Juan Diego Florez Quotes

I didn't grow up with musical influences in my family.

I mean, I grew up in a very musical family.

My mother was an opera singer and my grandmother a concert pianist, and they only liked classical music. If I put on a pop record, they would tell me to turn it off, so I only listen to classical.

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.

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.

My parents are music fans, even though neither of them play an instrument. I was exposed to their record collection, so I love everything from Joni Mitchell to Bruce Springsteen.

I grew up with singers. My father's mother sang opera. My dad was a big band singer. I can't remember a time there wasn't music in the house, so I grew up listening to great songwriters - George Gershwin, Cole Porter - and my grandma was playing opera for me before I was 3.

I was raised around music.

My dad was very influential with the music he exposed me to. He was really into blues and folk, so he'd play me guys like Muddy Waters and T-Bone Walker and Richie Havens - a lot of very emotional players.

My dad was into classic rock and R&B, which I originally started in. And then my mom did the country.

I am very fortunate - I grew up with music.

Just coming from a musical family, I was always surrounded by it. On the car rides to school, my mom loved playing A Tribe Called Quest and the Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,' and then my dad was listening to a lot of Bill Withers and Stevie Wonder.

There are a lot of classical musicians in my family, so I grew up with that being kind of normal.

My dad raised me on metal, but my first serious love was hip-hop.

I come from a home that had a lot of music played in general.

We had a really vast music collection and I was raised around rock'n'roll, it's just the way it was.

I grew up in a musical family, but nobody was a professional musician.

The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.

Growing up, I listened and was influenced by a lot of those around me. I have a big family, and my dad listened to '80s music, my mom listened to Motown, my brother listened to reggae, and my granddad was the one that got me into jazz and swing music.

My father's record collection was all country. That's how I was exposed to it.

I grew up with a wide range of music.

Music was a big part of my upbringing. My mum and my grandma are very passionate about music.

At a young age, I was introduced to Joni Mitchell by my mum. My dad was into progressive rock.

Growing up, I didn't come from a musical family. Neither of my parents played an instrument, sang out loud, or listened to the radio with frequency. The record collection in the living room was only about 2 feet long - and that included 4 solid inches of Neil Diamond and Herb Alpert.

I had been exposed to classical music my whole life; even before I was born.