Classical music Quote by Charles Bukowski

Never too poor. You don't have to be a millionaire to pick up an instrument.

— Anonymous

Many great composers have died in poverty. I have not faced hardships, like having to struggle for food, thanks to reasonable producers.

— Ilaiyaraaja

I studied music at school and played the recorder. Later in life music was a great way of supplementing my income because I was…

— Ainsley Harriott

I wanted badly to make music, but had no equipment or money.

— Naughty Boy

We weren't rich people, but my parents and I shared an interest in the theater and so we went a lot. And that definitely…

— Billy Eichner

You were never poor as long as you had something to love.

— Anonymous

For most of my life, making music has cost me money. So I learned to live very, very cheaply.

— James Murphy

I was really poor for most of my adult life.

— Zoe Leonard

I decided during my teens that I wasn't going to have the life of a concert pianist, much to the chagrin of a lot…

— Cy Coleman

You know, I never did music for money. I did music to hear myself in the club, and to hear my creation on the…

— Swizz Beatz

I just naturally started to play music. My whole family played-my daddy played, my mother played. My daddy played bass, my cousin played banjo,…

— T-Bone Walker

I spent ninety percent of my money on wine, women and song and just wasted the other ten percent.

— Ronnie Hawkins