Father Quote by Michala Petri

Well my dad forced me into playing the violin when I was about three and it all started from there. I went to Suzuki…

— Tom Misch

I basically started playing violin at the age of six. That lasted about three years because my previous teacher died and the second teacher…

— Miroslav Vitous

When I was five I had violin lessons.

— Randy Bachman

I started playing drums at three, then piano at five, then clarinet. But it wasn't till I picked up a saxophone aged 13 that…

— Kamasi Washington

I started taking piano lessons when I was 8 and I wrote my first song shortly after. Music was really important in my family.…

— Eric Hutchinson

My mother, who is a Carnatic musician, started a school for children when I was around three, and I grew up listening to her…

— Sid Sriram

I started my journey in music at the age of six.

— Tulsi Kumar

I started playing violin when I was about five years old and I learned to read a little bit of music, but that's all…

— Mura Masa

My mom's a concert pianist, so she started teaching me when I was around seven. When I was eight, I started writing my own…

— Birdy

My early life was full of music because my sisters played the piano and I started playing at three.

— Jeanine Tesori

When I was a kid, I played the piano for six years, and all my family are musicians.

— Tina Maze

I have been tied up with music for about as long as I can remember. By the time I was four I was picking…

— Mary Lou Williams