When I was born, that was the music my mother was…

Well-behaved: he always speaks as if his mother might be listening.

— Mason Cooley

“The long-ago days - the days of Mother and Bone and the shed - have become fuzzy and have blended with images of Moon,…

— Ann M. Martin

I lost my mother when I was 7 and they put her in a mental hospital. My brother and I watched her being taken…

— Quincy Jones

I've been writing Indian music for a while. Indian music is about Mother Earth, and mine is no exception.

— Jimmy Carl Black

I tended to listen to doo-wop, but my grandmother would always have the radio on all day and she'd start with Yiddish and then…

— Richie Havens

My first introduction to African music was by my mother, who bought the 'Pata Pata' album by the great Miriam Makeba when it came…

— Henry Rollins

If I don't have a mother, I'll let music be my mother.

— Quincy Jones

I was born in love with music. My mother is a singer. Many of my aunts and uncles on my mother's side are musical.…

— India Arie

My father is doing a radio program - classical music. He has a beautiful speaking voice and that's his passion in life, his music.…

— Olivia Newton-John

I didn't grow up with Broadway music. My mother played Perry Como, while I listened to Andy Williams records. Later on it was Cream,…

— Donny Osmond

As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka…

— Mary J. Blige

Occasionally I play the music for my mother when she demands to hear it and she always just says, 'Who is that singing? I…

— Colin Greenwood

In my mother's church, everybody read the Bible and it was mostly about music. My mother had the most beautiful voice I have ever…

— Toni Morrison

Music is my mother and my father; it is my work and my rest...my blood...my compass...my love...

— Jeff Buckley

[My interest in music] is from my mother and my grandmother, who were pianists, and they taught.

— Pauline Oliveros