Josh Groban
Josh Groban
Joshua Winslow "Josh" Groban is an American singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. His first four solo albums have been certified multi-platinum, and he was charted in 2007 as the number-one best selling artist in the United States, with over 22.3 million records in the nation. To date, he has sold over 25 million records worldwide...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth27 February 1981
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I was the boy who liked to sing his own songs at talent shows, and I was suddenly officially uncool.
Every day I lugged my backpack through the halls, waiting for the final bell. Then I'd race home and hole up in my room, playing the drums and the piano, composing music.
Don't give up. It's just the weight of the world.
My biggest blast-off hit was 'You Raise Me Up.' If you ever have a wedding or a funeral, it's a good pick.
As a new artist there's always outside influences trying to tell you how to make a song better for radio and how to do your hair.
There is a little bit of a head vs. heart kind of battle that happens sometimes with the song. There's the goose bump thing, where the melody or whatever it is just gets you and you don't know why. Sometimes, it's in a genre that you didn't think you liked and, all of a sudden, the song hits you and you just say, wow, I feel the hairs on the back of my neck. I love this song.
I've been aware of my gay fans since album one. There has been such great support from that community and it has gone both ways.
Musically, between me and my fans and also me and my team, who between management and record label have always just let me be me, it's fun to pave a path. It's fun to feel like you're doing things your own way. So in that regard I haven't had to worry about any bar but my own.
When you're walking in, basically like a kid a candy store, to a project where there's an endless canon of material, you have to step back from it as a self-indulgence. You have to look at it neutrally.
When I started in the music business, travel became a huge part of my world, where it hadn't been at all. I visited parts of the world that I'd never been to and found that I was spending maybe 30 days at home a year.
My life is an unfinished product, but instead of just saying, 'How do I top what I've accomplished,' I decided I wanted to move forward, express my growth and take a big step into the next chapter.
Don't try to be like me. Try to be like yourself. Try to be very good at being yourself.
I still like to keep all the love songs for the Grobanites, I like to make sure that they know those are just for them.
I did not practice hours a day for eighteen years to have my success attributed to a myth.