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" My dad was always playing music. Not, like, playing music but listening to music. "

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" When I was 18, I thought my father was pretty dumb. After a while when I got to be 21, I was amazed to find out how much he'd learned in three years. "

" I maybe missed money in my childhood, but I didn't miss love, that's for sure. My dad wasn't there, but I can tell you not even once did I think I was missing something. "

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" Young men are obsessed with their dads, and they remain obsessed if the dad is not around. Remember that there was a lot of discussion about how George W. Bush might have invaded Iraq to atone for the failures of his dad. "

" My mom and my dad are ebullient people, and I think I carry that with me. "

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" It's just really making sure I am doing the best job I can do as a dad. I do think that is my No. 1 job. "

" Because my dad's Chinese-American, and they're very concrete, he said, 'There's no money to be made in literature.' So he told me to go into the sciences. And I was a good girl. And I did what Daddy said. And that's how I ended up being a doctor. But you know, you just can't stamp out that desire to tell stories. "

" My mum and dad used to make me stand up at dinner parties and sing to their friends. "

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" I was a sad kid. "

" When I was young, I was the kid who would call my dad from a slumber party to beg him to come pick me up. "

" My dad died when I was 23. His death was sudden and shocking - the result of a car crash - and I never got to say goodbye. "

" I have tried to create bonds with my daughters like my dad created with me. "

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" I know my dad always wanted to heal the world, and so I think it would be great to follow in his footsteps. "

" I always wanted to be a surgeon, because I had a lot of admiration for my father, who is also a surgeon. I also wanted to be a heart surgeon. That was motivated by the fact that my young aunt, a sister of my dad, died in her early 20s of a correctable heart disease. "

" I'm just myself. That's the best way to put it. "

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" My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.' "

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" My dad was a very quiet person, and unbelievably tough. But my grandmother gave me my first look at negative thinking to bring about positive results. When I was just a little guy, anytime I came to my grandmother and said I wish for this or that, Grandma would say, 'If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.' "

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" There were some times when I just wanted to quit making music. "

" There's certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through. I think if I would have come home and told my dad that I was going to quit the team, I think he would have kicked me out of the house. I don't think I'd have a place to stay. "

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" My dad is my biggest source of inspiration. He's a lawyer, and when he'd get home, we always sat down and listened to music. "