Family Quote by Leonard Slatkin

My mother was a very good violinist; my father was a musicologist and spent most of his life in academia.

— Pete Seeger

In my youth I wanted to be a concert violinist.

— Lorne Greene

I was always jealous of my violinist friends and cellist friends who traveled with their instruments.

— Christian McKay

I hail from a family of musicians for the last 18 generations. My grandfather was a classical singer; his father was a sitar player.

— Jeet Gannguli

My father was a trained accountant, a BCom from Sydenham College and a self-taught violinist. In the 1920s, when he was in his teens,…

— Zubin Mehta

I would also like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age.

— Paul Desmond

I came from a huge extended family of musicians.

— Jake Epstein

I would like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age.

— Paul Desmond

For twelve years I studied and worked at them every day, and I was nearly 25 before I had the courage to play one…

— Pablo Casals

My father had a phenomenal knowledge of music; my mom's family were all musicians.

— Steve Miller

The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.

— Jeff Buckley

My mom says that my dad coerced me into choosing the cello. He says that's not entirely true. I don't remember; I was three.

— Joshua Roman