Freya Ridings Quotes

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

People don't understand what music really is. I've been a musician since I was 6 years old. I got my first piano, was playing recitals at 8, 10 I picked up a guitar, 12 I picked up my first Pearl Master drum set. I was an artist before I was an 'artist.'

I started in music and that's my forte and that's what I've always done and where I'm heading.

I started playing the violin when I was 5, but by the time I was 12 or 13, I wasn't really liking it.

I played the cello from when I was ten, and then I bought a guitar from the father of some friends of mine and played that for a while. And then when I was fourteen or so, I bought a guitar - a real nice one - in Durham, North Carolina, that I worked with up until I was about twenty-five.

Yeah, I've always considered myself a musical person.

There's some pictures of me playing hollow bodies, but I never last long. I always come back to the acoustic.

I played music and sang from my earliest memories. The first pictures of me show me wandering around with a guitar that was larger than I was, and it became almost second nature to me.

The only thing I'm really, truly good at is music - I just love it.

When I was a kid, I played the piano for six years, and all my family are musicians.

But remember, guitar players are a dime a dozen.

If you can't play the blues... you might as well hang it up.

I've been playing music since I was born.

I've played the violin since I was seven but stopped because there was a stage when it became 'uncool'. I was listening to Nirvana and wanted to play the guitar, so I ditched the violin.

I was always good at music.

If you're a musician, there's no instrument that can be withheld from you. If you're drawn to it, develop the talent for it.

I've spent my life playing music.

My dad played a little bit of piano and guitar, but not that professionally. I saw him play, and I said, 'I want to play. I want to try this instrument.'

I can't remember when I didn't have an instrument around.

I played cello on my early recordings, but that doesn't mean I'm a cellist, you know?

I didn't even learn to play guitar until the movie 'Walk Hard,' which is probably fortunate because maybe I would have pursued it, and that would have been a waste of my time.

I've been playing guitar since I was 6 and then drums, bass, and piano since I was 10 years old.

Age isn't a barrier to playing the bass, and I've definitely improved over the years, although maybe I'm not as flash as I once was. But looking back, I can't imagine a life without a guitar.

I remember when I was little, my mom asked me, 'Would you like to play the violin or the piano?' I looked at that giant monster and said to myself - I am not going to lock myself on that bench the whole day. This is small and lightweight. I can play from standing, sitting or walking.

You can play a shoestring if you're sincere.