Concerts Quote by Nina Simone

I started playing piano when I was eight, and I went on to study piano in school, so I have a background in classical…

— Julia Holter

I started playing piano age six. I was also singing in the choir, so my mum put me into music school. I went to…

— Irina Shayk

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

When I started as a kid, I wanted to be a piano player and songwriter. I only became a singer by accident.

— Frank Sinatra Jr

I started playing the piano when I was about two and got a scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore when I…

— Tori Amos

I started playing the piano when I was 6 years old 'cause my folks tried to get me away from the gramophone. And I…

— Hugh Masekela

I started piano lessons at age six but didn't take music seriously until I was a teenager, when I thought about a career in…

— Paul Haslinger

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

For the longest time, I wanted to become a pianist. That was kinda my thing.

— Zedd

Around eighth grade I decided I wanted to be a composer and that's what I went to college for. Just a few years back,…

— Joanna Newsom

I was a piano performance major at USC. I left before I graduated because I realized at some point I wasn't going to be…

— James Newton Howard

When I was young, I was being pushed, against my will, towards becoming a classical musician. I had music scholarships; I had to play…

— Johnny Flynn