Jacob Batalon Quotes

I grew up walking out with no music. I wish I had the bottle to dance on but I can't dance.

Yeah when I was 7 or 8 my moms would have little parties, and I would play the music.

I was a shy kid with a broom handle that I pretended was a microphone.

I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7.

I never sing out loud because I'm afraid people will go, 'Shut up!'

When I was a kid, my dad kind of forced me to sing the third harmony for our little family group, and I just kind of hated it. I just felt so uncomfortable on stage, too shy.

I got into singing when I was 6.

It's been a long time since I've done any karaoke. Probably, I actually think 'Living On a Prayer' was the last one I've done, which I'm quite embarrassed to admit, screaming it at the top of my lungs. I prefer being the one watching and egging people on.

I remember growing up always loving the guitar. I used to love to watch the people play on the Country Western shows on TV. My folks told me that when I was just a toddler, I used to pretend I was playing a guitar on a toothpick.

We started out when I was 6 years old. We played ukuleles and sang Everly Brothers songs.

I never really wanted to be a singer, because I was a super-shy kid. Singing made me feel awkward, and I was really insecure.

When you're a kid, you don't want to be teased.

I sang in choir as a kid.

I used to sing when I was six years old. When the family would leave the house, I'd get up on the stool and sing. 'T for Texas, T for Tenessee, T for Thelma, the gal that made a wreck out of me.' I was in love with my babysitter. She was 18. I was six.

My first memory in life was my last visit to Warm Springs.

I was a nerdy kid.

I listened to a battery radio, old country and pop stuff. Because I was singing all the time, my dad bought me a $7.50 guitar.

I have this fear of falling in front of large groups of people. That's why I tend not to wear heels.

I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to figure out what to say at the dinner table.

I used to play around and sing Randy Travis for my dad. I'd always be able to just mimic things.

I got a lot of unwanted attention when I was young. I'd be at a tournament at age 9 and there'd be loads of people around me. It always made me feel funny.

Growing up in the '90s was the coolest thing to me.

I can't remember the exact age, but I do remember being very young when I started to dance and listen to music.

Even as a kid I wasn't, like, a natural entertainer, where I would gather everyone around me and then sing or something at family parties.

I was neeeever a cool kid.