Age Quote by Steve Porcaro

The reason I wanted to play guitar was because I saw Buddy Holly and then our own homegrown Shadows on TV in 1957 or…

— Peter Frampton

I started playing guitar when I was, like, 5, and I picked up playing drums when I was 6 years old.

— Rickey Medlocke

I wanted to be a drummer but my brother Iggor was better at it, so I took up guitar instead.

— Max Cavalera

The Beatles did everything long before anyone else. They weren't afraid to try things and to experiment with a lot of sounds. In 200…

— Joe Perry

1962 to 1965, where suddenly the guitar became this icon of youth culture all over the world, thanks mostly to the Beatles. Add to…

— Pat Metheny

I was a drummer and I played the guitar.

— Jam Master Jay

My first rock band was called Mike and the Majestics. I was about twelve, and my older sister Kathy was the manager. There were…

— Michael McDonald

I began playing drums when I was seven and guitar when I was fourteen, but it wasn't until the early '90s that I took…

— Tom Curren

My cousin Joey played the drums. We used to go to his house, I liked beating on his drums. I beat the hell out…

— Carmine Appice

There were some older guitarists on my side of town, and I got to know many of them

— Tommy Shaw

I started on the drums when I was eight.

— Masego

Everyone wanted to play like Eric Clapton in the early to mid-'60s.

— Peter Frampton