Band Quote by Arthur Godfrey

I'd been performing in bands since I was 12 which represented, at that point, about 16 years of playing music.

— Van Morrison

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've been playing music professionally, full time since 1980 when I graduated college at the age of 22.

— Daryl Davis

By the time I was 17, I was in a band, writing songs and playing solo piano at weekends, in pubs or at weddings.

— Chesney Hawkes

When I was at school, I was in choirs more than anything else, from a very young age, about 9 years old. And then…

— Ben Barnes

By the time I was about 15, I was out playing gigs and knew I was going to be a musician.

— Kamasi Washington

When I was 12 years old, I was in the Boy Scouts. The scoutmaster of our troop was in a band that played country…

— Eddie Rabbitt

I was always the kid on scholarship, I was a soloist with my company, I'd been working with the symphony since I was 14.

— Summer Glau

I played the trumpet for nine years, and then I joined the choir after that, and then I was in musicals in high school.

— Bebe Rexha

I was 17 years old and in my first band, and we played at the university. I was kind of a gawky, unpopular teenager…

— Sarah McLachlan

I was playing in bands before high school even. My first band I was in at 14. And we were playing just Beatles.

— Dan Fogelberg

I didn't sing for years and years, but I started playing harp when I was maybe 9 or 10. I had actually wanted to…

— Joanna Newsom