My mom would give me a piece to play, but I wouldn't do any theory because when it came time to do it I would sneak back upstairs and watch TV. So, I had these kind of nonchalant lessons for years, then it just started soaking in. Use this quote
I've made a good amount of money. I'm very happy that I can now support my theatre company and support friends and family, and I'm ready to maybe go back to school and change careers. Use this quote
The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country. Use this quote
I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch. Use this quote
My mom was a '70s mom. She paved a road that no one had yet walked. Use this quote
My mom started smoking when she was 11. She went to the hill next door to try her first cigarette. She set the entire hill on fire, but it didn't deter her. Use this quote
Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers. Use this quote
There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing. Use this quote
Sleeping with your child, wearing your child in a sling as opposed to pushing them around in expensive strollers, those are things that matter biologically and sociologically for the structure of a family. Use this quote
I grew up in an abusive home and was told on a daily basis by my father that I would never amount to anything and that I looked like a boy. Use this quote
My father was a member of the Teamsters Union in California, where he helped to organize better health care for workers. My mother worked for more than 20 years on an assembly line. Use this quote
At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous. Use this quote
My family has always called me 'Lay Lay,' and my dad used to always call me 'Dynamite Termite' because I was really short and small and I hated to be still. I would never stop. Use this quote
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years. Use this quote
You're safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track. Use this quote
I went to school at this log school house. A white woman was my teacher, I do not remember her name. My father had to pay her one dollar a month for me. Us kids that went to school did not have desks, we used slates and set on the hued down logs for seats. Use this quote
My father was so good-natured and had such a happy disposition. I've always confused him with Jimmy Stewart. So, think Jimmy Stewart. That's my dad. Use this quote
I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out. Use this quote
My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. Use this quote
It's like, no matter what I do, I always feel like I'm five years old, and I end up in the back of my father's car looking out the window, and nothing has changed in 25 years. Use this quote