My father is a violinist and my mother is a pianist, so…

I knew I could never match my father as a violinist, and there were already four generations of outstanding cellists in the family.

— Leonard Slatkin

My mother is a pianist and vocalist. When I was 15, I was playing guitar in her Dell Graham Trio.

— Larry Graham

Mother, being a pianist, told me how to play with my fingers on the piano.

— Cecil Taylor

I come from a wonderful family. My mother was a pianist and my father was a salesman. They were very middle-class, very middle-Western.

— Charles Kimbrough

“My mother, who is a pianist and a fine artist, purchased a piano for me. Twice. This was back when I was a small…

— C. JoyBell C

Looking for inspiration in expression, I have actually always looked to singers and violinists. I have never really looked only at the recorder as…

— Michala Petri

In the past, hearing music had more value.

— Girl Talk

I've been changed watching films or reading books or hearing music, and that helps you to live your life.

— Juliette Binoche

The still, sad music of humanity.

— John Greenleaf Whittier

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable.

— Henry David Thoreau

People are still hearing your music. They might not be buying it, but they might be having it and you don't know it. Your…

— Keith Sweat

To listen fully means to pay close attention to what is being said beneath the words. You listen not only to the 'music,' but…

— Peter Senge

It was amazing to me that, all of a sudden, I was hearing my music on the radio and coming out of cars.

— Lenny Kravitz

“This girl wasn’t tapping her fingers restlessly, though. Her movements were methodical. Synchronized. Sitting far enough to the left of her to study her…

— Tammara Webber

I was hearing music in my head and trying to play it on the clarinet, but it didn't match.' Then, literally the first day,…

— Kamasi Washington