Father Quote by Cassandra Wilson

Nobody played instruments in my family. My father got that bug and said he wants his son to play saxophone.

— Clarence Clemons

My mother and father didn't know anything about instruments. Me just see a man in the country play guitar one time and say, 'My,…

— Peter Tosh

I was given all of my dad's guitars when he passed, and they were being stored at the house. My mother decided they were…

— Dweezil Zappa

We had a bunch of instruments around the house. Like, I played different instruments, trumpet, bass, drums, piano, all that, but whatever I could…

— Trombone Shorty

I can't remember when I didn't have an instrument around.

— Marty Stuart

My father had a phase of having jukeboxes all over the house. He was a music lover but he was also into musical machinery.…

— Squarepusher

I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and…

— Ornette Coleman

When I was three years old, my dad bought me my first drum set.

— Travis Scott

I'd been collecting different ethnic instruments here and there, and then I started making little bell type stuff, looking for weird little sound toys.

— Z'EV

There were some initial instruments I had when I was young and made some trade-offs. Maybe a guitar I bought in a flea market.…

— John Petrucci

Most of my instruments are handmade.

— Xavier Rudd

My first memory of guitar was seeing my father play one.

— Joe Bonamassa