Mandy Harvey Quotes

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

Music has always been in my family down to my dad through my uncle. I'm just the next generation, since it's always been around me when I was younger when I looked up to my mom and dad, to Michael Jackson, and B2K was my favorite band growing up.

My father had slowed down playing a little... I was 'round 10 or 12 years old. Every time he put his guitar down, I pick it up.

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

I knew I wanted to sing when I was a very small boy. When I was probably 4 years old. My mother played a guitar and I would sit with her and she would sing and I learned to sing along with her.

I was nurtured to play music pretty much from birth.

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

I started off as a kid singing with my dad. My dad was my best pal. But he had seven kids, and I was the only one who was kind of interested in what he was playing and singing at the piano. And he was not only my dad, but he was my best pal, and I was interested in doing whatever he wanted to.

My mom was always driving me back and forth to guitar lessons, growing up. She was super supportive and probably my biggest cheerleader.

Both my parents have been big influences on me wanting to do music. My mum's always been, 'Just do it. Just sing.'

I'm lucky that my family is musical. Music was encouraged. So when I saw Carlos Santana play and decided to really pursue the electric guitar in earnest, it was OK. My parents knew I was going to go for it.

My parents have both done some music stuff. My family was very artist-friendly, so that was encouraging.

My mom loves music and it poured into my childhood.

My father is my best friend. Just growing up with him inspired me to appreciate music that much more because he appreciates music.

I was inspired by my dad; he played trumpet in high school.

James Brown is the reason I play guitar.

My dad played music so I was around it at a really young age.

My father, a mining engineer and colliery manager, gave his brood many advantages not least of which, for me, was his love of singing which gave music a central place in our lives.

My dad's music was a great inspiration to me.

Writing songs is an essential part of my life: my mother teaches piano, and I have inherited my grandparents' passion for music, especially from my grandfather Tommy, who was a great drummer. It's no coincidence that I play the drums best, but I am also good with the guitar and the piano.

See my father knew a lot about music, he played the piano and he would do theory and stuff like that, but I didn't learn anything from him, but I played that for him and he liked it a lot.

Most things in my life I had before leaving home. Values, support, great family. I was shaped at an early age. A musician playing guitar, I wanted to be a folk singer.

My biggest musical influences are probably my parents.

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

My parents listened to music in our house all the time when we were growing up. It was everything from Dolly Parton to Paul Simon... We packed in everything.