<p id=”par-1_68″>By the time Céline Dion was 13 years old, she was a <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/celebrity/”>star</a>. The <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/music/”>singer</a> rose to success with the release of her first album and was soon a celebrated name in Quebec. As a result, her adolescence slipped away from her far earlier than it does with most. While Dion said she doesn’t regret this, she admitted that she doesn’t quite know what a normal life is. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-celine-dion-said-she-never-had-a-normal-life”>Céline Dion said she never had a normal life</h2>
<p id=”par-2_57″>According to Dion, she knew she wanted to be a singer from a young age. Her mother and brother gave her her first song, “Ce n’était qu’un rêve,” and pushed music manager — and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/celine-dion-age-met-husband-rene-angelil.html/”>Dion’s eventual husband</a> — René Angélil to listen to it. Her early dedication and success have made music a part of her identity.</p>
<p id=”par-3_49″>“I started performing when I was 5. Did I want to be a singer? I never had time to ask myself that question,” she told <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.vogue.fr/article/celine-dion-may-cover-vogue-france-interview” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Vogue France</a> in 2024. “Did people come to see me to hear me tell jokes or to hear me sing? I am a singer.”</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Celine-Dion-4.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Celine Dion wears a denim jacket and white shirt. She poses outside in front of a building in Montreal.” class=”wp-image-3693659″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Céline Dion | PONO PRESSE INTERNATIONALE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-4_25″>Dion’s dedication to her art left limited time for a normal childhood. She said she doesn’t regret this because she doesn’t know what she missed.</p>
<p id=”par-5_103″>“No, because I don’t know what normality is. What is normal? You go to school, you leave school, you’re on stage, it’s something else, it’s sharing with the world, it’s emotion, it’s thrilling, it’s a way of expressing yourself,” she said. “It was a different kind of school. Did I have any friends? Did I miss out on anything? I never had the time to have all that. So I can’t compare. Do I have any regrets? I don’t know, I don’t know and I don’t care because the stage, my family, my children, and my songs have taught me everything I know.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-celine-dion-said-she-wouldn-t-want-to-change-her-life”>Céline Dion said she wouldn’t want to change her life</h2>
<p id=”par-6_24″>Dion said that she doesn’t have regrets because she doesn’t question life. She feels that her life took the path it was meant to.</p>
<p id=”par-7_23″>“People question life all the time,” she said. “Stop questioning life, we should be living it. It’s not always beautiful, but it’s here.”</p>
<p id=”par-8_17″>She said that her early success was a bit frightening, but she wouldn’t want to change it.</p>
<p id=”par-9_48″>“So I was nervous, I was scared, scared of the unknown. I didn’t have much time to experience life as a teenager,” she explained. “There was no school, I had no friends. I had the stage <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/old-celine-dions-children-late-husband-rene-angelil.html/”>and my family</a>, I had the best. I didn’t want anything else.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-she-grew-up-in-a-musical-family”>She grew up in a musical family</h2>
<p id=”par-10_22″>Even before her career took off, music was a constant part of Dion’s life. Each of her siblings sang and played instruments.</p>
<p id=”par-11_73″>“My brothers and sisters and I lived in a small house. In the bedrooms upstairs, we slept five or six to a bed. On the ground floor, my mother would be cooking all the time and there was a piano in the cellar,” she said. “Everyone sang, and everyone played a musical instrument. ‘Ghislaine, you’re on drums. Clément, you pick up the guitar. Denis, you sing.’ My parents set up a small orchestra.”</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-2″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Celine-Dion-5.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Celine wears a strapless lavender dress and holds a microphone.” class=”wp-image-3693667″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Céline Dion | Joey Foley/FilmMagic</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-12_30″>For a while, Dion was an annoyance to her siblings; she kept singing while they tried to play their instruments. Eventually, though, she took her brother’s place when he married.</p>
<p id=”par-13_66″>“I wanted to sing with them, but I was too little. I was five years old. Then it was my turn because my brother was getting married. I had to sing two or three well-known Quebec songs,” she said, adding, I used to go into the cellar to rehearse too. I was over the moon. Those are some of my fondest memories… The most beautiful memories.”</p>