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The music I want to hear in my head sounds somewhere between Jimi Hendrix and Massive Attack. Its not really like my dad, but there will always be similarities because we have the same vocal cords, and I learnt the guitar the way he taught me. – Dhani Harrison

I dont really plan to be a pop star I just want to be able to make music without the whole My Dad thing hanging over me, which everyone in my position goes through. – Dhani Harrison

You can t help being a musician because youve grown up with music, yet being one means being compared to your dad and being slated for it. But I really dont have the ambitions of most people going into the industry. – Dhani Harrison

Keep your head down at school. Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years. – Dhani Harrison

Playing music has always felt very natural. You know, you do try to do other things, and you do learn lessons that way, but, eventually – well… if your dad is a plumber, you become a plumber. Its the family business, and I felt like I was taking over the family business. – Dhani Harrison

I did Albert Hall, I got to play the Hall of Fame with Prince. So Ive done that kind of stuff for ages. It wasnt until after we finished working on Brainwash, my dads album after he died, then it was like That phase is over in my life now, now we can get on with our music, with our band. – Dhani Harrison

When my dad toured in 91, I think my first gig properly was the Tokyo Dome, 50,000 people indoors. That was pretty scary. I was 12, or 13. – Dhani Harrison

I was recording stuff with my dad when I was like five, six years old. I played with him on tour. Id gone with him to Japan in 91, played some gigs, did a couple shows at the Albert Hall. – Dhani Harrison

My dad lived till he was 78, my mum was in her 80s, and Ive got two uncles who are in their 90s now. – Ron Wood

As a brother and sister, our tastes were pretty different growing up. He liked a lot of early hip hop. My dad didnt understand it and would try to talk him out of it. – Taryn Manning

My dad was quiet, angry, shut down. So my thing is: I express everything thats there. I want to get it all out. – Glen Hansard

My dad was a big believer in treating people well, oftentimes even when he himself wasnt well. – Neil Cavuto

And what is a stage dad, or a stage mom? Its someone whos protective. Thats all. – Nigel Lythgoe

My dads half-Lebanese, my mom is full Lebanese. Im three-quarters Lebanese. Irish-Lebanese. – Tom Shadyac

Most young people havent used their storytelling skills since they were 8 or 9 or 10 and wanted to persuade Mom and Dad to take them to the ball game. – Peter Guber

My dad always told me that anyones voice is just another instrument added to the music. – T-Pain

David and Dad didnt get along too well growing up. I mean we all got along, but it was harder on David, because David wasnt going to be the son that Dad wanted. But now theyre like best friends. – Amy Sedaris

My dad was a musician, it was just what he did, like another guys dad drives a meat truck. Our house was normal. We werent taken with the fact our dad was a musician. – Branford Marsalis

My dad grew up in a working-class Jewish neighbourhood, and I got a scholarship from my dads union to go to college. I went there to get an education, not as an extension of privilege. – Ezra Koenig

Ive always wanted to be a dad. – Kris Allen