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I don't take much from my own father, because he was a very austere, quiet, private man who would come home from work, go to his parlour and play Beethoven on his piano.

— John Mahoney

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer.

— John Sebastian

Everybody in our family studied a musical instrument. My father was really big on that. Somehow I only took a year or two of piano lessons and I convinced my father to let me take dancing lessons.

— Madonna Ciccone

My father left his piano at the house when he left, and I wasn't allowed to play it when he was there because I wasn't as good as him. So when he left, I was determined to get as good as him, and I taught myself how to play music, and I just stuck with it, and I did it all the time.

— Prince

My dad is my biggest influence on me as a musician, even though he's not a musician.

— Daron Malakian

You know, my family is very musical, I was surrounded by it. And from four years old I was the one that asked my mother could I take piano lessons.

— John Legend

My father was an extraordinary man.

— Nicolas Roeg

I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

At the end of the day, I am not my dad and have my own journey to make.

— Ram Charan

✗Opposing Perspectives

My father was a very warm, gregarious, sociable person who had many interests. He lived his life very much in the present, full of activities and the next project. He had many hobbies. He was not given to retrospection.

— Diana Quick

I wasn't close to my father, but I wanted to be all my life. He had a funny sense of humor, and he laughed all the time - good and loud, like I do. He was a gay Irish gentleman and very good-looking. And he wanted to be close to me, too, but we never had much time together.

— Judy Garland