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I am a four star general in this thing, and you do not rise to the ranks of a four star general by hanging about the house being the perfect dad.

As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear.

One day when I was like 9, I heard the Beatles on the radio, and I asked my dad who they were. He told me they were the best band in the world, and I became obsessed. He started giving me their albums in sequential order, and I listened to them - and only them - until I was probably in high school.

I think people like to think I am in some way financially dependent on my family - on my dad - but the fact of the matter is I have been emancipated from my father since I was 14 years old. That is something people do not know or understand.

My mom grew up in Kansas, my dad in Indiana. They had boring childhoods.

My mom was a dancer, my dad's a singer and I have always had that kind of music in my life.

From about eight years old I was always making things on the sewing machine. Friends would see me making dresses and costumes, and I do use difficult fabrics such as Lycra and elastic. But you know, my dad was creative and my brother is inventive too.

Mum and dad thought I was going to say I was pregnant. I said oh no, no, I have just been nominated for a Golden Globe. They were like, oh that is lovely, love.

One of the accidental joys of my writing life has been that I have had some lovely, surprisingly good fortune with readers, and I have brought readers to my dad's work. I can not tell you the joy that gives me. Because my father's work was masterful.

Somewhere in my wildest childhood I must have done something right. Being able to make a boyhood dream come true is one thing, but to have a kid come along and thrill his dad like Brett Hull has thrilled me over his career is too much for one guy to handle.

My dad and mom divorced when I was around ten, and I did not live with him after that, though he was close by and we saw each other weekly. I was not really aware that he was a writer I did not start reading his writing until I was about fifteen. It occurred to me then that my dad was kind of special he is still one of my favorite writers.

The most challenging part of being a dad is self-restraint. So often your instinct is to teach and tell. I am constantly reminding myself to listen to them.

I am a dad now and whatever I am doing in life I usually put a lot of effort into it - usually too much effort, so it kind of comes off ridiculous at times.

I grew up in a big Irish, Catholic family. My dad was a pretty rough guy. So one of my brothers left home when he was 15 and found his way to the gym. It gave me the opportunity to go and spend some time with him and work out in the gym.

I know who my dad is, I have met him a few times, but I do not even call him dad. I know it sounds horrible, but I do not even see him as part of my family, to be honest. If you want the truth, it Does not bother me because I do not know any different. I just know that me and my mum, that was my family.

My folks have played everything from rock, disco, pop, funk, and blues. My dad has always brought and played different genres like jazz, classical, and Latin. With all this in my pocket, I feel I have a taste of everything for my influences.

I love my daughter, but she had me on couscous and fixed me pastas and made me eat oatmeal every morning and what else, turkey burgers, turkey bacon, and that kind of stuff. So she wants her dad to live a long time, and I do, too.

It is always been a dream of mine to get somewhere and to have my mom and dad with me up there.

My dad wanted me to play when I was a kid, so I learned to play the guitar. I pursued a career in music because I love it so much and I enjoy what it does to those who hear it.

I needed to step away from music because the truth was I couldn't be the dad I wanted to be to my kids. My truth was that I could not reconcile the two worlds - the entertainment world and being the dad I wanted to be in the present. You can not substitute time, you just can not.