My mom had this romantic notion of her children playing…

Ask about music growing up, I'll tell you I grew up playing classical music, and I didn't grow up in a musical household.

— Maggie Rogers

Early on, I was a performer playing classical music. It's in my DNA in a way that I can't begin to extract it.

— Bryce Dessner

I started playing classical music, and I still do. I think music ultimately is kind of on a theoretical level, is about collecting and…

— Eldar Djangirov

I had 12 years of classical music as a child, playing piano competitions as a teenager, playing in blues bands and rock 'n' roll…

— Ronnie Milsap

I started when I was really young. I was playing classical music when I was 4 and when I turned 11 I started to…

— Lady Gaga

I grew up playing classical violin and a lot of Bach and Mozart and the things that Einstein loved.

— Johnny Flynn

If a jazz player is really playing, the classical player will have to respect him.

— Wes Montgomery

I grew up playing classical piano and percussion.

— Janina Gavankar

Personally, I think young musicians need to learn to play more than one style. Jazz can only enhance the classical side, and classical can…

— Doc Severinsen

I grew up playing classical guitar, so everything I learned was rooted in technique, form, presentation.

— Anna Ternheim

I started getting interested in the notes that I could hear being generated when I hammered on while playing a classical guitar.

— Fred Frith

There was a period when I'd just come out of college where I'd been playing classical guitar and I suddenly realised that it wasn't…

— Andy Summers

I spent ten years playing classical piano, and that was what led to keyboards and eventually to production and to Linkin Park.

— Mike Shinoda

It's something he used to say when he was happy. It could be a very, very simple day. We might be sitting out on…

— Jennifer Grant

I'm very fond of classical music, especially Mozart. I find it relaxes me and helps me concentrate.

— Guler Sabanci