Always Quote by Mavis Staples

Louis Armstrong was really like my pops. He was very generous to my mom and I.

— Leslie Uggams

I'm a child of the 80s so I grew up listening to an awesome variety of music. John Cougar Mellencamp, Tom Petty. I've always…

— Ty Stone

One of my idols is my dad. All his work in Motown, and just the way he conducted himself as a human being was…

— Redfoo

I'm a singer today because of my dad. He was the one who pushed me to my full potential.

— Tulsi Kumar

I come from probably many generations of singers because my grandmother had a really incredible voice and sang in church. And my mother had…

— Patty Griffin

My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem.

— Gwyneth Paltrow

My father was the role model I looked up. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life after him. He wanted me…

— Tracy Morgan

Music was always part of my life - my mother says I came out singing. I wanted to be Gene Kelly - or Judy…

— Imelda May

My mom was a folk singer and Celtic harpist. My dad was in a barbershop quartet and my great grandma was an opera singer.…

— Skylar Grey

I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang.

— Ruben Blades

I was a pop-music junkie. My parents were into Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. They weren't too excited when I had Aretha or the…

— Kara DioGuardi

My dad sung and played piano. But he was also a man of God. He was a minister. So when Sam Cooke would come…

— Merry Clayton