I was born and brought up in Liverpool with my clever little sister Jemma, who is 14 and wants to be a vet. My mum Jane is an administrator and my dad Peter is a taxi driver.
I come from an ordinary family - my dad is a carpenter, a roof-maker - and we've always loved racing together.
(n.) Father; -- a word sometimes used by children.
My dad worked two jobs and moved us to the suburbs, and just being a black person, I went through a lot of racism and being called names and being bullied every single day. And it was hard. I didn't h...
Where I come from, you don't really talk about how much you're earning. Those things are private. My dad never told my mum how much he was earning. I'm certainly not going to tell the world. I'm doing...
My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish.
My father was the guy on the block who said hi to everyone.
I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out.
An angry father is most cruel towards himself.
I started out mopping floors, waiting tables, and tending bar at my dad's tavern. I put myself through school working odd jobs and night shifts. I poured my heart and soul into a small business. And w...
My dad instilled in me a great sense of humor. I wasn't bullied at school because my outward attitude was confident, and that helps.
My mom was a professional. My dad and mom met each other in a movie called 'New Faces of 1937.' My mom went under the name Thelma Leeds, and she did a few movies, and she was really a great singer, an...
I always wanted to be a stay-at-home dad making art, making movies.
My dad liked a lot of Motown, but I didn't listen to it until my teenage years.
I never saw my dad cry. My son saw me cry. My dad never told me he loved me, and consequently I told Scott I loved him every other minute. The point is, I'll make less mistakes than my dad, my sons ho...
At one point my dad called me and said, 'You have always been a great salesman. I think it's time you come home and sell swimming pools.'
My dad was a Methodist minister.
I like all the angels around because they protect me and my daughter. I mean, her Dad's an angel.
Now my dad is with me, traveling with me and a big part of this whole thing is I like to mix it up a little bit, you know. Who gets to take their father on a private jet across the country and stay in...
Employee fathers need to step up to the plate and put their family needs on the table.
I never had a speech from my father 'this is what you must do or shouldn't do' but I just learned to be led by example. My father wasn't perfect.