When Josh Groban was nine years old, he was the quiet kid who’d rather draw or hum softly to himself than talk. His parents, both artists, saw something gentle in him but didn’t yet know what it was. One afternoon, during a school talent show, Josh was asked to sing after another student dropped out. Terrified, he stepped on stage and began to sing a simple tune — and the room fell silent. His mother, Lindy, wept in disbelief; his father, Jack, traded shifts and spent weekends driving Josh to vo