Dad Quote by Thomston

My parents pushed me toward trombone because they didn't need another trumpet player.

— Trombone Shorty

My dad had even hired an accompanist to play for me on a piano. But he had never pushed me to music because I…

— Kim Basinger

My parents loved music, but they weren't musicians. So my musical training as a young kid was limited to piano lessons. I was not…

— Michael Giacchino

I took piano for many years. I kicked and screamed through all of my lessons, but my mom really insisted.

— Kristin Kreuk

My father was a very big musical influence on me. He was a trumpet player. And that's what I started with. Then, when I…

— David Bryan

My father left his piano at the house when he left, and I wasn't allowed to play it when he was there because I…

— Prince

My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play…

— Fiona Shaw

My mother started me on the piano when I was 3 years old.

— Kristian Nairn

When I was a kid, I played the piano for six years, and all my family are musicians.

— Tina Maze

There was always a piano in the house when I was growing up - my dad played, and I thought it was cool -…

— Laura Mvula

My mother always wanted to play an instrument. Her parents never gave her that. Then it got to a point where I'd been playing…

— Lulu Wang

My mother made me take piano lessons, and because I am her oldest and she had not yet been worn down by the task…

— Sheri L. Dew