I was more of a dancing kid than a singing kid. I mean, I sang in school choirs and I sang in school musicals, but I was much more interested in dancing than singing.
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Related I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mothe... RUBEN BLADES I played piano growing up. I played classical piano since I was 5, and I sang in choirs, and I sang ... RACHEL PLATTEN In school, I always sang in choirs. In fact, I used to do a lot of musicals in the youth theatre tha... TARON EGERTON I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was more interested in becomin... CASSANDRA WILSON I sang in a reggae band. And then there was a soul band where I sang back-up vocals and some lead. A... ABIGAIL WASHBURN I sang a lot as a little girl and entered competitions. I loved singing in choirs, but it was as I g... ANNIE LENNOX I was quite academic, quite geeky when I was a kid. I was more interested in going to school than I ... BEL POWLEY At dances when I was a little kid, Art would be up there singing while I'd be dancing with some girl... AARON NEVILLE I sang with a voice that was natural, and I liked the way I produced that sound. I thought of my oth... DANIELLE DE NIESE I remember tap-dancing and singing in front of the TV when I was a kid, telling my dad to stop watch... ANDIE MACDOWELL I was a musical theatre kid, which meant you could always find me singing or dancing in the halls wi... JOSIE LOREN When I was younger, acting, singing and dancing was what it was all about. That's really what ke... SUKI WATERHOUSE I'm from Washington state - a pretty small town there called Puyallup. I was really into the art... SARAH BUTLER We didn't have a dance team, and we wanted a dance team. I was more interested in dancing than cheer... ERIKA CHAMBERS When I was a kid, I was more interested in beating up boys on the playground than practicing music. ELLEN HOLLMAN I was born singing. Most babies cry, I sang an aria. GAIL CARSON LEVINE I went to work in a woman's home in Los Angeles as a mother's helper. I worked there about t... GEORGIA HOLT First time I sang, I was singing Alicia Keys in the bathroom of my mom's beauty shop. I was six. LA'PORSHA RENAE I don't know what else you could do that is more vulnerable - maybe dancing - than singing. ADAM DRIVER I didn't win Class President in tenth grade. I was too chubby to win a role in the school play &... GRETCHEN CARLSON I started singing in church and I was probably around seven and I started singing anywhere that I co... AVRIL LAVIGNE When I was at school, I was in choirs more than anything else, from a very young age, about 9 years ... BEN BARNES I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia. MANU BENNETT I found I loved musicals as much or more than the pure dance world. I also think I became tired of d... PATRICIA BIRCH Well, I was going to school in Germany. And in my free time I was dancing. HEIDI KLUM I always sang in church always was in a gospel choir and directed choirs and always performed, but I... CHARLES KING As a kid, my main interest was dancing. When I was 8 years old, I was in a hip-hop troupe. ZENDAYA I was at college studying psychology, philosophy, textiles and drama. But because I wasn't one o... KATHRYN PRESCOTT In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school ... THORSTEIN VEBLEN In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school ... THORSTEIN VEBLEN When I was a teeny little girl, I was in dancing school, and I sang. We had to put a dance to a song... DORIS DAY I always performed as a kid to make my family laugh and was more concerned with making kids at schoo... MATHEW BAYNTON In the daytime, I was studying at school and in the evenings, I was a stage kid. I was trained in th... IMRAN AMED I think it was when I was 12 when I entered a singing competition. I sang my own original song for a... BIRDY When I was in high school, I was a bad kid and a good student. HALSEY I started singing for The Phantom in January, and we started filming in October and I sang all the w... GERARD BUTLER I was a smart kid, but I hated school. EMINEM I was a smart kid. I went to private school in middle school and got kicked out. TRAVIS SCOTT I was the bad kid in school. I was usually in trouble. SCOTT CAAN I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast. BARRY ZITO I'd always be the kid up singing and dancing and telling jokes and fooling around, and high energy. ... DOMINIC MONAGHAN I always sang in school choirs and went on tours to other countries. I have always loved it. It'... TARON EGERTON I was the dork in high school who sang musical numbers up and down the hallways. AMY ADAMS Well, I did go to Irish dancing lessons as a kid, but I was slapped and never went again. ANDREA CORR I was not the popular kid in school. GABRIEL IGLESIAS I love singing and performing. I'm always singing. Even if I'm at school or in the car, I... CAITLIN HALE We went to church every Sunday. When I was a kid, the only time I sang was around my family. DARIUS RUCKER I was an extroverted kid and performed, like, acting and singing. Then, the older I got, I realized ... ROB DELANEY I played piano back in my elementary school days and I sang a cappella back in college. MASI OKA I was pretty much a dork growing up. Going up in front of a crowd and being an idiot was a relief wh... BEN FOLDS I always loved singing. I was always trying to sing in school plays. I was in every one I could be i... ELIZA DOOLITTLE I went to this little performing arts school in downtown Phoenix. You had to dance or act, and every... KACY HILL My singing voice had rescued me from the scene I was in at school - I was an unpopular, bookish kid ... ALEXANDER CHEE My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her amo... CASSANDRA WILSON I know how to waltz because I used to teach ballroom dancing when I was in high school. CHRISTOPHER GORHAM I'm always singing and dancing and getting up in people's faces. TAYE DIGGS I was always an actor, starting in middle school. I was in all the plays and all that. But dancing d... HARRY SHUM, JR. I found out I had a real love for comedy and comedy writing. The logic was, there weren't too ma... RITA RUDNER I believe in me more than anything in this world. WILMA RUDOLPH and echoes to my singing. More sounds went on—an arc-like melody created using an echo machine, an... DAVID BYRNE I was much more interested in making things than in designing them. MARC NEWSON I was crazy for music as a high school kid and a college kid. ALEXANDRA PATSAVAS Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing, and dancing sooner than war HOMER Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than war. HOMER Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't? GARRY TRUDEAU We've updated the show, ... There is a lot more of Jennifer singing and dancing. ANDY HILFIGER When I was probably 5 or 6, my mother put me into an acting, singing, and dancing class. BEAU MIRCHOFF I slept fourteen feet from a polka tavern as a kid growing up. I heard polkas all night long, people... AL JARREAU When I was a kid, I went to school in a small town. I wanted to play basketball - that was my dream. BETH SWENSON I was never a troublemaker, but I also was never a nerdy kid. I was never a cool kid or a sports kid... FINN JONES I sang the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium - at a baseball game - which was crazy; there was, like... ADAM DEVINE I did dancing and singing when I was little, and then when I was 12 years old my friends were taking... BELLA HEATHCOTE I felt like any other American kid. I already worked at a steady job as an ice cream scooper, but I ... MONA SIMPSON Well my music was different in high school; I was singing about love—you know, things I don't care... LADY GAGA In grade school, I was a complete geek. You know, there's always the kid who's too short, the kid wh... JULIANNE MOORE I always knew he was no good. He was in trouble as a kid. Lying and cheating in grammar school. FRANK SULLIVAN At school, I enjoyed playing the bassoon. I was in the orchestra and played the melody when the othe... JAMES DYSON I was a big fan of black gospel. As a kid, there were black groups I sang with from my teen years to... CORY WELLS I spent more time at the library than anyone my age when I was a kid. DAVE SITEK I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one. ERIC CLAPTON I've loved acting and dancing since I was a kid. Before anyone thought I was pretty or before I ... KELLY BROOK I've been performing since I came out of the womb. I've been dancing and singing since I was... MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD Stylistically, I love make-up. I love doing my own make-up and stuff, but clothes-wise, I actually d... LANA DEL REY I was always singing and dancing for my mother when I wasn't glued to the television watching I Love... DEBRA MESSING I hate singing. I hate dancing. I enjoyed doing 'Cabaret' and 'Assassins,' but I wou... DENIS O'HARE My mum was raised Jewish, my dad is very scientifically minded, and my school was vaguely Christian.... BEN BARNES I was a youngster looking up to dudes like Vicky McClure, Joe Dempsie and Michael Socha - in fact, h... JACK O'CONNELL I've kind of blocked it out, but a good friend affectionately reminded me that yes, I was a dork... MAMIE GUMMER I have always loved music. My mom used to sing with my sister and I when I was younger, and I was in... RACHEL PLATTEN And I was very shy as a kid; if you sang me 'Happy Birthday,' I would cry. Quite shy. So the... CODY HORN I started dancing when I was about 15 or 16 in my high school drama club, and then I liked it so muc... GARRETT CLAYTON I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus. SCOTT HAMILTON I had - along with my singing and dancing, I was very happy to be born in the hometown of Dylan Thom... CATHERINE ZETA-JONES I will not stop singing the Muses who set me dancing. ANNE CARSON In high school, I was doing a skit for forensics and people started laughing, more than I was prepar... KRISTEN SCHAAL I probably lived more of a rock-star life when I was 15. I got in trouble a fair amount. I cared mor... KRISTEN WIIG Even back in elementary school, I was a leader, but a leader who didn't know how to channel my l... IMRAN AMED In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and woul... MIKE KRZYZEWSKI I always loved all kinds of music. I would watch musicals a lot as a kid, on TV, watch the Fred Asta... QUEEN LATIFAH I performed at Mom and Dad's party when I was four. Oh my gosh, I was singing a Madonna song and I p... BRITNEY SPEARS
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