All the kids in school taunted me, 'Your dad's going to jail,' and I believed my parents when they said no it wouldn't happen. Then one day I was driving into school with him, which was weird because my mom always took us. And he was like, 'yeah, I'm going to jail.'
Copy Quote View & ShareI love those hockey moms. You know what they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is? Lipstick.
Copy Quote View & ShareI think I can always look back and say my mom and dad would have done this or suggested that in a particular situation. I just really feel blessed to have had them as parents.
Copy Quote View & ShareI want to be on stage and perform and win Grammys and help out my family in Bulgaria, because they are struggling, and my mom and dad, too.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy mom is my biggest support and critic. I've tried to be a good son, and I don't think I've given her a single day of grief. I want her to know she has my unconditional love.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy dad is Polish. My mom is Moroccan, and I grew up around all kinds of different languages, and I love playing with it, and I love picking up new melodies.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy grandmother and, and her father actually started a scholarship program in our church, you know, obviously, before I was born. And then my mom also owns a preschool, so, you know, education and giving back are just kind of in, in the genes, in a sense.
Copy Quote View & ShareOkay, fluoride in the water to help our teeth. Well, shouldn't that be the job of your mom and dad? To teach you how to brush your teeth and use mouth wash? What do we need the government to do it for? Clearly, what a scam. Fluoride in the water.
Copy Quote View & ShareMost children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad. Kids lead a very private life. And I was a typical child, I think. I was a liar.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy mom used to get arrested for being with my dad. She would get fined. She would spend weekends in jail.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy mom taught me how to sew when I was 2 or 3, so I've been sewing for as long as I can remember.
Copy Quote View & ShareI learned to cook from my mom. Most of what I ate growing up was Italian cooking.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy Mom and Dad always told me to not act on emotion, act on what is real. When you're mad don't do something wrong because you're mad.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe way my family always did Christmas was on Christmas Eve, it wasn't really centered around a dinner on Christmas Eve. It was more about keeping the kids calm. Sometime after dark is when we were going to open all the presents underneath the tree from Mom, Dad and the kids and everything - just the family presents was every Christmas Eve.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy mom always told me: Never make fun of anybody, because you never know what that person is going through. Ever since I was a kid, I never did. I never did.
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