Age Quote by Brent Smith

My parents actively tried to discourage me from going into music - especially Dad, because of the troubled times he had in his youth.

— Andrew Ridgeley

My parents were not musical, and they were not effervescent people; everything was very quiet. The music that I played was loud; it used…

— Don McLean

I grew up with parents who really encouraged me to listen to as much music as I could.

— Jack Garratt

I blame my parents for never introducing me to good music.

— Erin Foster

My parents never pushed me towards music. I feel like, growing up in a musical household and always being surrounded by it, I was…

— Dua Lipa

My parents split up when I was five, and that changed my life as well. I wasn't used to seeing them away from each…

— Joey Badass

My parents listened to a lot of music when I was really little. They used to listen to people like Michael Jackson and Stevie…

— Conor Maynard

My parents gave us the love of music.

— Alana Haim

My parents are musicians. I was listening to the radio and recording songs off the radio on cassette tapes and playing guitars and pianos.…

— Weyes Blood

My parents had a love for music. There were so many records, so much music constantly being played. My mother played piano, my father…

— Lauryn Hill

In reality, my parents knew that I was a vegetable outside of music. They have fears, they know how tough and competitive it is,…

— MNEK

I've always had good support of parents for doing what I wanted to do. When it became music they were just as supportive as…

— Negash Ali