My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My parents cultured me a lot and they introduced me to a lot of artists, a lot of their friends.
My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be an artist.
I think my parents undoubtedly influenced me on some level.
I was raised to be some kind of artist.
My father was a professional artist all his life who encouraged my path as an artist.
When I was 10, my parents really valued success in the arts, and I thought if I was a famous 'something artistic,' that they would love me more.
I grew up with an artist father, and my parents' friends were also mainly artists or writers, so he connects what I do with his example.
My mother was always encouraging about my wanting to be an artist.
My parents worked in the art world. They were really supportive of my music in that they allowed me to drop out of school and move out of our home, which not many parents would do.
My parents constantly tried to talk me out of being an artist. They had gone through the whole journey with my sister and just wanted me to have a normal teenage life.