Johannes Rau Quotes

You begin to see that all of these things are connected: The kind of cuts that mean less environmental protection are also the kind of cuts that mean less musical education for the schools and that also mean more overcrowded schools.

Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.

For me, making music is a continuous learning experience, and I think that it feeds itself.

I'm very interested, for instance, in music in education - getting young people not only to listen to, but participate in the music that I write. I consider this one of the most vital aspects of my work.

Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.

I grew up singing. My mother was a music teacher.

I grew up studying music. I went to conservatory.

I started studying music at the age of five and a half. My older sister was taking piano lessons. When her teacher left our apartment, I would get up on the piano bench and start picking out the notes that were part of my sister's lessons.

You see, that is it with music, you never stop learning.

I have a greater goal - to empower young people through music education.

In the United States, we spend millions of dollars on sports because it promotes teamwork, discipline, and the experience of learning to make great progress in small increments. Learning to play music does all this and more.

I think my mom always wanted to play the guitar, and somehow she projected that to me. So I started learning to play guitar when I was five years old, but actually I'd never managed to get the academic side of it. So even up to today, I don't know how to read or write music.

Music is an element that should be part and parcel of every child's life via the education system.

Stay in school and band, kids! It had its nerdy moments, and I always felt like I wanted to do something more with it.

I'm here to inspire young people to be part of the most magnificent culture on earth: hip-hop.

I feel like my role is to be one of those voices who reaches the youth.

One of my favorite things to do is play guitar with my dad, who taught me.

When I see young people interested in music. I always look out for that passion in their eyes. You never know where that might lead.

I wasn't very good at studies but was into a lot of extra-curricular activities. I used to play the keyboard and bass guitar in my school band and went on to study keyboard from Trinity College, London.

I really like singing. I believe that if I wasn't a good singer, I would have been tossed out of school.

My musical education was grounded in blues and Chicago blues - John Lee Hooker and Otis Redding.

I'd rather go to school and do loads of music than anything else.

I decided to study music my last year in high school.

I had a teacher at school who told me to take up the harp.

Teaching the guitar is a constant source of inspiration. I sometimes think I get more out of the lessons than my students.