Josh Groban

It was something, a big thing at the Grammys.

David had heard me sing at a charity event that he asked me to do, plucked out of high school.

I sang a song from Phantom of the Opera.

It was like the biggest day of my life, but I went back to class.

I didn't think anything else would come from it.

So when he called me and he said, I'm at the Grammys, I've written this song, it's called The Prayer.

It's for Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli.

And Bocelli is stuck on a tarmac in Germany.

He can't be here in time for the rehearsals.

Would you step in and would you sing this for Celine, with Celine until he shows up?

Do you mind?

Do you mind?

That's just insane.

What?

And I, being an idiot, I mean, really, 16 years old, I did not have stars in my eyes to be a solo artist.

I was like, I wanted to go to theater camp.

I wanted to be, I wanted to worship the throne of Sondheim and I wanted to like, that's what I wanted to do.

So the idea of like like the music business, being a singer with those kinds of people, I was only thinking, can I do this well or not?

And even though I was the hugest fan of Celine, I said to him, I don't think I'm the right person for this gig.

I was so insecure.