Editing Sam Phillips (musician) (section)

== Early life ==

Phillips was born in [[Glendale, California]] to parents William and Peggy Phillips.<ref name=":0" /> She is the second of three children and has a brother and a sister.<ref>{{cite web |author=Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sam-phillips-mn0000240923/biography |title=Sam Phillips &#124; Biography |publisher=AllMusic |date=January 28, 1962 |access-date=February 19, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Image Journal interview">{{cite news |last=Overstreet |first=Jeffrey |title=A Conversation with Sam Phillips |url=http://www.imagejournal.org/article/conversation-sam-phillips/ |access-date=May 26, 2016 |website=imagejournal.org |year=2009}}</ref> She was given the nickname Sam, which would later become her stage name.

Phillips started singing at a young age, along with dancing, painting, and playing the piano.<ref>{{Cite book |date=May 1, 2004 |title=Baker's biographical dictionary of popular musicians since 1990 }}</ref> Phillips also started studying philosophy and fundamentalism at the age of 14.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Giles |first=Jeff |date=April 4, 1994 |title=She's stirred, not shaken |url=https://web.p.ebscohost.com/ehost/results?vid=3&sid=d26cb4b0-0f11-4926-86a1-1e3951640232%40redis&bquery=AN+9403307660&bdata=JmRiPXB3aCZjbGkwPUZUJmNsdjA9WSZ0eXBlPTAmc2VhcmNoTW9kZT1BbmQmc2l0ZT1laG9zdC1saXZl |journal=Newsweek |volume=123 |issue=14 |pages=60}}</ref> Phillips began writing songs as a teenager to cope with her parents' divorce.