Kamasi Washington Quotes

I've always made music - pretty much since I was born.

I guess from 12 onwards I was always into my music.

I began playing drums when I was seven and guitar when I was fourteen, but it wasn't until the early '90s that I took music seriously.

I started playing guitar when I was, like, 5, and I picked up playing drums when I was 6 years old.

I've been doing music in some form since I was seven years old.

Music became my focus. At 13, I was jamming with my mates. At 15, I was playing clubs.

I played for anybody and everybody from the time I started playing guitar, when I was 10 or 11.

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.

When I was younger, playing piano and guitar were all things that I wanted to do for a short period of time, like any kid.

I got my first instrument at Christmas when I was three or four. My dad and mom got me a mandolin. It was the only instrument that fit me because I was so small. I went straight from that into drums when I was six and then started playing guitar when I was seven or eight.

I started bands at a pretty young age and played with my friends back in Detroit. I've always known that I wanted to do this. It was all I was ever interested in doing. I never had, outside of music, any extracurricular activities that I took part in.

For me, I guess music has always been the through-line. You know, I played guitar from a really young age, and my dad played, and my cousin gave me a drum kit when I was 13, and I played bass guitar, so, you know, it was definitely always in the house.

I was 15 when I started making music properly.

I started playing mandolin when I was three or four years old because I was too small to be playing guitar. As I got older and more responsible with holding instruments, I was allowed to play my mom's guitar that she had.

I have done nothing my entire life but play music.

When I was much younger I tried to play guitar and bass first. Drums were just the easiest thing for me to play. I picked it up really quickly.

I loved music from earliest childhood - from as long as I can remember.

I've always been in music. I started out in music, and I will continue to do music.

I lived for music since I could think.

I play guitar a bit. I'm trying to learn drums - I feel like I can play violin. I've never tried, but I just feel like I can.

From an early age, I was infatuated with music. I always loved it and was always dancing or playing something.

I've been playing music since I was born.

I don't come from a musical family at all, but I realized early on I was a musician. I started begging for a piano when I was 6 years old.

I got my first instrument for Christmas when I was three or four years old. My parents got me a mandolin because it was the only instrument that would fit me because I was so small. I went straight from that into the drums when I was six, and then I started playing guitar when I was seven or eight.

I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15.