Away Quote by Alex Winston

I took opera lessons. I can't read music to save my life, but I would just copy and get away with it. I think…

— Alex Winston

My parents were opera singers. I didn't want to play opera because I wasn't good enough. I didn't want to play their music; I…

— Rick Nielsen

When I was first aware that I couldn't read music I didn't know I couldn't read because I could play the music that was…

— Dave Brubeck

I'd go over to my grandmother's house, and she'd be playing opera. They loved opera. Not only did they play it on the radio,…

— Linda Ronstadt

I had a lot of older musicians looking out for me, teaching me, and showing me things when they saw how interested I was…

— Trombone Shorty

I could read music before I could read.

— Condoleezza Rice

Music and opera are a big part of my life.

— Ailyn Perez

I could read music before I could read words.

— Beth Phoenix

I can't listen to music while writing - any such distraction would have dreadful consequences.

— Lincoln Child

I used to play the piano by listening to it - like Chopin pieces, when I was, like, a little kid - and then…

— Eliza Coupe

I can't read music. Instead, I'd do stuff inside the piano, do harmonics and all kinds of crazy things. They used to put me…

— Eddie Van Halen

I love opera so much. I would never go back to doing it, but I love to listen - I'm grateful for it.

— Ledisi