Ears Quote by Elliott Yamin

My mother was the only one who encouraged and inspired me for singing. She was singing all the time in the house, playing records…

— Bonnie Tyler

I grew up singing. My mother was a music teacher.

— Connie Britton

It was my Mum who got me into singing properly - she knew I had to do something with my voice because she knew…

— Susan Boyle

I wasn't actually trained by my mother, she said she never taught me but she was a great singer herself and I can't remember…

— Joan Sutherland

I don't remember ever not singing. My mother loved music, and she taught me songs, country music, spirituals. I would sing for people and…

— Florence Henderson

I love to sing. I never had any formal training. My mother is a singer, and I picked up listening to her.

— Nimrat Kaur

I always sang when I was little and my father, who was a great influence on me, also had a wonderful voice. He and…

— Judy Collins

My junior high school teacher, Bennie Williams, was really more than a music teacher. She taught us poetry. She helped us put on school…

— Dianne Reeves

My mum used to listen to Motown. Diana Ross was my first singing teacher, really. I'd just sing along all the time.

— Lisa Stansfield

My mom was an opera singer, and she gave up her career to raise a family. But she also taught my sisters how to…

— Tika Sumpter

My mother was a music teacher and my grandfather was a professor of music, and there was a lot of singing in the family.…

— Ed Droste

I knew I wanted to sing when I was a very small boy. When I was probably 4 years old. My mother played a…

— Johnny Cash