I think children of divorced parents do grow up quicker. You just do.
If I had been living through the '80s, I probably would've gotten into a lot more trouble than my parents.
I think my parents had a hard time dealing with me.
The first time I went to therapy, I had to stop going because they were making me hate my parents.
I borrowed a lot of money from my parents in the years leading up to the 2000 Olympics, and I worked odd jobs.
I realized I was the one doing all the training, earning the money, and my parents were living off of me.
To Western parents that want to adopt a child, I would say to people that money is not everything, wealth does not matter.
I'm still craving approval from my parents. It took a lot of success for me to realize it was never coming. It's just not in their nature.
I've been working on my relationship with my parents and my sister over the years. We have become more close. I think having kids makes you want to keep the gang together.
It's very important that we instill some respect for the parents. In America especially, the kids are unruly, screaming at Mommy and Daddy, running the show.
When I was a kid, my parents encouraged me to take many different classes. Piano was one that I really fell in love with.
My parents taught me never to judge others based on whom they love, what color their skin is, or their religion.
I have that memory of dancing on my father's feet to all the music my parents used to listen to.
I don't want kids listening to my music thinking it's for their parents. I want them to feel it's theirs.
It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.
My parents loved classical music. And my father adored Mozart. But for some reason, I always had a reaction against it.
To me, rock music was never meant to be safe. I think there needs to be an element of intrigue, mystery, subversiveness. Your parents should hate it.
Time is the king of all men, he is their parent and their grave, and gives them what he will and not what they crave.
I've always wanted to be sure my parents approve of what I do. Even with my tattoos, my mom went with me.
My parents are wonderful, and I'm really lucky - but my mom has always been almost exclusively a right-brained person.
When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, my mom was, like, 'I think I heard you say lawyer.'
