College Quote by Dawn Richard

I grew up always around music through my father - I would play in music studios with him as I was growing up -…

— Domino Kirke

My dad would take me downtown, and I'd stand backstage and watch him in the vaudeville pit band. I was 6 or 7. He…

— Joel Grey

Sometimes I would go on Sundays and play with Doc Cheatham. I was also playing in a band of teenagers led by Don Sickler…

— Jon Gordon

My dad was a fine pianist and he had a lot of great records and beautiful music.

— Allan Holdsworth

I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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 dad encouraged anything I wanted to do, especially music. Actually he drove me around to places where I could play.

— Jason Aldean

My dad took me to loads of concerts when I was growing up.

— Tom Walker

My dad was a professional musician; my mom played, too, but just for fun. All my siblings played. The house was full of music…

— Kamasi Washington

My dad didn't want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it

— Gavin DeGraw

My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument.

— Bill Kreutzmann

My mom and dad divorced when I was 8 years old, but my Dad never left my life. We would go over there on…

— E-40