Quotes About Family

I could always sing, from a really young age, but my voice was really weird. I used to make my mum turn up the radio every day in our house. She was well into music so I got that from her.

My wife and I were shopping for the whole family. In the music department my wife said, "Let's get your nephew a set of drums. That's what your brother did to us last year."

When I look at my kids, and the ease with which they pick up music, I wish I had that.

Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues

I still have a lot of passion for music, but I would quit it tomorrow if that's what my family needed me to do. I'm sure I'd miss it, but it's a job.

My dad has always been a big Ray Charles fan, and I've grown up listening to all kinds of music.

I would have hated to been locked into music for the last 20 years and not been able to have a family.

We should talk over the lessons of the day, or lose them in Music, Chess, or the merriments of our family companions.

I was raised in a Christian household and heard a lot of praise music, so that's what helps me get to an emotional place.

I believe I inherited my sense of music from my father. My father was an ear piano player; he could just hear something and play it.

It's really important to me that my niece and nephews can come and see my show, as can my grandad and nan. I love spending time with my family, and music has always bonded us.

A happy union with wife and child is like the music of lutes and harps.

If you're not hearing the music of the gospel in your home, please remember these two words: keep practicing.

I'm a chameleon. I can change my voice a lot. I always was able to, because in my family's music I was a harmony singer, and harmony singing is really hard.

In the course of an average lifetime anyone growing up in a house with such a clock will hear the tune over a million times.

I was introduced to soul music at a very young age - my mom was a soul singer.

I grew up in a Hollywood family with money, so money is not the reason I make music. I'm as Hollywood as it gets. Not internally but externally - that's my bloodline.

I've grown up with my parents' music tastes, listening to Fleetwood Mac and the Rolling Stones.

My family, my fans and yes, romance is always there in one way or another. Life is full of these emotions and I have always found pleasure in incorporating them into my music.

The biggest musical influence on me was my mum. We were both enraptured by music.

Tejano music is a very relaxing style and it reminds me of home.

What's the difference between a classical guitar and a pizza? A pizza can feed a family of four.

And of course there's so much music in and around our family. I had a piano during Christmas because it's obviously useful through the season. There are so many people, songwriters, who are around.

One thing I love about Christmas music is that it has a tradition of warmth.