I was coerced into taking piano lessons in the early '50s. It was a quite unpleasant experience. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes 50s coerce early
Reading music is something that's inherently hateful to me. It makes music like mathematics. Robert Quine hatefulinherentlymake Change image and share on social
From '69 til '76, I never played in public. I would play by myself at home. Robert Quine homeplaypublic Change image and share on social
I really feel fortunate to have been around then because there have been good and bad years in rock but the best years were '55 to early '61. I got to see Buddy Holly and everybody else. Robert Quine badbuddyearly Change image and share on social
My mom says that my dad coerced me into choosing the cello. He says that's not entirely true. I don't remember; I was three. Joshua Roman cellochoosecoerce Change image and share on social
In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which began two years earlier, came into my life. Ishmael Beah begincivilearly Change image and share on social
The '50s in general are written off as a boring decade following the turmoil of the Second World War and its immediate aftermath - the postwar Labour government, the cold war, the arrival of the New Look in fashion, etc. But I remember it as a very exciting time - a pioneering, rule-breaking time, especially for the young. Lynne Reid Banks 50saftermatharrival share on social