Quotes about dad
dad iron saws
I never really saw my dad around when the Iron Maiden and the AC/DC were playing. But he knew what I was doing. I was just absorbing music. So he just kind of left me to my own devices. Dhani Harrison
dad ambition mean
You can' t help being a musician because you've grown up with music, yet being one means being compared to your dad and being slated for it. But I really don't have the ambitions of most people going into the industry.
dad thinking people
When my dad toured in '91, I think my first gig properly was the Tokyo Dome, 50,000 people indoors. That was pretty scary. I was 12, or 13.
dad play age
I did Albert Hall, I got to play the Hall of Fame with Prince. So I've done that kind of stuff for ages. It wasn't until after we finished working on Brainwash, my dad's album after he died, then it was like 'That phase is over in my life now, now we can get on with our music, with our band.
dad guitar want
The music I want to hear in my head sounds somewhere between Jimi Hendrix and Massive Attack. It's not really like my dad, but there will always be similarities because we have the same vocal cords, and I learnt the guitar the way he taught me.
dad school years
Keep your head down at school.' Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years.
dad trying lessons
Playing music has always felt very natural. You know, you do try to do other things, and you do learn lessons that way, but, eventually - well... if your dad is a plumber, you become a plumber. It's the family business, and I felt like I was taking over the family business.
dad looks used
My dad used to say to me, 'You look more like me than I do.
dad hero kids
When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated him, and he would make me walk back and forth in the living room until I walked without it. David Alan Grier
dad hard hated port taught tough understand work worked
My dad was a longshoreman in the Port of Miami. Tough job. I worked down there in the summer once. One day. Never again. My dad was a no-nonsense guy. As a kid, I hated his rules, but as a man, I understand what he was teaching. He taught me you have to work hard for everything you get. Nick Ferguson
dad ended hall interest liked rehearsal studios watching
I had no interest in filming. I sometimes went to the studios with my dad, but it was slow-going; it was boring to watch. I always ended up in the rehearsal hall watching the dancing. That's what I liked to do. Liza Minnelli
dad glamorous liked love practical quite
When I was a child, I wanted to be a jockey. I love horses, but it's not practical to have one in London. I also wanted to be an accountant, which isn't glamorous at all, but my dad was one, and I quite liked maths.
dad left mother odd passed records signed
I didn't know that Left Eye's dad passed away right when she wanted to tell him that she just signed to LaFace Records. After I signed to Jive Records and just before I put out my first album, my mother passed away. It was very odd how much we had in common. Lil Mama
dad early founder happened
One of my mentors early on was Eli Harari, the founder of SanDisk, who happened to be a friend of my dad's. Nick Woodman
dad father way
...Then I got divorced and everything changed, and I became a father in a whole new way and found a whole new set of difficulties. Louis C. K.
dad kids ideas
Spend time with your kids and have your own ideas about what they need. It won't take away your manhood; it will give it to you.
dad mean grandmother
Race doesn't mean what it used to in America anymore. It just doesn't. Obama's black, but he's not black the way people used to define that. Is black your experience or the color of your skin? My experience is as a Mexican immigrant, more so than someone like George Lopez. He's from California. But he'll be treated as an immigrant. I am an outsider. My abuelita, my grandmother, didn't speak English. My whole family on my dad's side is in Mexico. I won't ever be called that or treated that way, but it was my experience.
dad thinking catholic
When we passed a Catholic church, I recalled, he said, "You think your dad's a good chemist? They're turning soda crackers into meat in there. Can your dad do that? Kurt Vonnegut
dad team school
My dad actually taught me to box when I was, like, nine years old, because I got picked on at school all of the time. I was on a boys' hockey team, so I would get all of my aggression out there. Eliza Coupe
dad history rumor
Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things. Edward Kennedy
dad pressure my-dad
My Dad was my biggest supporter. He never put pressure on me. Bobby Orr
dad doctors professors
My dad is a doctor, a professor of psychiatry, and my mum is a psychotherapist. Ben Barnes
dad father kids
I think we all like to see ourselves as good dads, but there's also that fear, 'Oh, I don't want to be like my father,' or, 'I hope my kid doesn't turn out like me.' You know, I have those feelings too. So the key is optimism. Ben Affleck
dad mean home
Family is a wonderful thing, but it doesn't mean you can't do other stuff in your life. In fact, having a family makes whatever other thing you have that much richer. If it was just me, I'd be home alone and think, 'Well, something good happened at work,' but it's nicer to share it with people you love.
dad family taught values
Dad taught us about morals, values and goals. Having a tight-knit family was important to him. Junior Seau
dad giving high mom perform pizza places sports worked
I wanted to perform well for my mom and dad, because in high school, I didn't have a job. My brothers, they worked at Pizza Hut or places like that, but sports, that was my way of giving back.
dad death excellent loves
My dad is an excellent grandfather. He loves kids. He loves to kiss them to death. Laila Ali
dad great lived talk watched watching
My dad lived by example. I lived by watching him. I watched all the great things he did and said. I try to walk that talk for my children.
dad grew watch
When I grew up, my dad always used to watch 'Star Trek' and any and every sci-fi show you could imagine. I used to watch it with him, and I loved it.
dads good
The thing about dads is, even when they're very good, they don't do anything like as much as most mums do.
dad
I would say the dumbest thing I have heard is that my dad isn't my real dad. Khloe Kardashian
dad
I am political. But not politically active. I'm not my dad. I'll never write polemic, as he did.
dad gets hysterical name named sort took
My father's name is Dee, so when I was born they named me Katherine Dee and they took the K from Katherine and put it with his name, sort of to give me my dad's namesake. But it's hysterical how often it gets misspelled. I used to be like, 'No one capitalizes my D!' KaDee Strickland