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- Nov 07, 2020
Dad Quotes
The small stuff you inherit.
These dad quotes lean into small, specific memories — watching Monty Python over dinner, catching yourself sounding just like him mid-sentence, or joking that most of your audience is really just your father. For humor along the same lines, see our Jokes page.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Diplomats
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad is Japanese; he was an art director there. My mom is half-English, half-Argentinian. They met in Japan in the '70s. Her parents were diplomats posted there.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad has a lot of foresight and decided that I would not do any shows in Mumbai till I became a singer and got to sing my own songs. He knew that if I started earning money from shows, I would not have the time and aggression to rough it out to become a singer.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I give my jewelry as a present, I feel like I'm giving protection to someone I care about... I've given pieces to my mom, my aunts, my friends. I've even made bracelets for my dad and my uncle.
- Editing
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 13, I was saying that I wanted to be signed to a label. I was begging my dad to get me signed with somebody.
- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up watching my dad be a singer, so it's something I've always been interested in.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are parents with wealth who just want their kids to be wealthy, and then there are other parents with money who want to teach their kids how they got it. That's what my dad was like.
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lost my dad in 2009 and on my album 'Feels,' it's about all different feels.
- Practice
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have more of a soccer dad. He was always the one taking us to sports practice.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents met in the theatre, and I thought that was so romantic. My dad was a scenic designer and my mom was a dancer, and that's how they met; they met in the theatre.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom was a folk singer and Celtic harpist. My dad was in a barbershop quartet and my great grandma was an opera singer. As I grew up, I discovered pop music and Top 40 radio, but it was in the '90s, so music was very different then - it was really lyrical.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nov 07, 2020
My mom's been married three times; my dad has been married a lot. I didn't really see my dad that much.
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- Nov 07, 2020