Checks Quote by Andrew Bird

I grew up with a lot of classical music around.

— Kemp Muhl

My roots are Carnatic music. I think everything stems from that.

— Sid Sriram

I have a classical music background. I studied violin and trumpet.

— Johnny Flynn

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

— Fred Frith

I did 'The Sound of Music.' That was my first musical.

— Lindsay Mendez

I listen mostly to classical music.

— Alexandra Fuller

I studied classical music for a long time, maybe 10 years, and I realized finally I was never going to have the hands to…

— Leon Russell

I love classical music. It's my stabiliser.

— Sheila Hancock

Honest, I listen to classical mostly. It keeps my mind fresh to write rock songs.

— Don Dokken

I was born out of classical music.

— Mika

Then I started listenin' a lot to classical composers. Piano works. Just to see what they were doin'. That sort of put me in…

— Mose Allison

Just before I play, I like to feel that no-one has ever played the piano before, that I'm in complete virgin territory, and that…

— Kenny Werner