted to sing when I was little. That's what I liked doing. It didn't occur to me that you became famous or anything like that.

— Linda Ronstadt

I kind of realized I could sing, so I played around with that for a while. And that led me to acting in itself, which I came more passionate about by the age of 15.

— Toni Collette

I was pretty young when I decided I wanted to, well, more so be a singer. I started singing in church in my hometown, East Orange, New Jersey. I knew when I was about five or six that I wanted to be a performer.

— Naturi Naughton

I was the youngest of three kids, and from the age of four, singing was my way of getting attention.

— Kiki Dee

So don't think in reality I am a singer, I think I am a human being that has sung always all her life, and has learned a little to sing, and has found herself in the middle of a career.

— Victoria de los Angeles

When I was 5 years old I started singing in church and I hated my voice because I sounded like a grown woman, not a child. I was ashamed of it.

— Loleatta Holloway

I was an entertainer, ever since I was a kid.

— Micky Dolenz

I've been singing ever since I was little, but I didn't start taking it seriously until I was about 15 or 16.

— Conor Maynard

I'm a performer. I've just been one since I was a little girl. I used to pretend all the time.

— Jamie Lee Curtis

✗Opposing Perspectives

I'd say that, first and foremost, I'm a performer; I started performing when I was four years old, and being on stage from a young age set me up.

— Paloma Faith