Academia Quote by Pete Seeger

My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer.

— John Sebastian

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

My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything.

— Carly Simon

My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.

— Carla Bruni

My entire family are in music and my father was a classical singer, teacher and composer.

— Kumar Sanu

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

— Steve Miller

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 dad was a teacher. He has a Masters in music. He taught elementary school, and he played gigs his whole life, and we…

— Dawn Richard

My mom was sort of involved in amateur dramatics like Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, and played the violin. My dad played banjo and piano…

— Colm Wilkinson

In my youth I wanted to be a concert violinist.

— Lorne Greene

My father, my uncles, my aunts, from my father's side and my mother's side... they were all professional musicians. My father was a concert…

— Lalo Schifrin

I knew I could never match my father as a violinist, and there were already four generations of outstanding cellists in the family.

— Leonard Slatkin