"I went through a lot of phases when I was five astronaut, firefighter, and, in this photo, cowboy. The look was inspired by the old country and western films I was watching, a kind of homemade blend of gunslinger and headband-wearing guitarist. And it wasn't just for the back yard I wore it everywhere. If I dropped something on the street, my mum would say, Josh, cowboys don't litter. She was great at using whatever character I'd invented to teach me a lesson."
"Back then I was shy and socially awkward, and I could fly off the handle without knowing why. I didn't realise I had ADHD, so I was bouncing off the walls one minute and crashing the next. I was creative, but often privately: the kind of precocious show-off who'd put on a magic show with my brother, doing silly card tricks, but if someone asked me to do something heartfelt, I'd freeze."
Josh Groban was born in Los Angeles in 1981 and is a singer-songwriter and actor. His self-titled classical-crossover debut went five-times platinum in 2001 and he has sold more than 25 million albums. He has appeared in films such as Crazy Stupid Love and on TV in The Office and The Simpsons. He made his Broadway debut in 2016 in Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, earning a Tony nomination. He performs a one-off O2 show in London on 1 April. As a child he dressed as a cowboy and experienced shyness, social awkwardness, undiagnosed ADHD, and school changes. His voice did not drop until age 14, and he remains nervous about playing new songs in front of people.
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