My dad didn't want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it.
All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other.
I'm just as insufferable and useless as every other dad is. The dynamic never changes, no matter what you do for a living.
I was always a kid trying to make a buck. I borrowed a dollar from my dad, went to the penny candy store, bought a dollar's worth of candy, set up my booth, and sold candy for five cents apiece. Ate half my inventory, made $2.50, gave my dad back his...
My dad was quiet, angry, shut down. So my thing is: I express everything that's there. I want to get it all out.
My mother and dad played the fiddle and the guitar.
We'd just go to church and sing. My dad would get me and my sister Doris, and we would sing together. I sung the harmony, and my sister Doris took the lead.
When I was about 12 and first started wearing lipstick, my dad would ask, 'Are you wearing makeup?' I would say back, 'You're wearing more makeup there than I am!'
My dad's not a very intimidating father figure.
My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own.
My dad has more sparkly stuff than most men.
My dad's supportive of all my endeavors.
I'm quite dyslexic in school. My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own. My parents never really lecture me.
We have a snap of my dad wearing blue eye shadow, which I would always make fun of. When I was about 12 and first started wearing lipstick, my dad would ask, 'Are you wearing makeup?' I would say back, 'You're wearing more makeup there than I am!'
I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing - my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes.
My grandfather had two boys, my uncle had three boys, my dad had me and my two brothers, each of my brothers have had two boys. Then something happened with the chromosomal experiment and suddenly I've got three girls.
My dad, of course, like a lot of Asian parents, wanted me to be an engineer or doctor and never could understand why I would want to be a lawyer. And then, when I first said I wanted to run for office, he thought that was absolutely insane.
It was my dream playing for the Montreal Canadiens - it was my dad's team.
My dad was a Methodist minister.
Dad built houses and when they were sold, he moved on to a new town, so I know a lot about my native state.
I met Gemma, my wife, when she was 12. She had a schoolgirl crush on me and her dad had arranged for her to meet me. Later, she started coming to my concerts, but I only got to know her well after her mother died. I rang to see how she was, and that'...
