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My father was a trained accountant, a BCom from Sydenham College and a self-taught violinist. In the 1920s, when he was in his teens, he heard a great violinist, Jascha Heifetz, and he was so inspired listening to him that he bought himself a violin, and with a little help from an Italian teacher, he learned to play it.

I would also like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age.

I knew I could never match my father as a violinist, and there were already four generations of outstanding cellists in the family.

My father is an amazing person.

My father was a very special human being. He was brilliant in academics, sports and the arts. He wrote, performed and directed plays in English and Hindi/Urdu at his regiment.

My father is such an amazing, beautiful actor. He's incredible, and he helps me a lot.

I'm one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. I'm just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play.

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.

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