Family Quote by Amaal Mallik

It is kind of a cliche that many Indian parents, especially in the U.S., want their kids to become doctors or engineers. But my…

— Sid Sriram

My mother was a very good violinist; my father was a musicologist and spent most of his life in academia.

— Pete Seeger

My mother was a great influence in my life and my career. She not only helped me master the business side of radio, but…

— Angie Martinez

My mum didn't want me to really pursue music in the beginning, but I'm a classically trained guitarist because of her.

— Jax Jones

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

— Carla Bruni

My parents being Bengali, we always had music in our house. My nani was a trained classical singer, who taught my mum, who, in…

— Shreya Ghoshal

My mother was devoted to helping people - with my father's money! - who had great voices but didn't have the financial means to…

— Salma Hayek

Mom did not want me to have anything to do with playing music. Being from a middle-class Black family in that particular era, everybody…

— Don Alias

My mother is an amazing vocalist and a lot of my grounding in music has come from her. She was a student of Lakshmi…

— Anoushka Shankar

I had a teacher's degree and a degree in Oriental Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts. I thought I was going to India to…

— Buffy Sainte-Marie

My mother recognized my artistic talent and looked for someone to teach me to grow my abilities. She found an artist on the street…

— Peter Max

I trained classically for 11 years and then studied musical theater at AMDA New York. My dad is a singer-songwriter, so I followed in…

— Madeline Brewer