My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating. Nancy Kerrigan on dad
I was who I was in high school in accordance with the rules of conduct for a normal person, like obeying your mom and dad. Then I got out of high school and moved out of the house, and I just started, for lack of a better term, running free. Iggy Pop on dad
My kids love it. I thought I was the coolest dad in the world when I got to be in a Bond film, but 'Harry Potter', too? Well, I think I qualify for a medal for exceptional parenting or something, don't you? Robbie Coltraine on dad
My parents were both actors my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter. Sam Rockwell on dad
I'm an artist, and I go in the studio and make my music. And then I'll give it to my dad and he does what he does. And he does, you know, the press, and figuring out shows and whatnot. When it comes to my artistic freedom, he doesn't, like, step on my toes or anything. Ashlee Simpson on dad
A lot of young filmmakers bring their movies to my dad because he always gives lots of good editing ideas and notes. He'd be a good film professor. Sofia Coppola on dad
Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship. Greg Louganis on dad
I didn't want to have braces when I was a kid and I'm pretty sure my dad didn't want to pay for them. Jessica Pare on dad
Life is different than it was in the Nineties. I'm a dad, and there are other things I have to get done in an afternoon than just being an artist. Chris Robinson on dad
If you had told me at 45 years old that I would have to go on tour to get rest, I would've said, 'That's not how it works.' But nothing can be more gratifying. I'm a very hands-on dad. Chris Robinson on dad
So I was always around music and my dad was in his own way a progressive jazzer, a big band jazzer guy. Billy Sherwood on dad
My dad farmed, my granddad was a farmer. I wanted to be a farmer. Sam Brownback on dad
When my dad died a lot of songs came, and they're still coming. Rosanne Cash on dad
Because I was starting out in my 20's. I wanted to do it on my own. I didn't want to use my dad or have people say I was using him. Rosanne Cash on dad
I'm afraid that this is me getting on my high horse now but we have yob television, yob newspapers, and funny enough whereas it was my mum and dad, school, police, church who used to set the standards, now it's tabloids and yob television who set the standards by which people live. Gordon Strachan on dad
That's what my Dad always told me, on the ballot, they should always have a third choice, like none of the above, then if enough people picked that, they'd have to get new candidates. Meg White on dad
I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record a song that I wouldn't sit down and sing in front of my mom and dad. Ricky Skaggs on dad
I deal with my sons like young men. If they have a problem with something, they come to me. I am the type of dad that will drop everything I am doing for them, and always tell them to talk to me about it. Tracy Morgan on dad
I think when I was a kid, and I was in England and it was all about The Stones, The Who, The Kinks and The Beatles and that's what my dad was into. Slash on dad
My dad is a huge rock and roll lead guitar fan. I didn't even really know that until recently. Everything has to have a guitar solo in it. Slash on dad