Dad Quote by Amaal Mallik

My dad was a fine pianist and he had a lot of great records and beautiful music.

— Allan Holdsworth

My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish.

— Paul McCartney

My dad was a great musician.

— Noah Kahan

To be a great composer requires immense experience... One acquires this by listening not only to other men's work, but above all to one's…

— Frederic Chopin

Frank [Zappa] said he probably would have been a major criminal, given his brain power and his attention to detail, had he not been…

— Gail Zappa

My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter.

— Gyorgy Ligeti

My primary calling, I always knew since the age of 11, was as a composer, and so that had to take priority.

— Gunther Schuller

My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff.

— Kate Bush

My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything.

— Carly Simon

While not a musician, my father was a music agent for years before becoming pop culture icon Famous Amos.

— Shawn Amos

I always work with the same composer, his name is Ali Helnwein. I don't have a musical background.

— Alex Prager

My father, Aparesh Lahiri, was a musician too, and at a very young age, I was geared up for a career in music.

— Bappi Lahiri