Grandmother Quote by Billy Strayhorn

My aunt played the piano and I used to sit and listen to it.

— Dick Dale

My grandmother played a huge influence in my life and helped raise me, and she and my mother saw how much I loved pro…

— Adam Cole

I had a voice - I had an instrument - I loved singing and I had an inspired singing teacher, Miss Sleigh. I went…

— Patricia Routledge

I was composing before I realised I was a composer. It came more or less naturally. There were a couple of old ladies lived…

— Richard Meale

My grandmother was a huge influence on me. She allowed me to be my flamboyant self as a kid. She babysat me; auditions came…

— Sarah Bolger

I'd go over to my grandmother's house, and she'd be playing opera. They loved opera. Not only did they play it on the radio,…

— Linda Ronstadt

My shape reminds me a lot of my grandmother, whom I was really close to. She died when I was 13, and we have…

— Lena Dunham

My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez,…

— Aaron Sanchez

AERIN is saturated with the qualities that have surrounded me my entire life, many of which came from my grandmother, Estee: passion, style, hard…

— Aerin Lauder

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 hero among heroes is my grandmother, she's the epitome of strength and I try to mock that strength all the time. She's a…

— Aeriel Miranda

I grew up in Harlem. My grandmother was one of the best cooks around, but the first thing she did on Sunday mornings when…

— Richard Carmona