“I made the decision that I was going to make rap music in, like, fourth grade, so it's been something I was saying for a long time.” LongMadeDecisionLong TimeRapGradesFourthRap MusicFourth Grade Author:Chance the Rapper
“I was very academically inclined. But my inner life was in such turmoil. I'd go home and my home life was so miserable that it just felt like I was doing everything that I was supposed to do. I did all my chores, made really good grades, and I was excelling at school, but I wasn't happy.” MadeHomeSchoolFeltMiserableGradesInner LifeTurmoilChoresHome LifeGood Grades Author:Sonja Sohn
“By the 6th grade I stopped doing ordinary things in front of people. It had been ordinary to sing, kids are singing all the time when they are little, but then something happens. It's not that we stop singing. I still sang. I just made sure I was alone when I did it. And I made sure I never did it accidentally. That thing we call 'bursting into song.' I believe this happens to most of us. We are still singing, but secretly and all alone.” PeopleBelieveLittlesMadeStillsHappensKidsSongI BelieveFrontsSingingOrdinaryThings HappenGradesAll AloneBurstingOrdinary Things Author:Lynda Barry