Because I see my mum and dad as such amazing friends, I think I’ll be a really good dad.
I could drive from the age of nine. My dad had his car pitch at home, and we used to drive the cars around the land, take them up to the tap, wash them, and reverse them back.
Being in southwest Detroit, when my dad would want to say anything about me or my brothers or sisters, he would start speaking in Spanish to my uncle and my grandmother because we didn’t understand.
My dad wanted me to go down a more academic route. He is very much about sticking to the rule book and sticking to the blueprint of a successful career.
Dad never misses a chance to remind me that whenever we are travelling together, if 100 people mob him for autographs, five approach me.
My dad was one of four children. His three siblings were female, and he loved and protected them.
My mom raised me on her own, so I decided to take her name ‘cause she was my mom and my dad.
When my dad passed, there’s a lot of sadness right below the surface, and I think there will be until the day I die. So, writing sad songs helps it. And when I sing them, it’s pure therapy for me.
It was a very long and hard decision. My dad kept telling me, ‘You can always go to college, but you can’t always go pro.’ That made sense to me.
My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard enough.
When I was 13, I opened my own business called The Awesome Pretzel Company, and my dad helped me build a pretzel cart.
I have been through a lot of ups and downs in life, both personally and professionally, and I discovered over the years that I have a lot of fortitude, and I got that from my dad.
My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.
At the end of the day, I’m here for my son and our future, to be the dad I always wanted to be and in the position I always wanted to be in.
My dad is a very creative type of person, so he has rolls that make no sense to most people familiar with sushi. He has a High Five roll. What is that? Don’t ask questions. Just try it. He’s kind of mischievous, and that’s how I am, too.
My dad has sayings for days. ‘You bloom where you’re planted’ ties into farming, but it also sums up the ideals and morals that we have as a family by staying in Firebaugh.
I love Vegemite sandwiches, Milo, ham sandwiches, chicken breasts, and that’s all I used to eat. I wouldn’t eat anything else. So at home there was always two sets of dinner, one for Mum and Dad and one for me, because I was so fussy.
My dad used to listen to Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, and my mom liked Michael Bolton and Roy Orbison. She was pretty big into country music, too. So there was a wealth of music being played in the house, and I kind of took it all in.
All I want to do is be a good dad, but I’m pretty bad at it.
My biological dad was Armenian. My last name is Lopez, and I have a darker complexion, which throws people for a loop. My mother’s first husband is Mexican. That’s where I got Lopez.
In Brazil, if you have a son, the first thing you give him is a football. That’s the first gift – so my dad was no different.
I said something really stupid once. I told a friend that my mother was so beautiful, but my dad was ugly. My dad heard it and just laughed it off, but I felt guilty. It haunted me for years. I should never have said that.
My dad says I was an extra in ‘Die Hard.’ I think it’s true.
I was raised in the greatest of homes… just a really great dad, and I miss him so much… he was a good man, a real simple man… Very faithful, always loved my mom, always provided for the kids, and just a lot of fun.
Well my dad forced me into playing the violin when I was about three and it all started from there. I went to Suzuki for violin lessons, and you learn to play by ear instead of reading music.
