Father Quotes
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Who I am as a father is far more important to me than the public perception.
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When my father passed away, my mom didn't really know what to do and how to deal with it for me, so she put me in extracurricular classes, one of them being theater.
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I used to think that the worst form of discrimination for women was being hit on or hearing something disparaging. What's even more challenging for young women is a very senior male who will take an interest in you, who see themselves as father figures or mentors.
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My father-in-law was a nuclear-submarine captain. My father was in the military.
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I went to visit my father to tell him that I was going to go to college and become an architect - that was my dream. I was like, yeah I graduated from school, but it's not like you showed up for that. But all he was worried about is whether or not I wanted money from him.
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Our father always said, 'She'll come back to us.
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As a little girl I used to daydream about my real father coming on a white horse to rescue me.
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Well, Mozart is extraordinary not only in that he became virtuoso along the lines of his father, but that he had that compositional gift, that melodic gift. By the time he was four, he was doing piano concertos with harmony in the background.
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The challenges of me being a father are just the same as any other father.
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When it comes to advice, I always consult my father regarding everything, as he has seen the industry inside out, and he is the best person to guide me.
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In my case, a papadaddy is a father. My paternal grandfather was called Papa by my father who was called Daddy by me.
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I didn't realize I was still grieving for my father at 30-something.
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I know who I am as a person, as a father, and as a husband.
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My father was in the coal and heating business, and he wanted me to take over his business, and I resented every moment of it. So I would never force my kids to do what I do.
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I worked a long time to get good at what I'm doing, and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father is.
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To this day, I adore classical music, and I'm very interested in opera, which I found out later my father was also extremely fond of.
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All I ever wanted, all I ever needed was a father.
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My father has a beautiful, beautiful voice. His father was a pastor of a church. He sang in church. My mother sang in a church choir. I can take no credit for my vocal talent, because, both my father, and mother have beautiful, beautiful voices.
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My mother had aspirations to become a concert singer. Her Methodist Minister father didn't approve of young girls leaving home until they married, so she had to pass it up.
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My mother was always deeply attracted to anything medical, and I think she would have loved me to have been a doctor. My father was in the army for 21 years, came out just before I was born. There was no history of showbusiness on either side of the family, but they were completely supportive.
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Father was an atheist; he had even joined the Skeleton Army - a club of men who went about in masks or black faces, with ribald placards and a brass band, to make war upon the Salvation Army.
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Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.
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It's just like being a father; you got to show them love and you got to show them the path. I don't like this role-model stuff, though.
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My father would often work all night and sleep during the day, so for us, dinner might be pancakes, and breakfast might be beef stroganoff.
