Family Quote by Len Cariou

Mind you, I've always been musical... Mother used to sit me on her knee and I'd whisper, 'Mummy, Mummy, sing me a lullaby do,'…

— Les Dawson

In Gypsy [Rose Lee] the musical, her mother, 'Mama Rose', is portrayed as a slightly eccentric, pushy, ambitious stage mother, but that version doesn't…

— Karen Abbott

My mother was a singer, and both of her sisters were singers. There was always music around.

— Len Cariou

My mother was a singer, and I never heard her sing a note in my life.

— Jon Gordon

My mother was Irish; she had this great sense of humor, and both my parents loved films. There was a very vibrant discourse about…

— Martin Donovan

My family on my mother's side is Irish.

— Sarah Lancashire

My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess.

— Mariah Carey

When I get a very generous introduction like that I explain that I'm emotionally moved, but on the other hand I'm Irish and the…

— Barry McCaffrey

My grandmother I admired even more [than mother]. She was an Irish lady and a very kind-hearted person. She had a lot of talent,…

— Edmund Hillary

My mother was Irish and she was superstitious, if you'll forgive the tautology.

— Rosalind Russell

Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also had regular…

— Caroline Corr

It came from my mother. She was a singer, and literally every day of the week she sang at a different club in a…

— Robert Glasper

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 like to sing because my mother was a singer. She sang to me all the time, so I learned to love singing. I…

— George Benson

My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church.

— Whitney Houston