“The effect hip-hop had on me was enormous. I was exposed to it by happenstance. My father worked at a radio station in New York called WKTU Disco 92. It was the first radio station in New York City to play disco in the late '70s.” FirstsPlayFatherCitiesEffectsNew YorkLateHip HopRadioEnormousHipsHopsStationsNew York CityExposedDiscoRadio StationsHappenstance Author:Michael Rapaport
“And my father left me a legacy of his handwriting through letters and a notebook. In the last two years of his life, when he was sick, he filled a notebook with his thoughts about me… There are times when I want to trade all those years that I was too busy to sit with my dad and chat with him, and trade all those years for one hug. But too late. But that's when I take out his letters and I read them, and the paper that touched his hand is in mine, and I feel connected to him.” WantFeelsYearsTwoHandsLastsFatherLeftMinesDadPaperLateLettersSickTradeFilledMy DadBusyConnectedLegacyToo LateTouchedTwo YearsHugNotebookToo BusyHandwriting Author:Lakshmi Pratury
“I didn't cry at my father's funeral, and I felt guilty about that. Of course, he got sick not too long after he and I had had that final altercation, and I felt real guilty because of that, too. Then years later, one day, I was probably in my late twenties, early thirties, and I just broke down crying, because I finally got my father.” YearsLongRealCoursesFatherFeltCryOne DayLateSickTwentiesFinalsGuiltyBrokeFuneralLate Twenties Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“I tried to be the greatest boxer in the world and a good parent, too. I had instant feedback on my success as a boxer. Often, parents don't really know if what they are doing is right or wrong until their child is grown and it is too late to change any of the decisions. Whatever my failings as a parent, I am very proud of all my children. It wasn't easy for them to make their own way with such a controversial and public father.” IfsKnowsWorldWayChildrenFatherEasyParentDecisionFailingProudLateMy ChildrenInstantToo LateFeedbackControversialBoxersGood Parent Book:The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey Source: The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey
“Well, my father Kingsley Amis was a writer and it seemed natural to start writing in my late teens. I think it was good that I began when I was young and bold and foolish, otherwise I'd have become too self-conscious and aware of the weight of not having written anything yet.” ThinkingWritingWellsSelfYoungFatherNaturalWrittenLateConsciousWeightFoolishTeensSelf Conscious Author:Martin Amis
“Many were starting to use computerized synthesizers & drum machines to produce an entirely new style of music. It was being punted by the critics that the guitar was old hat; I was reminded of the way my father & his clarinets were written off in the late Fifties.” WayUseFatherWrittenStyleProduceLateMachinesCriticsGuitarStartingHatsClarinetSynthesizers Author:Pete Townshend