Although my dad was a doctor, we weren’t necessarily a super-artsy family. We were just a classic, traditional family who got to take a lot of piano lessons and became a bunch of musicians.

Loeb reflects on how artistic identity can emerge from ordinary, even conventionally “non-artsy,” circumstances. By contrasting her father’s medical profession with the family’s musical outcome, she emphasizes that creativity is not only inherited through bohemian milieus but can be cultivated through access, routine training, and parental support—here, the “classic, traditional” choice of piano lessons. The quote also gently challenges stereotypes about what an artist’s upbringing must look like, suggesting that disciplined instruction and a stable home can produce musicians just as readily as overtly artistic households. It frames musicianship as something built through practice and opportunity rather than a rarefied family trait.