“I started making music with my band in the 80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.” WayProductsBandPostsPunk80sClassical Music Author:Yann Tiersen
“When I was very young, I played in a punk-rock band, but I also studied music theory and classical music.” YoungRocksTheoryBandPunkClassical MusicPunk RockRock BandsMusic Theory Author:Moby
“You never know that this is the moment when you're in the moment. When I was sixteen I moved to a smaller town in Vermont, and at that time I didn't have a band to play in. So I was forced to play in Top 40 bands and fraternity bands and wedding bands. That was all pop music, but I was listening to Weather Report and classical music. Then I went to Berklee College of Music in 1978, and you had Victor Bailey there, and Steve Vai. And suddenly I was among my ilk.” KnowsPlayMomentsCollegeListeningBandTownsMovedPopsWeatherReportsClassical MusicPop MusicSixteenFraternityVermontWedding Band Author:Stuart Hamm
“I started listening to classical music when I was in my early teens. Prior to that, I listened to pop records or band records.” RecordsListeningBandPopsTeensClassical Music Author:Stephen Sondheim
“I started piano lessons at age six but didn't take music seriously until I was a teenager, when I thought about a career in music. I studied classical music, and my instruments were guitar and piano. I played keyboards in bands, and after high school I went to Vienna to study at the Academy of Music. I also became a session player, which culminated in my work with Tangerine Dream.” DreamAgeSchoolCareersStudyPlayerLessonsBandSixHigh SchoolInstrumentsGuitarTeenagerPianoSessionClassical MusicAcademyKeyboardsViennaPiano LessonAfter High SchoolLife After High SchoolTangerines Author:Paul Haslinger
“I like a strange, wide range of stuff. I like classical music and industrial noise bands. John Waters films and Peanuts cartoons. Barry Manilow and GG Allin. I should have my head examined.” ShouldFilmStuffWaterStrangeBandShould HaveWideNoiseRangeCartoonClassical MusicPeanutsStuff I Like Author:Brian Pinkerton