Your mother's interventions stunted your development.
My mother was a professional singer before her marriage - and a fluent Irish speaker to boot. I was enormously fortunate and privileged to have known her. When she did a recital with Leon Goosens (look him up) he signed her program with the message 'keep going as you are now and you won't go wrong'. I'd say that rather than stunting my musical development, she fostered it and I'm sure Mr Goosens would agree so your opinion matters to me not one whit, thou very paltry knave :)
Here's one of the reviews from that concert:
"Sharing the platform with Mr Goosens was the young mezzo-soprano whose singing has advanced in ease and artistry even since last year. Her singing of early songs by Purcell was clear and lovely. She sang Verborgenheit by Hugo Wolf with dramatic intensity. A selection of Moore's melodies was followed by two delightful songs by Grieg and she concluded with the Rann of Wandering by Sir Arnold Bax."
For your information The Rann of Wandering is a musical setting of verses by the Irish poet Padraic Colum.
you too could have both realized and contributed to true Irish culture.
You know sod-all about true Irish culture.
Tyler
I don't mind Aerosmith but I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to them. I have very wide musical tastes though.