Classical music Quote by Johnny Flynn

What I wanted to do was music, until I was about 16. But it was jazz and rock, never classical music.

— Simon Helberg

In my youth I wanted to be a concert violinist.

— Lorne Greene

My whole childhood was filled with classical music and going to concerts of the New York Philharmonic and other New York ensembles and organizations,…

— Gunther Schuller

My parents always wanted me to do music because they thought it was such a great extracurricular activity but we never thought it was…

— Kevin Olusola

I just wanted to be a composer; I became an actor by default, really. I got a scholarship to a college of music and…

— Anthony Hopkins

When I was young, I played the piano and studied classical music and jazz. I wanted to be a concert pianist, and if I'd…

— Christopher Plummer

I liked school and was a bit of an all-rounder academically, I struggled with music. I can't hold a note when singing and abandoned…

— Stephen Curry

I became a musician because that's really what I wanted to do when I was fifteen, but I had other abilities.

— Robyn Hitchcock

There was a period when I'd just come out of college where I'd been playing classical guitar and I suddenly realised that it wasn't…

— Andy Summers

I never wanted to impress anyone nor had to complete my education just so that my parents could allow me to pursue music.

— Guru Randhawa

I wanted to play my violin and have my musical expression through the instrument. But then I was really young when I had my…

— Gustavo Dudamel

By the time I was eight I was taking classical piano lessons and I wanted to be a concert pianist. But that didn't work…

— Nina Simone