“I loved music from earliest childhood - from as long as I can remember...” — Terry Teachout Quote

“I loved music from earliest childhood - from as long as I can remember.”

“Fred Astaire never let you see him sweat, but he sweetened his deceptively casual virtuosity with just enough charm to make it irresistible.”

“Century-old records are the closest thing we have to a time machine. To listen to the voice of Theodore Roosevelt or the piano playing of Claude Debussy is to feel the years falling away like autumn leaves from a maple tree.”

“Your biggest influences are the earliest ones. When I was young, I was very influenced by the short stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne.”

“The happiest years of my mother's life were spent in Washington, D.C. It was where she met my father, where John was born and where I spent my earliest years.”

“My earliest memory is trying to read Beatrix Potter, and the words were literally jumping off the page.”