Laura Mvula Quotes

I wish my parents had been more strict and made me learn more instruments.

I took piano for many years. I kicked and screamed through all of my lessons, but my mom really insisted.

I didn't even start playing the piano until I was about 13 or 14. I guess I must have had a little talent or whatever-you-call-it, but I practised regularly, and that's what counts.

Although I don't come from a musical background, I was given piano lessons along with my sisters, but I wasn't what you would call a good student. I tended to write songs rather than do scales.

My parents were proud of the fact that I was playing cricket, they used to ferry me around during the weekends to play the game.

For years, my actual listening activity has been governed by what I perceived to be good for me as a musician, almost like the way an athlete trains for a given sporting task. I'd listen to something if I felt it would improve my sense of harmony or counterpoint, or whatever I was working on.

I started studying piano at the age of four.

I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline.

My mom was at every single game I played as a kid, rain or shine.

I play bass. I play a bit of guitar. I've never been to a lesson, so my theory of music is non-existent in any instrument, but we always had guitars around.

When I can 10 or 11, my mom was the one out there catching passes for me. She was my prime receiver.

When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you have to put in six.

Music is my 90% of my life and my biggest passion. I really don't have an interest in anything else.

I think having musical training as a child was really, really important. I studied piano as a child. Piano is a great instrument to understand musical theory on. I think I have that in my brain somewhere.

My parents were supportive. I didn't have good grades, but they could tell I wasn't lazy.

I always sang when I was little and my father, who was a great influence on me, also had a wonderful voice. He and my mother really encouraged me to sing and play the piano. They were always very supportive.

When I was 14, I decided that I really wanted to pursue polo more, so I asked my parents if it would be okay for me to go live on a farm outside the city so I could play.

My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.

Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.

If anyone wants to know why three kids in one family made it to the big leagues they just had to know how we helped each other and how much we practiced back then. We did it every minute we could.

I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin... If we'd had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have been good.

My mom was always so supportive; she enabled me to pursue my dreams. I danced on Broadway as a kid, and she would never miss a show.

My mom was always driving me back and forth to guitar lessons, growing up. She was super supportive and probably my biggest cheerleader.

My mom is a gym teacher, and she's not musically inclined, but she always wanted to help me out with music as best she could.

I learned tabla for three years when in school, then started picking up the basics of the acoustic guitar when in college.