Band Quote by Wadada Leo Smith

My dad, who plays guitar and piano and was in cover bands, along with my older brother, Matt, taught me guitar and stuff. I…

— Conor Oberst

I started playing guitar when I was 12 and probably from that age knew that I wanted to make music and make my own…

— St. Vincent

I started my band when I was 13 years old. We were a real band.

— Matty Healy

I was in the band as a boy and was taught music and learned to compose.

— Norman Wisdom

My older brother was the guitar player in the neighborhood band. My parents were the cool ones that had the basement for rehearsal. Rather…

— Jill Sobule

I have played guitar since I was six but I started making music with Ben when I was 16.

— La Roux

I started out as a guitarist in the early '80s.

— Johnny Depp

I grew up in a very musical family, my father was a musician and a big band leader and made records.

— Billy Sherwood

I was 12 when I started playing guitar with my brothers.

— Tom Chapin

When I was a kid, my friends and I formed a band, Trombone Shorty's Brass Band. When I was six, I was a bandleader…

— Trombone Shorty

I was 16-17 when I started off, so I grew up with the music industry.

— Devi Sri Prasad

I come from a musical family. My dad was in a group in the 70s, The Hudson Brothers. Now he's a songwriter and producer.…

— Sarah Hudson