Generations Quote by Wynton Marsalis

I was born understanding the language of music.

— Julian Bream

Music is something that should speak for itself, straight from the heart. It took me a long time to understand that.

— Damon Albarn

I was always into music. And none of my friends were really into music the same way I was. So it was just different.…

— Martina McBride

Dabbling in music and being in music when I was young I had my own view of what I thought music was whether it…

— Rakim

When I started I didn't know anything about music. I came from an absolutely non-musical, non-artistic background.

— Blixa Bargeld

I grew up with a sense of music being a very spiritual experience while playing in church and with parents who were socially aware,…

— Kamasi Washington

Music was language in our house. It was air…I feel certain that if I absorbed any lessons at all in the first months and…

— Renee Fleming

Never understood a lot about the world... music is one of the only things that makes any sense.

— Austin Carlile

I was drawn to music from a super early age. At school, my ego co-opted it to some degree and I would use it…

— Jon Hopkins

Music was a means through which I could meet people and sort of begin the process of exploring who I was or who I…

— Carrie Brownstein

When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what.

— Sade Adu

I knew music was for me from an early age.

— Jonas Blue