Earliest memories Quote by Sara Bareilles

I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played

— Mick Taylor

I wrote my first song when I was twelve on the piano.

— Rachael Yamagata

My aunt played the piano and I used to sit and listen to it.

— Dick Dale

My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs.

— Joan Armatrading

My mother played piano so we always had music around the house

— Johnny Winter

From an early age I've written songs and played the piano.

— Ella Henderson

I wrote my first song when I was four, and I played it at my piano recital.

— Beth Hart

My sister played the piano. She's two years older than me, and I always wanted to play something. So my grandmother got the guitar…

— Willie Nelson

My mother started me on the piano when I was 3 years old.

— Kristian Nairn

I started studying music at the age of five and a half. My older sister was taking piano lessons. When her teacher left our…

— Marvin Hamlisch

My mother played piano at home; she came from a musical family. Her father, who I never met, was a conductor and composer.

— Ludovico Einaudi

My mother passed away when I was seven. She had a piano in the house that she was teaching my sisters how to play.…

— Ethan Slater