Josh Groban

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Well, what he did was he which all great teachers do is he recognized that there was a student in his choir who really needed the push.

I was not I mean, I'm a ham on stage, but I am like the most introvert on stage.

And when I was a kid, I was really introverted, had a really hard time making friends.

My grades weren't great.

I had ADD and didn't even know about it.

So like I was a little bit lost and I was in the back of the class and I was in the back of the choir and I loved being part of it.

But he heard that there was a little bit of a talent there.

I was, by the way, 13 years old.

My voice still hadn't changed.

So there was a talent there, but it was very, it was very high.

So it was a real gamble for him to say, I'm going to put this kid in the front and I'm going to give him a song.

And he gave me this song, Swonderful, George Gershwin song.

Swonderful, Swonderful.

And and I and I sang it with all my might because it was an assignment.

He knew that if he didn't give it to me as a class thing, that I would never do it for myself.

Right.

So in pushing me to the front, he gifted me with a moment that even if I hadn't gone into it professionally, a moment that changed my my growth forever.

You know, the kids like the next day were like, well, man, that was even the bully was like, bro.

I'm going to beat you senseless.