David Carradine Quotes

I played piano back in my elementary school days and I sang a cappella back in college.

I've been studying on my own. I'm not really trained. I went to school for about a year and a half. I never really studied music, but, I mean, I did. I studied for two years, maybe.

There is nothing like a 'born actor.' It's all about honing the skills.

And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background.

Studying music in a conservatory would be stifling for me, although I respect people who can do it. And by no means am I an expert at notating music or music theory - that's not really my world.

If you want to be a doctor, a lawyer you must go to college. But if you want to be a musician or such, study your craft. Study music.

I never played music, but it's an important thing ... the studying, the inspiration.

I don't know whether schooling would have helped me get farther along in music at this time. I doubt it would have.

What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much about music as you possibly can. Learn composition. Study to try to create compositions of your own and put your own personal touch on your music.

My parents met in music school and my father was a music professor and conductor. Growing up, we always had classical and contemporary music playing. There was a lot of Mozart and the Beatles.

My parents met in music school, and my father was a music professor and conductor. Growing up, we always had classical and contemporary music playing.

I studied the cello for a long time, from when I was little up through college.

Going to college and studying music is not a bad idea at all. I don't know if you can go to college and be taught heart.

When I went to school, it was really just to immerse myself in listening to, studying, and making music.

My dad was a musician. He was a singer and he played the guitar, so music was always around.

I was always involved in the arts from a young age. I started studying classical piano at age four as a student of the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music.

My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education.

In France the music schools are a bit old fashioned. I was more excited about doing my own stuff or to play with my friend in my band, than studying the piano.

I'm hoping to do more with my music. I did the stage musical 'Spring Awakening' recently and it reignited the love I have for singing.

I studied classical music for a year. Then, I studied jazz for a year at the New School, and then I got kicked out. You had to go to your class, so I don't know if that counts as studying. I didn't study jazz. I was supposed to.

I focused primarily on being an instrumentalist and studying music and on my primary means of expression: composing and playing.

Acting is awesome, but I'm really, really able to express myself creatively in music.

I've always been a songwriter.

I never went to music school.

I had the great fortune to work with John Houseman at Juilliard.