during an interview page recalled his childhood noting that his house "was usually a mess with computers science and technology magazines and popular science magazines all over the place" an environment in which he immersed himself page was an avid reader during his youth writing in his  google founders letter "i remember spending a huge amount of time pouring over books and magazines" according to writer nicholas carlson the combined influence of pages home atmosphere and his attentive parents "fostered creativity and invention" page also played saxophone and studied music composition while growing up page has mentioned that his musical education inspired his impatience and obsession with speed in computing "in some sense i feel like music training led to the high-speed legacy of google for me" in an interview page said that "in music youre very cognizant of time time is like the primary thing" and that "if you think about it from a music point of view if youre a percussionist you hit something its got to happen in milliseconds fractions of a second"