Backgrounds Quote by Gordon Getty

I was part of a very uncool group. It was a group that liked classical music. They were known as the Music School Gang…

— Derren Brown

My mother was an opera singer and my grandmother a concert pianist, and they only liked classical music. If I put on a pop…

— Amanda Eliasch

My parents were always encouraging of us being creative however we wanted to be. People say, "You didn't get pressured into having to be…

— Sofia Coppola

My parents were very encouraging in having us get into the arts, whereas I have a lot of friends that didn't have that.

— Thundercat

I was very lucky, my parents were very encouraging, and both my grandmothers. They had exquisite taste.

— David Linley

Having a support system is huge for writers. My parents were always encouraging and told me they were behind me, whether or not I…

— Stephen J. Cannell

I was a very imaginative child, and my parents were very encouraging of that. My sister and I would put on plays; I would…

— Hannah Kent

My parents were encouraging me to write music at 9 years old, or they were encouraging me to pick and play my guitar and…

— Lainey Wilson

I have no musical talent at all. I was banned from music classes and told I would never be able to understand anything. I…

— Andrew Eldritch

I have always been a fan of music but I didn't really get into playing until I was about seventeen or eighteen years old…

— Ryan Bingham

Musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed. Any child who is properly trained can develop musical ability…

— Shinichi Suzuki

Dre couldn't have given me those words to write, and he couldn't have given me that voice to sing. I couldn't have given him…

— Michel'le