Age Quote by Ethel Merman

My mother tried to teach me when I was a small child to sing but failed because of my inability to carry a tune.

— Heber J. Grant

My mom really wanted me to be a musician so she gave me a guitar for my fifth birthday, but I didn't start playing…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

Mom did not want me to have anything to do with playing music. Being from a middle-class Black family in that particular era, everybody…

— Don Alias

[My mother] is much more musical, and by the time I started writing songs - by the time I was about 17 - she…

— George Michael

My mum is quite young, so we actually have similar taste in music.

— Slowthai

My mother gave me a ukulele at age eight, and I sang the popular tunes of the day.

— Pete Seeger

My mum didn't want me to really pursue music in the beginning, but I'm a classically trained guitarist because of her.

— Jax Jones

From a young age, I took an interest in the music and my mom noticed it.

— Morgan Wallen

My mother wanted me to learn how to read music. She'd given fiddles to my two older brothers, but they'd rebelled. I came along…

— Pete Seeger

My mom did a good job exposing me to different types of music.

— Diana DeGarmo

At 12 or 13, I picked up a guitar because my mother made me learn how to play.

— Lou Barlow

My mom says that she caught me one day in front of the TV watching opera. I was trying to sing back the opera.…

— Jessie Reyez