Quotes About Heritage

My father was a part of that generation, and my mother, too - the late-'30s, early-'40s big-band generation. Frank Sinatra, Art Blakey, Gene Krupa, Billie Holiday - all that stuff was in my background.

My mom is actually a former prima ballerina, and all the women in my family are associated either with dance or choreography or acting, so I'm very lucky in a way because I grew up in a family of artists. I've been dancing since I was a little kid.

I lived in Greece for about four years of my life, and living there had a huge impact on my life growing up. My father was very much adamant that we would learn about our culture. It's a very rich culture to be a part of since it has such a great history behind it. I definitely carry that in my job, and I am very passionate.

I have been exposed to the Afghan culture since childhood.

I learned to sing from my mum and dad's record collection.

My whole family could sing. My family harmonized without any instruments to accompany them.

My grandma used to sing. I feel like it's in our blood!

My mother is Lithuanian Australian, and my father was born in Singapore, but he is Pakistani / Saudi Arabian.

My grandmother used to get her shoes made in Paris in the '30s, and they would be shipped to her in Singapore.

I come from an old establishment family from Singapore.

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

I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer.

I didn't grow up with classical music. My father was a folk music singer.

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

My mother was an opera singer and my father is a clarinet player, composer and conductor.

The singer-songwriter has always played music that was stylistically rooted in the '30s and the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. But the fact of the matter is that none of us remember the Depression firsthand.

My parents, Aparesh and Bansari Lahiri were very famous singers from Kolkata.

I'm like two different people. The way I sing comes from the music I listened to when I was younger, from black American R&B singers. My speaking voice is something else. It's what my mum and dad taught me.

There were a few singers at home, one or two aunties. We did have a piano but I think that got put on the fire eventually.

I listened to a lot of what my grandparents listened to: George Jones, Johnny Cash - a lot of old country singers. Patsy Cline.

My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument.

My parents were both opera singers, and they also were both heavily into religious and church music.

I come from probably many generations of singers because my grandmother had a really incredible voice and sang in church. And my mother had a gorgeous voice and was always singing around the house.

Music is in my genes. My entire family is into singing.