Beginning Quote by Ed Kowalczyk

When we started, there were no other distractions like the Internet and video games, so music was central to young people's lives.

— Dennis DeYoung

Music was massive from an early age. My parents were huge music fans, especially soul, and they played records in our house all the…

— Bronagh Gallagher

When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what.

— Sade Adu

I didn't start playing music really until I was 18/19, so it was a relatively new thing. I didn't play much music in school.

— James Vincent McMorrow

I was immersed in popular songs of the time, of the '30s and '40s. I was writing songs, making fun of the attitudes of…

— Tom Lehrer

We grew up listening to a wide variety of music.

— Rose

We were kids that didn't have any education. None of our parents were in the music business or even college graduates. We didn't have…

— Benji Madden

Music's always been a big part of my life. Because of my father, I was always surrounded by music and musicians, and in school,…

— Timothy B. Schmit

I was raised with a lot of music around me at all times.

— Bea Miller

When I was 15, I did not know nothing about what concerned the world of music.

— Maurice Jarre

Growing up, I was definitely surrounded by music all the time. My parents used to always play music; my dad used to have reggae…

— Stefflon Don

I was drawn to music from a super early age. At school, my ego co-opted it to some degree and I would use it…

— Jon Hopkins