I couldn't be as charming as my mother or as smart as my father. So I decided to be bad.
Markie PostMy mother was an actress and a director, as well. And my father was a playwright and poet.
Maximilian SchellMy father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere.
Nicolas CageI like the Beatles. They're at the core of my musicality. And John Lennon's my spiritual father.
Esai MoralesMy father had a very violent temper, and he was never home. So I was kind of a mama's boy.
Marilyn MansonMy father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room.
Sherman AlexieOur mothers and fathers want change. They worked all of their lives, but today live in destitution.
Viktor Yushchenko