Degrees Quote by Olivia Newton-John

My parents were opera singers. I didn't want to play opera because I wasn't good enough. I didn't want to play their music; I…

— Rick Nielsen

I was the only one in my family to be musically inclined, and my mother loved that. It encouraged my grand aunt to find…

— Peter Tosh

I never wanted to impress anyone nor had to complete my education just so that my parents could allow me to pursue music.

— Guru Randhawa

My parents always knew that I loved music. They just didn't think I'd try to make it a career. They thought I'd be a…

— Benmont Tench

I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

My mother was devoted to helping people - with my father's money! - who had great voices but didn't have the financial means to…

— Salma Hayek

My mother and dad loved music, were very much into music.

— Jim Foglesong

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

— Steve Miller

I wrote my own pop songs and sang one of them when I went into a stupid beauty competition when I was 16. That…

— Kristine Opolais

My parents played the radio, but music was never an obsession or something that I thought I could call a career.

— Abigail Washburn

I didn't learn music because I wanted to become famous or earn a lot of money. It was to follow my father's advice and…

— K. J. Yesudas

In a way, I'm lucky that I was never classically trained and never went to a music college. I'm just from a normal working…

— Imelda May