Cool Quote by Paul Young

So many young kids are fickle when it comes to music. There comes a time when you're not cool again.

— Martie Maguire

I think a lot of people who want to be musicians terrify their parents because they don't have a living example of it in…

— St. Vincent

The older I get, the more I realize I'm becoming people's role models and that's freaky to me. That's not what you intend to…

— Ingrid Michaelson

But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways…

— Eric Clapton

I had piano lessons at five and started guitar at ten, but although music and acting was always around me, my parents never pressured…

— Micky Dolenz

I think that's really important, that kids get exposed to music as soon as they can - not necessarily to become musicians, but at…

— Joe Perry

I was lucky enough to have parents who started me on music very early, but most kids don't get that kind of exposure.

— Joshua Bell

You've gotta motivate kids. They wanna grow up. They got problems. You've gotta give 'em that music to make 'em feel like they're OK,…

— Travis Scott

I always jump at the chance to mentor kids when it comes to music.

— Benji Madden

As a kid, you put musicians on a pedestal - well, I did. The more you meet bands, and the more you hang around…

— Sharon Van Etten

My parents actively tried to discourage me from going into music - especially Dad, because of the troubled times he had in his youth.

— Andrew Ridgeley

As a musician or a performer, you're meant to know what you're about, but it's ridiculous that someone 14 would have any idea of…

— Ben Lee