Henry Mancini Quotes

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

I just essentially stayed at home for three years and just learned to play as many instruments as I could and listened to as many singers as I could. Like, when I got to about 19/20, I started listening to singers. I normally just listened to bands. Now I listen to a lot of old singers, not a lot of new stuff.

Just to be around that, to feel a part of it and be able to integrate the experience while I was with the Messengers, of going and playing gigs with other drummers, gave me the chance to realize that it was not just me that was making it happen.

I got my first guitar when I was 16. I'd play for my family and friends, but taking that guitar out there into the wide, wide world wasn't something I ever thought about.

I think Rudimental was a massive part of my life and such a great place and people and learning curve to be a part of.

I was a late bloomer in the music business.

Making music is like school to me.

Oh, man, the first concert I ever went to was Boston and Sammy Hagar, and it was absolutely incredible. I was just blown away by both bands, and, once again, it was my first concert, so that made it super, super special.

I started playing music when I was about six and didn't discover Indian classical music until I was fifteen. So, essentially, I had a lot of catching up to do.

I focused on the saxophone ever since high school. It wasn't until my album 'Poetica,' which I recorded in 2006, that I went back to the clarinet. It felt like it was waiting for me!

You can never learn enough about music.

I had a ukulele when I was about seven. Then I started playing around with the mandolin and the banjo.

Before I became an actress, I was a cellist. I've been playing since I was 14, was in a lot of bands, and acting was more of a hobby.

By the time I was about 15, I was out playing gigs and knew I was going to be a musician.

When I was 9 years old, I started performing around my hometown of San Antonio, Texas.

I'll always be a student of music.

It's like I've been in music school my whole life.

Someone told me, 'When you go see Pearl Jam, it's going to be a spiritual experience,' and it was. It was my first time seeing them live, and I've been a lifelong fan. Eddie Vedder's voice is a million times better live, and I couldn't believe the passion he put into every single song.

Our live shows are a visual as well as a musical experience.

It's awesome to play 1 1/2 -hour shows because it's so much fun, and we enjoy every single minute of it.

I love Mozart, and I love Bach, and Brahms, and - but at 13, I didn't understand any of that that I was playing.

I feel that it was my destiny to play with Led Zeppelin, and of course I had the chance and I did it to my best ability.

I was in a lot of bands growing up.

Without Slipknot, I would not necessarily be where I am today.

One of the beautiful things about music is it gives you an opportunity to learn how to tell the truth, and it's a life-long learning process.