Carlene Carter Quotes

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

I come from a family of musicians.

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 mom, grandma, great-grandma - we're all named Mary, and we all play piano and sing.

Music just runs in my family. My dad and my uncles are a gospel quartet, Latimore Brothers. They've been doing their thing ever since I was a kid, so I just kind of grew up around 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.

Everyone in my family has been in music - my cousins, my grandmother, my grandfather - so it's quite a big family tree.

I'm so proud that my offspring became a musician. I'm full of awe that we are able to have a whole family live the life of artists.

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

My father had played the guitar when he was young, and my uncle Jack had worked for Kalamazoo, before the war, developing guitar pickups. So there was a kind of family thing about the guitar, although it was considered something of an anomaly then.

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.

I came from a huge extended family of musicians.

Both of my parents were musicians.

I come from a singing family and as is said, 'the apple does not fall far from the tree.'

We really were a very musical family. Father managed to buy us a small pump organ, and I just loved this instrument.

My grandfather was an excellent harmonium player, and after him, I, too, trained myself and can play a few musical instruments well.

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

Perhaps it is no surprise I became an entertainer because many of my relatives were natural performers. Dad, who had a fine pair of lungs, was master of ceremonies at East Ham working men's club in east London. I felt so proud when I saw him in his white gloves calling out the names of the dances.

I was born in love with music. My mother is a singer. Many of my aunts and uncles on my mother's side are musical. My grandparents sang and played blues piano. It's literally in my blood.

Growing up and playing guitar with my dad and stuff like really influenced me. It definitely must've had an impact on why Miley wanted to sing and why I wanted to sing and play guitar as well.

Music always lived with me, like a family tradition.

There's a thing about film composing and conducting in my family.

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.

Music is a big thing in our family. I also have a feeling and an ear for it. It's something we share in common.