If I walked into the kitchen without washing my hands as a kid, I’d hear a loud ‚A-hem!‘ from my mother or grandmother. Now I count on other people to do the same.

There’s a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family.

I had a Super Grover doll growing up. Super Grover was very clumsy, he wasn’t very good-looking. But in his own way he’d always save the day.

My family is very good about visiting me, and other friends as well.

My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn’t speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind – like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.

As a mom, I know it is my responsibility, and no one else’s, to raise my kids. But we have to ask ourselves, what does it mean when so many parents are finding their best efforts undermined by an avalanche of advertisements aimed at our kids.

I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.

Train up a child in the way that he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Of all nature’s gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?

My mother loved children – she would have given anything if I had been one.

I’ve worked with children all my life.

I always tried to do things by example, even though I was not a very good mother regarding routines and family life.

‚Doo-wop‘ is a very special word for me. Because I grew up listening to my dad who, as a Fifties rock & roll head, loved doo-wop music.

I feel like I’m the kind of guy that would have kids before getting married. The first thing would be kids.

I’m just a little kid from Akron.

Any man who doesn’t love his mama can’t be no friend of mine.

Treat your children like the blessings they are or don’t have them at all.

My mom and my dad were both very sociable, meeting lots of interesting people.

As a child, I was an active Christian. I used to love the school choir and remember the carol service as always such an emotional thing.

All the songs I write are about human dynamics, whether it’s with girlfriends, boyfriends, or family.

I read to my kid, but I can’t stand reading.

I have a brother and sister; my mother does not care for thought, and father, too busy with his briefs to notice what we do. He buys me many books, but begs me not to read them, because he fears they joggle the mind.

We must respect the other fellow’s religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.

Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was when I was not one.

I don’t take pictures when I’m with my kids, for the sake of my kids. It’s important when you’re as busy as I am that you give your kids your time when you’re with them, and nothing compromises that. I’ve been lucky enough to have fans that understand that.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

Think about what people are doing on Facebook today. They’re keeping up with their friends and family, but they’re also building an image and identity for themselves, which in a sense is their brand. They’re connecting with the audience that they want to connect to. It’s almost a disadvantage if you’re not on it now.

Not many people know this about me, but I’m a natural blonde. My hair went from light blonde naturally to a darker kind of blonde. My mother dyed my hair dark when I was a child, as I loved the look then. So I’m basically a natural blonde.

As a father, safety is always a top of mind issue for me.

I want my kids to see me as Dad, for God’s sake, not a television personality.

My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family had to work as security guards and janitors. And I just got angry.

I never saw any of my dad’s stories. My mother said he had piles and piles of manuscripts.

I always wanted to do what my brothers were doing. I always wanted to play the games they played and play rough and wear pants and go outside.

My whole family are hams. They’re storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.

One has children in the expectation of dying before them. In fact, you want to make damn sure you die before them, just as you plant a tree or build a house knowing, hoping that it will outlive you. That’s how the human species has done as well as it has.

All the learnin‘ my father paid for was a bit o‘ birch at one end and an alphabet at the other.

When I was 8 years old, I saw ‚Raiders of the Lost Ark‘ in Charlotte, North Carolina. I walked out of there and was so inspired. I loved the movie, and I knew I wanted to be that guy.

You learn that there’s no right way to do it, no wrong way to do it. It’s just what you feel comfortable with, to trust that, and don’t let anybody box you in to a certain style of parenting or make you feel a certain way about what your kids do.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

The things that transfixed you as a child, that you found most exciting was not a passing fancy, but a message about what you’re supposed to do.

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!

I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love of my family. We were a family that would have killed for each other – and we still are.

Lectures should go from being like the family singing around the piano to high-quality concerts.

When I was a kid, I never thought much about football. I thought about following in my family’s footsteps and going into professional wrestling.

I’ve been my mom’s kitchen helper since I was a little kid.

Where thou art, that is home.

I don’t let a lot of reporters meet my children.

If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don’t believe in it.

Ironically, parenting is a shame and judgment minefield precisely because most of us are wading through uncertainty and self-doubt when it comes to raising our children.

When I was a kid at four years old, that’s when I started amateur wrestling with my dad and family. And when that’s instilled in you, it never goes away.

My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families – second families, perhaps I should say.

Everyone my age probably grew up listening to the ‚perreos‘ of Plan B.

It’s hard knowing who to trust with your personal life. When you cry in your room at night, you don’t always know who to call. So I am very close to my family.

You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.

When I was a teenager, my biggest lessons came from Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, George Strait, Rascal Flatts and Brad Paisley. I learned so much from opening up for those artists, and it also taught me how to treat your opening acts and make them feel like they’re part of a family, not just a tour.

My mama never wore a pair of pants when I was growing up, and now that’s all she wears. It was so funny for me when I first started seeing Mama wear pants. It was like it wasn’t Mama. Now I’ve bought her many a pantsuit because she just lives in them.

I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don’t buy a single vote more than is necessary. I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for a landslide.

Ultimately this issue is on us. We’re the ones who make the decisions about what our kids eat.

My whole family have all been through a difficult time. My focus is my children, our children.

When I cook for my family on Christmas, I make feijoada, a South American dish of roasted and smoked meats like ham, pork, beef, lamb, and bacon – all served with black beans and rice. It’s festive but different.