Mother Quote by Jimmy Carl Black

We never got anything out of the recordings. I'm still as broke as I was when I was with the Mothers.

— Jimmy Carl Black

The first song that I ever recorded was written by my mother.

— Celine Dion

I wrote and recorded 'Outside the War' and 'Run from the Races' while I was nine months pregnant.

— Santigold

When I sat down with all the songs before recording, I realised I'd written a few songs specifically about places in America - there…

— Passenger

My mom had a tape of Patsy Cline's greatest hits, and whenever we were in the car, she would put it on, and it…

— Diana DeGarmo

My Mother set me on the right track, Marty Robbins made me want to write songs, and Jesus Christ did the rest.

— Bernie Taupin

Mothers got a hard road to travel, believe me.

— John Kennedy Toole

One of our earliest recordings was an arrangement of 'Ticket to Ride.' It was our first single and it makes a beautiful ballad.

— Richard Carpenter

Last year we drove across the country...We had one cassette tape to listen to on the entire trip... I don't remember what it was.

— Steven Wright

When you're riding with your mom, and you're a kid, you'd listen to 'Dear Mama' and the radio friendly records. I used to sneak…

— Nayvadius Cash

My mother features quite heavily in a lot of my songs.

— Colin Hay

The writer who is a mother should, I think, record everything she can: make notes, keep journals, take photographs, use a tape recorder, and…

— Alicia Ostriker