Bria Skonberg Quotes

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

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.

Nobody played instruments in my family. My father got that bug and said he wants his son to play saxophone.

My dad played guitar, and so there were always guitars kicking around the house that I was never allowed to touch. My cousin gave me a twin-neck electric guitar for one of my birthdays. It was amazing. Even though it was mine, I was never allowed to pick it up.

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

My father being a theatre person used to compose music for his plays. He noticed me singing one of his compositions at a young age and he was amazed. From then on, he taught me the little things that he knew about music.

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.

I like all music... My parents both just loved music from all genres. I don't have a favorite; I just love music. That's why I want to play the piano.

I grew up always around music through my father - I would play in music studios with him as I was growing up - and my high school, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts.

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

I grew up with my parents always listening to rock music. My dad wanted me to play guitar, but I always had more of an ear for drums. He really wanted me to be a guitar player, like him.

My father was a musician and wanted me to study piano. I had no interest.

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

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 do not consider myself a guitar player. My father is a guitar player - I'm not.

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.

I grew up sitting beside my grandmother playing the piano and singing.

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

I started playing when I was 5. I'm from a family of musicians.

My father's nephew was the blues musician, Lowell Fulson. Every time he came around, he had a pretty car, a beautiful woman and a slick sharkskin suit. Believe it or not, that's how I decided I wanted to get into music.

I was nurtured to play music pretty much from birth.

I come from a big family of musicians, so I was lucky enough to grow up with guitars all around the house. Even though I didn't really know much at the time, my brother had a Les Paul Goldtop, and my dad always had this Fender or some bizarre Pedulla-Orsini guitar.

I had aunts who played piano and sang and also were entertainers, so music was very much a part of my life.

My dad was a professional musician; my mom played, too, but just for fun. All my siblings played. The house was full of music books, videos, albums. I guess it's not surprising that I ended up becoming a musician.

I've been classically trained in piano since I was little. My father was a pianist, so they started me early.