A lot has changed in music since I began playing in 1987.

“A moment later the music began, and Kate shrank beneath the onslaught of its message: the fury of hope and joy that towered in…

— Dorothy Dunnett

The music began, and it was one of those life-changing moments. I saw an artist, Janis Joplin. She was exhilarating. She was vibrating. And…

— Clive Davis

The type of music we know as classical music began with rich people hiring musicians or owning them in a way. Without funding, it's…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

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

Then I felt something inside me break and music began to pour out into the quiet. My fingers danced; intricate and quick they spun…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“It dawned on her in that moment that what she had loved so much when she heard the harp’s music and then began to…

— Kathryn Lasky

“I got in and started the engine, also turning on the radio. When the music began I wished that there might be more switches…

— Saul Bellow

I started to listen to music and began collecting records around 1948. And it was fairly soon after that that hi-fi came about, so…

— Phill Niblock

Asbury Park's a special place for me. It's where I really began playing.

— Clarence Clemons

Well, I think, in large part, when I first began playing chess at seven years old, I was quite bad at it. I lost…

— Hikaru Nakamura

I began playing football on the streets.

— Gabriel Jesus

In 1956, I began playing in a band with Boz Scaggs.

— Steve Miller

I started skiing around the same time as I began playing the piano, at around four, before moving to the violin at five.

— Vanessa Mae

I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.

— Tracy Austin

I began playing at the age of six, but at that point, I had little idea of cricket; forget the talent part. It's around…

— Prithvi Shaw