Grandfather Quote by Zico

My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter.

— Gyorgy Ligeti

I did art; I made furniture. I didn't want to be a cliche - the Beatle's son who became a musician.

— James McCartney

Being a full-time musician back before I had my son, it was sort of too much 'me' all the time. I felt like a…

— Domino Kirke

Well I'm a third-generation musician. My Grandfather's a musician and my father and mother were both musicians and so I'm a musician. It was…

— Sam Rivers

I was born on October 21, 1956 in Burbank, California. My father, Eddie Fisher, was a famous singer. My mother, Debbie Reynolds, was a…

— Carrie Fisher

When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are.

— Whitney Houston

My mother's a singer and my mother's father is a singer, and everyone on both sides are all country-western bluegrass musicians.

— Brandi Carlile

When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Loneliness comes with life.

— Whitney Houston

I started off as a singer. My mother said to me, 'Go across that street to that theater dept. there's something for you there.…

— Da'Vine Joy Randolph

I'm from a musical family. My father, Pashupati Bhattacharjee, was a great classical singer. My mother, sister, everybody was in music, and I grew…

— Kumar Sanu

I'd go over to my grandmother's house, and she'd be playing opera. They loved opera. Not only did they play it on the radio,…

— Linda Ronstadt

I had aunts who played piano and sang and also were entertainers, so music was very much a part of my life.

— Dianne Reeves