Zia Quizon: Mom and Dad honed my taste in music
Having the King of Comedy Dolphy as your father and the Divine Diva Zsa Zsa Padilla as your mother automatically makes Zia Quizon showbiz royalty.
But, if you believe her, she never thought making the fact her entry point to local entertainment.
Still, her showbiz genes must come out.
Zia recently launched her self-titled debut album under Polyeast Records containing three revivals, “Mambobola,” “Smile,” “So Much in Love,’ and three originals, “Ako na Lang,” Dear Lonely,” and her own composition “Simple Girl.”
Parents more excited for her
“I never expected to be a recording artist,” Zia said during the pocket press interview for her album in Cerchio Grill in Quezon City last Sept. 14. Instead, she was thinking more along the lines of becoming a songwriter or a manager.
“Hindi ko talaga inisip na mag-aartista ako,” she replied to the query of whether she wanted to enter showbiz at a young age. She knew she was going to be compared to her terribly famous parents.
In fact, the 19-year-old Literature major said that her parents were more excited for her when she entered showbiz. Things, she added, just fell into place as far as her album was concerned.
“It kind of just happened, I worked on a song for my Dad for Polyeast, then [the TV show] ‘ASAP’ after a while approached me,” Zia said.
Zsa Zsa is a stage mom
Now that Zia accepted her destiny, so to speak, Zsa Zsa is proving to be a stage mom while Dolphy is an understandably proud dad.
Though glad her mom is active in her professional life, Zia added, “She knows naman her boundaries but she’s not gonna force naman people.”
While her dad is more reserved, Zia said that he always knows what to say to encourage her while keeping her grounded.
“He’s always there for me and he wants to see me happy. He’s very encouraging. But what really made me happy is when sinabi niya sa ibang tao na ‘Pakinggan niyo ‘to.’ Ayaw niya rin lumaki ang ulo ko. Siyempre may mga anak rin siya sa showbiz,” Zia said, referring to Dolphy’s other children by previous liasions. “So he’s really cautious. He knows not to say it too much na lalaki ang ulo ko.”
Growing up eclectic
Zia grew up listening to a variety of genres such as pop, classic and jazz because of her mom and dad.
“My mom influenced me du’n sa mga pop and ballad songs. Pero, my dad also really loves music, so yung type niyang music is yung jazz and classical music. They honed my taste in music,” Zia said.
Even though Zia comes from a family of celebrities, the newbie confessed to being shy compared to her siblings, but like a trouper, she declared, "It was fun, bagong experience. So medyo nininerbyos din ako. I was excited din kasi I've always wanted to exercise my passion for music.”
Zia will launch her album on Sunday, September 18, at “ASAP Rocks.” Those who purchase her album at Odyssey or Astroplus will get a special pass to her concert at Teatrino Greenhills on September 22, at 8 p.m.
