Mel Tillis Quotes

You know, it comes from my mother's side of the family. She had seven sisters and one brother, and all of them could play instruments. I suppose I picked it up from that.

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 just natural that I should be a musician 'cause I was born into the family.

I came from a huge extended family of musicians.

I come from a family of musicians.

My grandma's into music. My mom is a singer. Even my sister is a much better singer than I am. So you could say music runs in the family.

Music was around in my family in two ways. My mother would occasionally sing to me, but I was mostly stimulated by the classical music my father had left behind. I had an ear for music, I suppose, so that's what began my interest in music.

I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.

Our parents were musicians.

My father played music, so I was always around music, even from the time I was born. My father actually was the one that originally got me into music.

On my mom's side, the Jewish side of the family, I come from a family of musicians who are pianists, so I've always loved cultural expression.

Playing with my grandfather, grandmother and my parents, I came to music pretty naturally.

My mother is a singer, my sisters all sing, my uncles are incredible singers and guitar players, so it's just kind of been like my habitat.

My mom was a dancer, my dad's a singer and I've always had that kind of music in my life.

I come from a musical kind of family.

Looking back, I think I was always musical. My dad was very musical, and I think my mom was musical.

I come from a musical family as well as a culinary family.

My mother was a singer, and both of her sisters were singers. There was always music around.

I don't just come from a musical family, but from a musical community.

My dad has been playing guitar basically all his life. He's sort of who got me into rock music.

That's where I get my whole music theory from, my pops and my grandfather.

I always loved singing because I grew up in a very musical family. My mom wasn't able to do music professionally because her parents wanted her to get a 'real job,' but she played guitar.

My whole family's been involved with music, and it's been so since the minstrel days.

I basically am the only musician in my family. My aunt plays a little piano, but that's about it. My dad's mother painted and was actually good at it. I do not come from a long line of musicians, though.

My mom used to play a lot of music around the house, and I think that's where I get my inspiration from.

It's in my blood to work in music.