“As a kid, I was into music, played guitar in a band. Then I started acting in plays in junior high school and just got lost in the puzzle of acting, the magic of it. I think it was an escape for me.” ThinkingPlayKidsSchoolLostActingMagicBandHigh SchoolGuitarPuzzlesJuniorsJunior HighHigh School Junior Author:Michael J. Fox
“Going to high school in rural Florida, we always partied down in the woods. Somebody - one of the rednecks - would leave class and mow a path out to a field, and we'd drive out there. Dude, every party I went to was lit by a bonfire. Acoustic guitar.” SchoolPartyClassPathFieldsHigh SchoolGuitarWoodsFloridaLitRedneckAcousticsAcoustic GuitarBonfireGoing To High School Author:Miles Teller
“Back when I was in high school, I came out onstage with my guitar and had four guys playing behind me. We were just playing a dance, but I was standing in front of an audience rocking out. I'm still rocking out like when I was a kid. I haven't changed.” StillsKidsSchoolGuyBehindsAudienceFourFrontsHavensChangedHigh SchoolStandingGuitarBack WhenI Haven't ChangedRocking Out Author:Dion DiMucci
“But yeah, I played bass guitar in high school and in college and then I actually fractured my thumb, so my bass career went bye-bye.” SchoolCareersCollegeHigh SchoolYeahGuitarBassThumbsByeBye ByeBass Guitar Author:Colin Hanks
“I was more into music, before I got into college. In high school, I used to play guitar and sing. I did a lot of that. But, when I graduated and went to college, I remember my freshman year and this girl from across the hall, who is one of my good friends to this day, had a brother who was in the school improv team. We went to go watch a show and it blew my face off.” YearsPlayShowsSchoolRememberFacesUsedGirlWatchesTeamCollegeBrotherMusic IsHigh SchoolGuitarHallsThis DayGood FriendThis GirlFreshmanFreshman Year Author:Steven Yeun
“My dad taught me to play the guitar. We grew up with country music. We had every Willie Nelson record (laughs). I was saved at a young age and had a great desire to follow God. I was really focused on that through my whole life, even as a kid and through high school.” CountryPlayWholeKidsAgeSchoolYoungDesireLaughingRecordsTaughtGrewDadGrew UpHigh SchoolGuitarMy DadFocusedSavedWhole LifeYoung AgeNelson Author:Chris Tomlin
“I met my manager when I was in high school and I just started playing guitar. He came from a line of managing incredible artists. He said instead of opting for the quick fix he wanted me to go out and live my life and get some experience under my belt and keep in touch. It took me a long time to get to where I am but I wouldn't change it for nothing. It's been very valuable. Life happened and then the music came.” LongSaidWantedSchoolArtistLinesHappenedMetsLong TimeHigh SchoolGuitarIncrediblesValuableManagersLiving My LifeBeltsLife HappensPlaying GuitarQuick FixesValuable Life Author:Courtney Jaye
“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
“However, it [singing] wasn't until halfway through high school that it dawned on me that singing wasn't just a hobby, it was something I had a growing need for in my life, and that was about when I adopted the neglected guitar I found under our piano and started singing about all the things I could never say.” NeedsSchoolFoundGrowingSingingHigh SchoolGuitarPianoHobbiesAdoptedHalfwayNeglected Author:Kina Grannis
“P.I.L. has been a favorite of mine since high school especially there metal box album. The guitarist Keith Levine gets some of the best sounds ever to come out of a guitar. The songs are really free form and experimental and have a heavy dub influence.” Has BeensSchoolFormSongSoundInfluenceMinesHigh SchoolGuitarAlbumsBoxesHeavyMetalsGuitaristKeith Author:Marcel Dzama
“Around middle school I studied jazz guitar and ended up playing in a jazz band for a bit. But, after high school, I haven't even touched a guitar.” SchoolBitsMiddleHavensBandHigh SchoolJazzGuitarTouchedMiddle SchoolAfter High SchoolJazz BandLife After High School Author:Mike Tucker
“I didn't try out for bands when I was younger. I got into guitars intensely a couple of years into playing so much by the time I was graduating high school I was accepted into Berklee College of Music.” TryingYearsSchoolCollegeCoupleBandHigh SchoolGuitarAcceptedGraduatesGraduating High School Author:John Petrucci
“I went straight out of high school, and when I was 17, all I wanted to do was play guitar.” PlayWantedSchoolHigh SchoolGuitar Author:John Petrucci
“I didn't go out on one date in high school. I played guitar and sang and wrote my own music and poetry and stuff when I was a teenager.” SchoolStuffMy OwnHigh SchoolGuitarTeenager Author:Kathy Bates
“I got a new 4-track cassette recorder a year or so after high school. For a while I would just stare at it thinking, how am I going to do this if I don't play guitar or keyboards? How am I going to write and record a song if I don't know how to play any instruments? I mean, I played the violin, but I didn't know anything about how to work a 4-track.” IfsThinkingKnowsWritingYearsMeanPlaySchoolSongKnow HowRecordsHigh SchoolInstrumentsGuitarTrackStaringViolinKeyboardsRecordersCassettesAfter High School Author:Petra Haden