Alternative rock Quote by Verite

I started playing guitar and writing songs when I was 15. I think what mainly sparked my interest was just the fact that I…

— Kate Voegele

I think I can pinpoint the moment when my first band recorded, when I was 14 and 15 years old. I always enjoyed writing…

— John Congleton

In high school I was in a band called Goodfight, but it was more me running around on stage. It was very punk inspired.…

— Angel Olsen

I started going to rock shows at a really young age, and seeing other young people make music definitely influenced me.

— Frankie Cosmos

I started making music for myself when I was sixteen.

— Hunter Parrish

I was always interested in music, I felt it was time to do it, coming out of the punk scene [1979]. I thought it…

— Rozz Williams

I was in bands all through my youth. Things started out more acoustic and then piano ballads. Then R&B followed by sappy pop music…

— Lights

I have listened to different kinds of music since I was young.

— Jackson Wang

Since I was a child, my whole life has revolved around music. It's often while listening to a song that ideas for my fashion…

— Hedi Slimane

I was 21, and I was like, "Man, am I really gonna start over and try this whole thing over again? Do I want…

— Taylor Goldsmith

I started writing music with my cousin at, like, 16 and traveled with a '70s band.

— Verite

Music had always been a kind of anchor for me. But I didn't write my first song till I was 35.

— Mary Gauthier