Ive always taken my love of children from my father. He was a children magnet. Suddenly, having my first child hit home what my dad went through. – Robert Carlyle
I listened to the radio, so I was influenced by everyone from Michael Jackson to Milli Vanilli. But thankfully my dad had a collection of Cat Stevens albums while my mom was listening to jazz. – Jason Mraz
My dad would give me $10, which is a lot of money when youre 9, to sing at church, on tables at restaurants, at family functions, just about anywhere. – Katy Perry
Ive always said that Adele has turned so many people on to British singers – whether female singers or just like music from this country in general. – Ellie Goulding
Of what use, however, is a general certainty that an insect will not walk with his head hindmost, when what you need to know is the play of inward stimulus that sends him hither and thither in a network of possible paths? – George Eliot
