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" The records in the house I really remember were, well, Glen Campbell's 'Wichita Lineman' and 'Galveston.' Even as a kid, I knew these songs were glorious. My dad also had records by Merle Haggard, Charley Pride, Waylon Jennings, and then there was also the Eagles and Don Henley. Anything Texas, which includes Don Henley, was big. "

Keith Urban

Pride

Big

House

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" My dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious. "

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" One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad. "

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" I think the industry is oblivious to the fact that most people listen to all kinds of stuff. I personally don't know of anyone who listens to only one genre of music. It's vanity because no one does. "

" One of my insecurities was my looks. I was short, cute and chubby, and Dad used to call me his 'little fat sausage.' But I always knew I had musical talent. "

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" My mom is from Venezuela, and my dad is German and Japanese, and we lived in Brazil when I was a kid for a couple of years, and then I grew up on Long Island. I think all the traveling and all the nationalities put that stuff in my head. I was just around it a lot. "

" I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing his father completely smashed. "

" My dad was a holistic doctor, so putting good things into my body has always been something I've strived for. "

" And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, I'm going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, I'm going to play in his band. So I sort of persuaded my dad to get me a kind of a plastic saxophone on the hire purchase plan. "

" My mom was a housewife and a sponge, who would absorb everything and make it all look like a fairytale when he entered the house. For instance, when he came home, I would always be seen studying with my books open. She always made sure that Dad went back to the shoot happily. "

" My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem. "

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Rock

Problem

" My dad was not someone who you would strike with a billy club and he wouldn't strike back. It just wasn't in him. "

" My dad was Jewish. My mom is not. So I was not raised anything. "

" As a kid, I had this ultimate goal to be a teacher. I wanted to be a history teacher like my dad. "

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Kid

Goal

" A mustache really defines your face. My dad had a mustache when I was growing up, and I can still remember when he shaved it, he looked like a completely different person. "

Jason Sudeikis

Remember

Growing Up

" My dad set a clear model for me for what manhood was all about. "

Cory Booker

Clear

Manhood

" When my dad died a lot of songs came, and they're still coming. "

" Everybody wanna be a super dad and the best dad ever, but sometimes, I'm just realizing that I'm not perfect. "

" One day I said to my dad, 'Are you disappointed that I'm working a minimum-wage job and I didn't go to college?' I'll never forget his response. He said, 'It's not about how much money you make or what your job is, but it's more about your character. For that, I'm proud of you.' "

" I remember taking my stabilisers off my bike with my dad in the back garden. It was a small little bike, and it was called Poppy, had balloons on it, and was purple. "

" I was born in West Plains, and we lived here till I was one. Then my dad needed to get a job, so we moved to the St. Louis area. I lived in St. Charles, on the Missouri River, till I was 15. "

" Parents are the centre of a person's solar system, even as an adult. My dad had a stronger gravitational pull than most, so his absence was bound to leave a deep and lasting void. "

" My dad said to me growing up: 'When all is said and done, if you can count all your true friends on one hand, you're a lucky man.' "

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You

True

" My family always helped me. I had people around me who always pushed me to be the best: my dad, my mum. My dad used to play and coach as well. But I wasn't born with shiny things. "

Paul Pogba

Best

Play

" I like eating the right way, doing things the right way. I never had to have my dad come and say, 'Hey, you have to get back to the gym' or, 'Hey, you're eating wrong.' "