Quotes by Dad My dad speaks a lot of sense and keeps me grounded. He'll watch me play and, if I've done well, he'll have a quiet word with me and say, 'Well done.' If I've had a not-so-good game, he'll let me know about it. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain gamemewell-donedad Being a husband and a dad are the two most important things in my life. Alex O'Loughlin my-lifedadhusbandlife I took a lot of long summer road trips with my dad, and the mix of music we listened to on the road skipped around from classical to Western to new age to hyper-cinematic. Alex Ebert dadmusicagelong My dad was raised Orthodox in Atlanta. He speaks Hebrew. He speaks Yiddish. He married a Jewish woman who is not Orthodox, so I was brought up by two different kinds of Jews. Alex Borstein womandaddifferenttwo I'm trying to create a collection of stories - the 'U.F.O.W.A.V.E.' songs are all stories. I haven't really taken direct lyrical influence from other songwriters, but my dad bought me a book of W.H. Auden's poems when I was younger, and the imagery really interested me. King Krule meinfluencedadbook Growing up with a dad who was a classic-rock guy, I felt out of place with what was happening in pop culture. The Beatles, Zeppelin, T. Rex - that, for me, was the music that could never leave our vocabulary. King Princess medadmusicculture My dad was really a protector and mentor. King Princess reallyprotectormentordad My dad took me and my brother to see Corrosion of Conformity. All I remember was that there was a dude swinging a chain in the mosh pit, and the bouncers were dragging him out. King Tuff medadbrotherremember When your mom and dad read the paper, they like to know their sons are on the roster. Kirby Smart knowmom-and-daddadmom My dad teaches me. He teaches me everything. He's been acting for over 30 years, so he knows a lot. Kodi Smit-McPhee everythingmedadacting When I was 8, my dad asked me if I wanted to audition, just for fun. I did just a little short film, and I liked it. I just kept doing it, and then I started getting bigger auditions for bigger roles. Kodi Smit-McPhee shortmedadfun I always wanted to be a writer, from being a little kid onwards. My dad and my mum both had phases when that was what they did. Kristin Gore kidbeingalwaysdad My dad is an electrical engineer. So he was always very focused on, you know, teaching his daughters about, you know, science, math, technology. None of us actually became engineers for our careers, but I always had that exposure when I was young, and I just loved playing computer games. Kristen Soltis Anderson youdadtechnologyscience I was born in Canada, and then my dad played pro soccer in England and then also on an island off the coast of Portugal. So we lived there for, like, 10 years. And then we moved to Minnesota. So I feel like I've experienced a lot of different cultures, and I'm still figuring out who I am. Kylie Bunbury i-amfeelborndad I grew up in an athletic family. My dad played and my brother currently plays professional soccer, so I'm athletic. Kylie Bunbury professionaldadfamilybrother My dad had a huge movie collection. So we all had a good sense of entertainment history. I was a Jack Lemmon fan more than most people from my generation. Kyle Bornheimer gooddadhistorypeople When I left school, I went and bought my own sound system, and me and my dad would just go along to all the pubs and clubs around the local area and just sort of do our own little cover shows. Kyla Reid memy-owndadschool More of him came from my step-dad, who is now passed away. The initial creators of the show kind of based the character on their dads and then I added my dad. Kurtwood Smith morenowdadcharacter This is like my dad's race team where we had one Legend car. If we wrecked it, we couldn't race the next week unless we had enough parts to put it back together again. Kurt Busch cardadteamtogether Even coming from Ghana to the United States, my mom and dad did so much to provide a better life for their kids. It was such a huge sacrifice; leaving your entire family - and we have a huge family - leaving them to come to America and have a better life for their kids. Kofi Kingston dadfamilymomlife«219220221222223224225226227228229»
