- Me
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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.
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- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dad's mother and aunt were actresses.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always knew that I would be some type of public figure, but I never knew that it would be rapping, 'cause my dad sang: I saw him deal with the ills of the music industry, just on the outside looking in.
- Family Tradition
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the third son, and the family tradition was my dad always favored the oldest child.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom marched into the reservation tent and reserved a Model X for herself. She drives a Jeep; she has four grandchildren. She didn't ask my dad. She just went ahead and did it.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad is a big Outlaw country guy - Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton, Waylon, Willie. He loves Elvis and turned me onto Elvis. He was always playing me stuff. He and I would sing and entertain the family. We'd have a little skit on Thanksgiving or whatever.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from good stock. Both of my parents are big - my dad is a big guy; my mom is a big lady.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you break it all down, my punk rock is my dad's blues. It's music from the underground, and it's real, and it's written for the downtrodden in uncertain times.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was very influential with the music he exposed me to. He was really into blues and folk, so he'd play me guys like Muddy Waters and T-Bone Walker and Richie Havens - a lot of very emotional players.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 18, I thought my father was pretty dumb. After a while when I got to be 21, I was amazed to find out how much he'd learned in three years.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without my dad doing what he did, and without me putting in the hours, there wouldn't be any travelling the world or playing with the pros. He's a huge part of it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I told people that I wanted to grow up to be a tennis player, they laughed at me. My dad has always been supportive, but he was laughing, too.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was teaching in Kenya, and my grandparents came to visit me there. They brought me to England, and my dad continued to teach for a bit after, so I just continued to live with my grandparents, because that became home, really.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could be winning the decathlon in high school, which I've won twice, yet, if my dad is in the audience, 'Oh look! It's Anthony Quinn.' And I'm like, 'Hello? Kid just got a gold medal. Hello? I'm over here.'
- Cry
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- Nov 07, 2020
Especially in front of my dad, I don't like being weak. I don't like crying in front of my dad because I don't want to make him cry.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020