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I was not a child star. I was more like a young auditioner.

When I was little kid, I used to want to be a rock star.

My parents were opera singers and voice teachers, so growing up, I admired musicians and dancers.

Ever since I was really little, I loved performing and being up on stage, and being the entertainment.

I was a musical theatre geek in high school and college.

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.

I grew up performing in theatre.

I did little theater things growing up.

I believe I became one of the first singers to be launched via television exposure. I guess I was a new kind of musical stylist for a new kind of media.