Dick Dale Quotes

I consider the piano my 'main' instrument and have been playing for as long as I can remember. It seems to me that I might have come up with something resembling a song as early as 4 or 5 years old.

At the age of 11, I started composing and my first composition was sung by my father.

I have been a tabla player since the age of four.

I've been making music since age five.

I've been writing and composing songs since I was 5 years old.

I started off singing when I was little. My parents have said I was singing at 3 years old. So I think it was just something I probably came into this world wanting to do and knowing I was going to do.

I play no instruments.

But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways other kids were not.

I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.

Music's been with me from the get-go. It was always around me as a kid. Dad got me my first guitar when I was 11 and, at school, if you wanted to be cool you had to be in a band.

Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.

I'd say music runs in my blood. My parents are exceptionally talented singers, so even before I was born, it was a known fact to them that I'd become a singer. Thanks to my genes, I started off at the age of three and since then, music has meant everything to me.

My secret dream has always been to be a jazz musician. I tried the saxophone for a year or two when I was younger, but unfortunately I had to face the fact that I was not really talented!

When I look at my kids, and the ease with which they pick up music, I wish I had that.

My son Wesley has just turned 13. He was 12 during the recording of this record and he is quite a drummer already and has been studying drums since he was four, but he's also very interested in African percussion and studies percussion.

I came from somewhat of a musical family. I had an uncle on Broadway. My dad kind of knows how to play instruments. Although, I always find it annoying when he does play an instrument.

I got my first guitar at age of 7 and never laid it down. Momma taught me G, C, and D. I was off to the races son!

I was always super, super musical. So my parents recognized that and put me in choirs, piano lessons, and all that.

My son is very into music and really familiar with my voice.

The thing about music is it's not an obscure pursuit, it's a very natural thing for human beings to do. Once you put in the effort, the learning curve is very fast.

I was two and a half when I first climbed up and sat at a piano.

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.

I wanted to play the piano, but my fingers weren't long enough, so I took up the guitar.

I've been playing music since I was born.

I made my first complete song when I was 9.