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You know, it comes from my mother's side of the family. She had seven sisters and one brother, and all of them could play instruments. I suppose I picked it up from that.

— Mel Tillis

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I come from a musical kind of family.

— Chris O'Dowd

And my daddy could play a harmonica and also the guitar, so I guess I got a little bit from both of 'em, but I think mostly from my mother's side of the family.

— Mel Tillis

My mother and dad played the fiddle and the guitar.

— Gordie Howe

My mum was a music teacher. I've got three sisters, and we all played instruments when we were kids.

— Tom Ellis

I came from a huge extended family of musicians.

— Jake Epstein

You're defined by your older brothers' or sisters' music.

— Patrick Wilson

Not what you would call a musical family, but my father used to play saxophone, and I discovered many genres of music when I was a child.

— Rokia Traore

The big thing in my family growing up is that everybody had to play a musical instrument. We were like the von Trapps.

— Maggie Stiefvater

✗Opposing Perspectives

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

— Clarence Clemons

I'm the only person in my entire extended family that plays an instrument or sings, really. Which is kind of weird. I don't know where I got it from.

— Ryan Lewis