Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.

Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn't teach me everything he knows.

Parenting is about being competent and responsible. It's not about gender, necessarily.

My dad is Irish. I spent my childhood going back and forth between Ireland and America.

My dad brought me Michael Jackson and Madonna and said, "This is ALL you need to know!"

Sunlight feels warm and rough against your skin like a kiss on the cheek from your dad.

My dad's full of encouragement and support. It just feels like abandonment and neglect.

I look at him [son Eric] and I think of my dad all the time.... I was born to be a dad.

My mom was Sicilian, my dad was Sicilian. Mom was a great cook, but all the women were.

I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern.

When you're nearing 35, going, 'Hey Dad, I can't make these payments,' just isn't cool.

My dad knows how to tell a story. He'd make me laugh by doing all the different voices.

I want to be a superhero dad to where my kid feel like everything I do is nothing wrong.

My dad introduced me to the game, gave me a stick. Since then I've had a passion for it.

One day that same year, I told my dad that someday, I would sail around the world alone.

I went to the Hall of Fame with my dad. I can't say I really remember too much about it.

Because I see my mum and dad as such amazing friends, I think I'll be a really good dad.

So, I travel a lot. I hate traveling, mostly 'cause my dad used to beat me with a globe.

My mom is my heart. She was a rock for me even though she was not around as much as dad.

They had a big court battle over who got to keep me. Mom won; she made me live with Dad.

My dad was amazing. He raised five boys. All by himself. Without the rest of us knowing.

My dad always told me that anyone's voice is just another instrument added to the music.

Mum once told Dad that vices are only vices when looked at through the frame of society.

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.

My dad was very intelligent, had a very strong personality. I was amazed with my father.

I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.

I love the comic opportunities that come up in the context of a father-son relationship.

My dad used to say, 'Just be yourself and you'll be fine,' but it's really, really true.

One Christmas my father kept our tree up till March. He hated to see it go. I loved that.

I think the biggest lesson I learned from my Dad was the importance of telling the truth.

My favorite was going as a boxer when I was 9 years old and wearing my dad's boxing gear.

Being a father helps me be more responsible... you see more things than you've ever seen.

I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did.

Zounds! I was never so bethumped with words since I first called my brother's father dad.

I bought a house for my mom, I bought a house for my dad, I bought a house for my sister.

My dad taught me to read by reading comic strips in the Saturday paper and Archie comics.

His dad said even the cavemen had geniuses among them. Somebody had thought up the wheel.

Now I'm his dad, I live for [my son]. I have a responsibility. It's a big responsibility.

My dad had been born in Mexico and his family had to leave during the Mexican revolution.

I've got to give props to my dad. He got me into the UFC and the MMA scene to begin with.

My dad was in the hood, he was a minister, and he would always put churches in the ghetto.

My mother raised three children on her own and my dad was a doctor working 16 hours a day.

I watched my mom and dad build everything that matters - a family, a home and a good name.

I never saw any of my dad's stories. My mother said he had piles and piles of manuscripts.

I asked my dad what afflicted meant and he said 'Sickness son, and things that don't fit.'

Studies show that children best flourish when one mom and one dad are there to raise them.

My dad worked as a floor manager in a clothing mill in Dombivli and my mom is a housewife.

I'm from Brooklyn. I grew up very poor- seven people, four rooms. My dad had no education.

I wear my dad's cross. It's very important to me. I hang it in my locker before each game.

My dad's name is Robert Stafford. His music name is R. L. Stafford; he makes gospel music.

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