Childhood Quote by Colm Wilkinson

I had aunts who played piano and sang and also were entertainers, so music was very much a part of my life.

— Dianne Reeves

I was the only one in my family to be musically inclined, and my mother loved that. It encouraged my grand aunt to find…

— Peter Tosh

My mother was the only musician. She played piano and she sang. She also played saxophone. And she played at home a lot.

— David Steward

My mom was a folk singer and Celtic harpist. My dad was in a barbershop quartet and my great grandma was an opera singer.…

— Skylar Grey

My mother passed away when I was seven. She had a piano in the house that she was teaching my sisters how to play.…

— Ethan Slater

My mom played me all kinds of music, from Ella Fitzgerald to Celine Dion. I listened to everything growing up, old and new.

— Diana DeGarmo

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

— Carly Simon

My mother is a pianist and vocalist. When I was 15, I was playing guitar in her Dell Graham Trio.

— Larry Graham

My father was very musical, and music plays quite a large part in my life.

— William Golding

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 parents met in music school, and my father was a music professor and conductor. Growing up, we always had classical and contemporary music…

— Sara Zarr

My dad was a musician. He was a singer and he played the guitar, so music was always around.

— Kris Allen