“I was introduced to soul music at a very young age - my mom was a soul singer.” SoulAgeYoungMomMy MomSingersYoung AgeMusic Soul Author:Elliott Yamin
“I remember an old Singer sewing machine at home that belonged to my grandmother. It had a pedal. My mom taught me how to use it when I was 12 years old. I used to find it so intriguing, how a flat piece of material could be made into an object that had so many uses.” YearsMadeUseHomeRememberUsedPiecesObjectsTaughtMaterialsMomMachinesMy MomSingersGrandmotherFlatsMy GrandmotherIntriguingSewingPedals Author:Bibhu Mohapatra
“My mom was an opera singer, and she gave up her career to raise a family. But she also taught my sisters how to sing.” CareersTaughtMomRaisesMy MomSingersMy SisterOperaGave UpOpera Singers Author:Tika Sumpter
“Don't Look Down” is her official debut as Skylar Grey, the singer, born Holly Brook Hafermann and raised in Mazomanie, Wis., has been making albums since she was a tween. Grey and her mother sang as a folk duo under the name Generations; they released three indie discs. “I learned a lot about professionalism, how the show must go on even though I feel like [expletive] sometimes,” Grey remembers. “I have a lot of experience in the studio, performing onstage, talking to an audience. I learned most of that stuff when I was performing with my mom.” FeelsLooksHas BeensSometimesShowsRememberMotherThreeNamesStuffBornTalkingAudienceGenerationsMomGoes OnRaisedFolksAlbumsStudiosMy MomSingersPerformingOfficialsGreyBrooksProfessionalismDebutHolliesDiscsTweensExpletivesDuos Author:Skylar Grey
“Well first of all, I'm a singer. I sing since I talk. So the great ballad singers, the people that sang with so much feeling, jazz, blues, all those singers, they were songs that I listened to, records that my mom played for me, and then later I bought.” PeopleFirstsWellsFeelingsSongRecordsMomJazzMy MomSingersBallads Author:Gloria Estefan
“I'm the only person in my family who can't sing. My grandmother was an opera singer and all of her kids were in church five days a week - or between church and vocal lessons at Carnegie Hall. But my mom had her first studio experience recording on my album. She's used to having to fill the room, so she had to adjust to the microphone and not sing opera.” FirstsPersonsKidsUsedChurchRoomsFiveWeekMomLessonsMy FamilyAlbumsStudiosMy MomSingersGrandmotherHallsOperaMy GrandmotherVocalMicrophonesCarnegieOpera SingersCarnegie Hall Author:Le1f
“When I was two I was always like "I wanna be a famous singer when I grow up." When you listen to most kids they went in and did all these competitions. I was never like that, my mom never pushed me like that. I pretty much just sang when I wanted to.” TwoKidsWantedGrowsGrowing UpMomCompetitionMy MomSingersFamous Singer Author:Kiley Dean
“My dad used to play drums in a country band, and my mom is an incredible singer.” CountryPlayUsedMomDadBandIncrediblesMy DadMy MomSingers Author:Jonny Lang
“My mom is a singer and my Dad introduced me to bands such as Zeppelin and the Stones so music has always played a huge part in my life.” HugeMomDadBandStonesMy DadMy MomSingersZeppelins Author:Kelly Blatz
“I was singing when I was five years old. My sister and I both had the talent from mom and dad, and she was in opera and I was into pop and uh, rhythm and blues, anything, I was about a four octave singer.” YearsFiveFourTalentMomDadSingingPopsSingersRhythmFive YearsMy SisterOperaMom And DadFive Year OldsRhythm And Blues Author:Carl Gardner
“'The Voice' has lots of singers who fit the 'Idol' mold of young, innocent ingenues with psycho stage moms. But it also has long-suffering adult pros, with a whiff of thirtysomething despair in their voices. That adds an edge of realness.” LongYoungSufferingVoiceStageMomFitDespairAdultsAddEdgesSingersInnocentIdolsMoldPsychoRealnessLong Suffering Author:Rob Sheffield
“Being a singer is all about me. About ego. Being a mom is all about being selfless - two different worlds.” WorldTwoDifferentMomEgoSingersSelflessBeing A MomDifferent WorldsTwo Different WorldsBeing Selfless Author:Gwen Stefani