Seth Gabel Quotes

People had always vaguely mentioned that when you have children, how part of your life would stop. But they don't say that some other extraordinary part of your life opens up.

There's something about being a parent that has, I think, made me a better comedian.

I spent 2010-2012 in Stockholm, trying to figure things out. I caught up on life! At the end of 2012, the relationship I was in ended, and I took the first plane to L.A. where my Swedish label has been setting up base. I felt so much more inspired to write and record than I had ever been, and the songs just started coming.

Having my son made me grow up. I'm keeping my dangers in the movies.

Having kids sets a bomb off in your life. It really makes you examine who you are, what you believe in and what you want to be. And that is magical for creativity.

When I was 25, people used to say to me that having kids would change you, and I'd roll my eyes.

Doing a kid's movie is fun when you have kids. You don't want to do kids' movies if you don't have kids. When you have kids, things change in your life.

I'm starting my own family, and there is no other feeling like it.

People say, When you have children, everything changes. But maybe things are awakened that were already there.

Becoming a mother cannot help but change things. An author's life is reflected in their writing, whether they want it to be or not, and parenthood is one of the biggest life changes there is.

As a father, I do everything my dad didn't do. My son Beau's birth changed my life.

I don't think you automatically become an enlightened person because you are a daddy. But they will change you, of course - their understanding of you puts you in a different place.

People tell you everything changes when you have a kid, but what nobody says is you don't mind.

I'm also married for the first time, and I have two kids. So there's some kind of good karma right now.

When my son was born, I spent a lot of time with him. I came to know a better side of me that I didn't know till now. He is actually the biggest change in my life.

Anything that is profoundly energy-shifting - like having a child - is fodder for creative thought. So for me, I welcome it and look straight into it as something to learn from.

The songs I write and the way I see the world have been affected a certain amount since I became a father.

Some people think that your life changes for the worse when you become a father, but on the contrary, when my daughter was born, she brought light and joy into my life.

You know, I think becoming a parent has really changed the way that I feel impacted by what's going on in the world around me.

Being a mother impacts every aspect of your life. It's a rite of passage which gives you an entirely different outlook on things.

Fatherhood changed me as a musician.

My mindset at this stage, especially after having a daughter... it's just changed my whole outlook.

I am making an effort to truly live. I don't mean to imply by that that I haven't been alive before but, with my son being here and such a powerful force in my life, he's given me a freedom to be more. I think that sometimes we can get stuck, and just the fact that he's here says so much to me about my own existence. I didn't think I'd be able to have children, and this level of blessing is something I can't even put my finger on.

No man can possibly know what life means, what the world means, until he has a child and loves it. And then the whole universe changes and nothing will ever again seem exactly as it seemed before.

Having children made me go down a road of serious introspection and self-examination. I think it's informed and hopefully enhanced my creativity.