My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a…

My family was musical on both sides. My father's family had a famous flautist and a classical pianist. My mother won a contest to…

— Gloria Estefan

In fact although I have studied in a Conservatory the classical piano, I do not consider myself a classical pianist.

— Richard Clayderman

My grandmother was a classical pianist, so I grew up with Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven. I studied piano as a kid. My musical background and…

— Phillipa Soo

I played piano for a lot of my childhood and stupidly quit. I wish I hadn't - I could have been a great classical…

— Frankie Cosmos

Classical pianist Awadagin Pratt. I first heard this eccentric and introverted performer when I was living in the Midwest. He was playing Brahms ballades…

— Daniel Breaker

My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.

— Carla Bruni

My entire family are in music and my father was a classical singer, teacher and composer.

— Kumar Sanu

My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer.

— John Sebastian

My father was a classical singer of baroque music, and my older sister was in musical theatre, and I thought about doing the same…

— Antonia Thomas

Home' was a special album for very specific reasons. It is an homage to my father. And it is the first classical album I've…

— Anoushka Shankar

I love it that my father is such a classical musician and such a traditionalist, and at the same time has had a wild…

— Anoushka Shankar

I like to sing because my mother was a singer. She sang to me all the time, so I learned to love singing. I…

— George Benson

It came from my mother. She was a singer, and literally every day of the week she sang at a different club in a…

— Robert Glasper

My mother was a singer, and I never heard her sing a note in my life.

— Jon Gordon

I love to sing. I never had any formal training. My mother is a singer, and I picked up listening to her.

— Nimrat Kaur