Justin Timberlake may be best known for his masterful singing and dancing, but he also plays the guitar and piano. Click through to see other stars who started playing music when they were kids.
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Justin Timberlake may be best known for his masterful singing and dancing, but he also plays the guitar and piano. Click through to see other stars who started playing music when they were kids.
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David Bowie, seen here performing onstage in 1983, learned to<a href="http://www.biography.com/people/david-bowie-9222045" target="_blank" target="_blank"> play the saxophone when he was 13</a>.
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David Bowie, seen here performing onstage in 1983, learned to play the saxophone when he was 13.
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Alicia Keys, who performed the National Anthem before the start of this year's Super Bowl in February, started taking <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alicia-keys-mn0000005307/biography" target="_blank" target="_blank">classical piano lessons at the age of 7.</a>
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Alicia Keys, who performed the National Anthem before the start of this year's Super Bowl in February, started taking classical piano lessons at the age of 7.
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When Justin Bieber's mom gave him a drum kit for his second birthday, <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/justin-bieber-522504" target="_blank" target="_blank">he says he was "basically banging on everything" </a>he could get his hands on.
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When Justin Bieber's mom gave him a drum kit for his second birthday, he says he was "basically banging on everything" he could get his hands on.
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Norah Jones, best known for her singing and piano skills, also <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1289528/bio" target="_blank" target="_blank">learned to play the guitar and alto saxophone</a> as a kid.
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Norah Jones, best known for her singing and piano skills, also learned to play the guitar and alto saxophone as a kid.
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While Billy Joel's dad was a classical pianist, it was his mom who <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/billy-joel-9354859" target="_blank" target="_blank">pushed him to start playing piano at the age of 4.</a>
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While Billy Joel's dad was a classical pianist, it was his mom who pushed him to start playing piano at the age of 4.
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Jimmy DeMartini of the Zac Brown Band says he was<a href="http://www.zacbrownband.com/jimmy-de-martini.html" target="_blank" target="_blank"> introduced to the violin during middle school orientation</a> and "was lucky enough" to play it through high school.
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Jimmy DeMartini of the Zac Brown Band says he was introduced to the violin during middle school orientation and "was lucky enough" to play it through high school.
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Lady Gaga also got a very early start, learning to <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/lady-gaga-481598" target="_blank" target="_blank">play the piano by the age of 4 </a>and writing her first piano ballad when she was 13.
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Lady Gaga also got a very early start, learning to play the piano by the age of 4 and writing her first piano ballad when she was 13.
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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, seen here rehearsing for the presidential inauguration in 2009, began <a href="http://www.yo-yoma.com/yo-yo-ma-biography" target="_blank" target="_blank">studying the cello with his dad when he was 4</a>.
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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, seen here rehearsing for the presidential inauguration in 2009, began studying the cello with his dad when he was 4.
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Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970), seen here jamming onstage during the late 1960s, learned to <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/jimi-hendrix-9334756" target="_blank" target="_blank">play the guitar when he was a teenager.</a>
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Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970), seen here jamming onstage during the late 1960s, learned to play the guitar when he was a teenager.
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Legendary singer and musician Bob Dylan<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/bob-dylan/biography" target="_blank" target="_blank"> took up guitar and harmonica as a kid </a>and formed a band during his freshmen year of high school.
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Legendary singer and musician Bob Dylan took up guitar and harmonica as a kid and formed a band during his freshmen year of high school.
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Sir Elton John taught himself to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/06/living/gallery/performers-playing-music-young/scholarship%20to%20a%20youth%20program%20at%20the%20Royal%20Academy%20of%20Music%20in%20London.%20He" target="_blank">play the piano when he was just 4 years old</a> and won a scholarship to a program for kids at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
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Sir Elton John taught himself to play the piano when he was just 4 years old and won a scholarship to a program for kids at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
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Singer Nelly Furtado played a <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/nelly-furtado-241194" target="_blank" target="_blank">number of instruments as a kid, including the ukelele and the trombone, </a>and was part of a jazz band, a concert band and a marching band during her school years.
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Singer Nelly Furtado played a number of instruments as a kid, including the ukelele and the trombone, and was part of a jazz band, a concert band and a marching band during her school years.
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English drummer John Bonham (1948-1980) of the rock group Led Zeppelin learned to <a href="http://www.johnbonham.co.uk/biography/biography.html" target="_blank" target="_blank">play the drums when he was just 5</a> using coffee tins, containers and pots and pans. It wasn't until he was 15 that he got his first full drum kit.
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English drummer John Bonham (1948-1980) of the rock group Led Zeppelin learned to play the drums when he was just 5 using coffee tins, containers and pots and pans. It wasn't until he was 15 that he got his first full drum kit.
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