My dad was a Seventh-Day Adventist pastor, and from an early age I was put off by being force-fed a belief system.
My dad was such a bigot. He was a horrible, self-centred person. He was really racist and he’d talk about the Jews and blacks and Catholics even.
My dad being not the greatest dad in the world has made me a better parent.
My dad grew up in Washington Heights. I grew up in New York in Manhattan. So we’re purebred New Yorkers.
Our dad is not one to impart advice or gloat or reminisce about the good old days. But he’s a race car guy, been a car guy forever, and he always wants to talk about cars.
Me and my buddies are all like brothers. So it’s okay for us to say ‘I love you’ or whatever. It’s always cool. I think that comes from my dad. That’s just the way he always was.
My mom is from Cuba, my dad is from Spain, and I grew up in Miami. So there’s maybe a little more flair in me than typical Silicon Valley types.
I grew up with lacrosse in my life because my dad played lacrosse all throughout college, so I grew up with the gear in my house – like the sticks, the helmet.
Dad’s funeral was standing room only; most in attendance were strangers to me. At the back, a lone Marine stood silently, then left. People told me he’d saved their life or helped them in their darkest hour.
I grew up on a council estate in south London; my dad was a bus driver and my mum sewed clothes to bring in extra money. My parents worked hard and were able to save up and buy a home for our family.
Wherever you’re from, you adapt to your environment. It definitely made my music a little bit more explicit. Because I really was in North Philly, I listened to State Property and stuff. Everything my dad listened to, I listened to.
I wrote ‘A Boy and His Soul’ that talks about how my mother had lupus and my dad dying of a heart condition.
My hat was pulled down and this girl said ‘Are you really him?’ I whispered ‘Yeah, I’m really him.’ She screamed, ‘Mom! Dad! It’s Heath Ledger!
My dad was a diehard Cowboys fan. I was raised as a Cowboy fan, and I was forced to be a Cowboy fan.
When I grew up, my dad always used to watch ‘Star Trek’ and any and every sci-fi show you could imagine. I used to watch it with him, and I loved it.
I have gotten a number of invitations to be on television shows as ‘the dad,’ but that was Kryptonite to me. I was like, ‘This would be the death of me. I’ll be a cesspool of niceness.’ It doesn’t feed me.
I grew up with a truck. My dad had one, so I like trucks.
Growing up, my best friend was the movie theaters. I’d go to the movies every week, multiple times a week, with my dad or alone.
My dad died from pancreatic cancer at 54… I’m making sure I’m eating my vegetables and staying away from the red meat.
I knew ‘Hurt’ way before Dad recorded it. In 1992, ‘Downward Spiral’ was one of my favorite albums.
I had a very lovely childhood, and, being an only child, I’m very close to my mom and my dad.
I got a horse when I was eight or 10 years old. And dad used to take me to the rodeo back home. I got into it big time.
I owe a lot to my dad, just for having provided the wrestling business for us to get into.
No matter what, I never want to say something about Tarek that my kids would have to read about later. That’s their dad, and it’s not my focus to put him down.
Dad almost died of a heart attack in the middle of making Apocalypse Now, the biggest movie of his life. It doesn’t make you want to jump into that business.
