I never saw my grandfather because he had died before I was born, but I have good memories of my grandmother and of how she could play the piano at the old house.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My grandfather went through a lot in his life.
I grew up sitting beside my grandmother playing the piano and singing.
I'm one of these children who grew up at the knee of my grandmother and her elder sister, listening to very old people talk about their memories.
My grandfather died before I was born, so I never had the chance to speak with him about his father. But I learned about him from books.
I was brought up largely by my grandfather because my father only returned from a prisoner-of-war camp in 1947 and worked in the nearest small town, so I hardly ever saw him.
Playing with my grandfather, grandmother and my parents, I came to music pretty naturally.
I think about my father and how sad it was that he never had grandchildren.
I was very fortunate, because I don't think many people get to spend time with their great-grandfathers. So, he passed away when I was 15, so I spent a lot of time with him. We lived together. He traveled a lot, but when he was here, we lived together.
I used to hang out with grandfather all the time because he used to pick me up from school sometimes, or drive me to my mother's, so I'd be with my grandfather a lot. I used to watch him write his sermons.
I have lots of memories of my father. He was an incredible father. We all loved him to death.