Bars Quote by Nina Simone

I had been exposed to classical music my whole life; even before I was born.

— Jason Becker

Classical music only really came into my life in 1969. I wish I had heard classical music and church music when I was a…

— Ian Anderson

I got involved with classical music when I was in high school and it's followed me throughout my entire life and probably had a…

— Benjamin Carson

My musical background is like almost every non classical musician in the world. One day a special record was heard and that was it.…

— Kevin Johnson

I wasn't listening to that much classical music - not much more than anything else. I was really lucky to have parents who loved…

— Cecile McLorin Salvant

I don't know if I discovered I had any talent. It was dogged persistence. I had to have the music.

— Bob Weir

I grew up listening to all types of music.

— Sheck Wes

I grew up with a lot of classical music around.

— Kemp Muhl

I started listening to classical music when I was in my early teens. Prior to that, I listened to pop records or band records.

— Stephen Sondheim

I always felt like there was a certain standard of music that I had to do from the beginning, even when I didn't have…

— Kendrick Lamar

The most consistent musical experience I had growing up was church music.

— Amy Grant

I never learned music. I'm quite uneducated, and usually I sat in front of the TV, with soap operas on, in England. It was…

— Graham Parker