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My mother played piano so we always had music around the house.

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

Growing up I played piano and I sang at a lot of weddings; I grew up in a very small town, a little coal-mining town in Virginia called Grundy. And my family was very sing-songy at home.

I'm the oldest in my family and do play piano.

Mom and sister played piano growing up; my grandma still plays piano in church. They always beat me over the head trying to get me to play piano, but I was more interested in riding dirt bikes and playing in the mud.

I played piano growing up. I played classical piano since I was 5, and I sang in choirs, and I sang in plays and musicals.

My grandmother played the piano, and I used to toddle over there and pick out little things that sounded good to me.

Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I sounded like a grown-up, and then I learned how to read music. I played so well by ear I could fool the teacher to believe I could play the notes. She'd make the mistake of playing the song once, and I could play it.

My house was filled with music. We had a piano, and my brothers and sisters played instruments. Even though I was around it, I played basketball.