Ages Quote by Frank Black

I was so busy with my studies that I didn't have a musical idol as a teenager. Later, around my 20s, I suddenly discovered…

— Andre Rieu

Troubadours travelled from town to town. They didn't really sing too good, which is the main reason they kept going.

— Art Linkletter

I'm not so much a rock star, d'ya know what I mean? I play Irish music. There's really no age when you stop playing…

— Shane MacGowan

I think my legacy should be that when I started in show business, there wasn't no such thing as rock n' roll. When I…

— Little Richard

Oh yah, I'm definitely an old rocker.

— Rachel Weisz

It's true that I'm not known as a crooner or balladeer. I'm known for a more crusading or quixotic temperament.

— Kurt Elling

I hail from a family of musicians for the last 18 generations. My grandfather was a classical singer; his father was a sitar player.

— Jeet Gannguli

We have been called old rockers, rock pensioners, and dinosaurs.

— Ian Gillan

I grew up in the '70s, and there was a romantic notion, at least that I had, that you could have a career making…

— Michael Penn

From a small child to right now - I mean, when I was five years old, Red Norville, Tal Farlow, Charles Mingus, Les Paul,…

— Steve Miller

I came from a classical background, and I was teaching and earning a living out of music at a certain level, so it's funny…

— Bryce Dessner

I think I came across Cecil Taylor a bit later, in 65 or 66. That really impressed me - Cecil Taylor is an amazing…

— Luc Ferrari