[My father] was not a musical man.

I was always stuck in a musical no man's land.

— Ritchie Blackmore

My father was very musical, and music plays quite a large part in my life.

— William Golding

My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was the touring…

— Grace Jones

[My mother] is much more musical, and by the time I started writing songs - by the time I was about 17 - she…

— George Michael

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

My parents were not musical, and they were not effervescent people; everything was very quiet. The music that I played was loud; it used…

— Don McLean

I have come to the definite conclusion that musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed.

— Shinichi Suzuki

My musical tastes - I'm always searching for new things. I know a lot of people say they listen to everything, but I kind…

— Lzzy Hale

When was the last time you saw a musical about people at war with each other?

— Rita Moreno

I would love to do a musical. Put that in the universe! A rom-com musical!

— Betty Gabriel

Adam Berenson knows how to compose, organize an ensemble, do musical research, play solo and trio piano, write for musical journals, and enlist others…

— Paul Bley

At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able to put…

— Bo Burnham

Where human eyes have never seen, where human beings have never been, I build a world of abstract dreams, and I wait for you.

— Sun Ra

Musicians talk of nothing but money and jobs. Give me businessmen every time. They really are interested in music and art

— Jean Sibelius

When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions…

— Kelli O'Hara