Carolina Quote by James Taylor

I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there.

— Robin Trower

I picked up the guitar at 12 yrs old - basically, my mother and father bought it for me for Christmas. I played one…

— Greg Lake

When I was four, we had to choose a musical instrument to play at school, and I chose the cello. I played until I…

— Emilia Fox

I got into cello in the fourth grade, and I played that for years. I adored playing it. I got an opera coach when…

— Beth Hart

I got my first instrument for Christmas when I was three or four years old. My parents got me a mandolin because it was…

— Chord Overstreet

I was nine when I bought my first guitar at a garage sale.

— Derek Trucks

I'd studied piano first and switched over to cello when I was about seven. I played mostly chamber and solo classical music. I got…

— Tod Machover

I started playing guitar when I was 14.

— Rostam Batmanglij

At 12 or 13, I picked up a guitar because my mother made me learn how to play.

— Lou Barlow

I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.

— Warren Zevon

I got my first guitar for Christmas when I was five years old.

— Jason Becker

It started when I was eight years old. I first heard the cello on the radio, and I loved the sound. It was such…

— Stjepan Hauser