First Quote by B. B. King

I grew up in a farm town in Indiana. In the early years I played by myself, because there were no other musicians around.

— Gary Burton

DJs used to be American heroes. No more. Today, being a disk jockey is generally regarded as being slightly more respectable than snatching purses…

— Larry Lujack

I played the drums, and I was in a band called Funkasaurus Rex in Toronto. When I left for school, it became hard to…

— Jake Epstein

I didn't own a record player when I was younger. I just played every day after school and then started gigging around town. I…

— Michael McDonald

I was a musical theatre geek in high school and college.

— Toks Olagundoye

Speaking of WAMU, [bluegrass and old time music DJ] Ray Davis did a lot of work there. I've know Ray, I guess for 50…

— Ralph Stanley

I was writing and playing in California for 11 years before I moved to Nashville.

— Brett Young

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

— Daryl Davis

At Kentucky, I was kind of a role player.

— Kevin Knox

I tried to play anything people would hire me to play, because I was a musician.

— J. J. Cale

I was a guitar player first off.

— Boz Scaggs

I played in garage bands and rock and roll bands when I was in junior high and high school and saw some of the…

— David Cassidy