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Choirs, auditions, talent shows, I was doing it all.

I started out singing in high school in the choir and in a garage band.

I actually started out on the stage as a singer.

I always wanted to perform in some capacity since I was a kid - I was a ballerina, then a singer before acting.

Getting on stage, for me, was a huge thing when I first started. And back in high school, everyone was in rock bands and I was a singer/songwriter. It just seems kind of lame.

I danced for a while, and I knew I could sing, so I just began singing in a praise band at church and doing musical theater and jazz vocal performance in school. One didn't really lead to another; I was just always interested in the performance arts.

I was a huge show-choir girl!

I began with dance, doing ballet at 3, then tap, jazz, modern. Then I sang in church choirs, learned how to play clarinet and drums, sang with rock bands and only then did I get into musical theatre.

I auditioned for a play in fifth grade, and that's when I knew that I wanted to be a singer and performer.

I was convinced that I was going to be onstage for the rest of my life.