Chamber Quote by Tod Machover

I was composing before I realised I was a composer. It came more or less naturally. There were a couple of old ladies lived…

— Richard Meale

I started writing music as a composer in school, in the classical tradition.

— Julia Holter

I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction by making…

— Amy Tan

I had an affinity for music and could play anything I heard on the piano, but I wasn't scholastically advanced in any way. It…

— Melody Gardot

I always hankered to be a composer - I was mad about music, though I never studied seriously, and can't read a note. But…

— Conrad Aiken

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 was really interested in piano and sort of discovered that I was a writer when I was about 13 and started writing. And…

— Ottessa Moshfegh

I played piano, I learned a lot about music.

— Maximilian Schell

I had a very strong interest in music, specifically the piano from a very small age.

— Jim Parsons

I always enjoyed participating in artistic endeavors, and I remember in high school participating in chorus, drama and singing madrigals, mainly because they were…

— Roger Bart

I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown, pop -…

— Idina Menzel

Even when I was studying piano, I always preferred to play around with my own improvisations rather than do my studies. So I've always…

— Johann Johannsson