John 5 Quotes

My dad has always been a big Ray Charles fan, and I've grown up listening to all kinds of music.

When I was born, that was the music my mother was listening to. Michael Jackson is a third parent to me.

My dad played music so I was around it at a really young age.

I remember li'l ol' Hank Jr. - he was just a baby back in them days, you know - but he used to hang around. His mama would bring him around. He was just a natural.

I'm not giving up my history and what I've done in my music because I love it and I'm very proud of it. I just want to open it up for more people.

A cello was there 400 years ago and will still be here in 400 years.

My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it.

I've been acting for a long time now, but as narcissistic as this sounds - and I don't mean it to sound - every time I see my name up there, there is real sense of pride.

I may not have been the best Yankee to put on the pinstripes, but I am the proudest.

I'm really proud of 'Moneyball.' To me, it's about feeling pride in a movie I made. I think when I'm an old man I'll be able to show it to my grandkids with pride. That's all I can really go for: making movies to please me.

If it happens, I'll be proud, and it would be a dream come true, though I doubt I ever thought I'd be a Hall of Famer when I started. It wasn't until late in my career that people started to mention it, and you start thinking about it a little bit.

My father was truly a great man. I remember one day putting my feet in my father's shoes. I was amazed at the size. Would I ever be big enough to fill his shoes? Could I ever grow into the man my father was? I wondered.

The thing I'm most proud of is my family, the way they've turned out.

My dad was a great guy; my mother was wonderful. I was very lucky to be around music from the time I woke up until I went to bed.

It was just music all day... My neighbors were musicians, and my brother and my family and everybody... It was just a musical neighborhood. I think the neighborhood was such a good family type of vibe for me that I didn't even realize some of the people weren't my real family till later on in life.

What I want most is for my son to be proud of me.

I still want to make Kyra proud of the person I am - father, husband, actor, musician.

Both my grandfathers and my mother's brother were musicians.

Mum eventually graduated with a City & Guilds certificate that hung proudly on our living room wall throughout my childhood.

Pretty much every record I've ever done, I can go back and listen to them and be proud. I'm proud of everything I've done.

When I look back at my career it is nice to know that I've been appreciated on and off the pitch because not everyone is.

Robert Plant, Kenny Chesney, Mavis Staples, Taj Mahal, this incredible array of folks, all taught me a way to carry yourself with dignity.

My father's music is all I remember from my childhood.

On a personal note, reaching the World Cup would be something that no one could ever take away from me.

My earliest memory of music has to be watching my mother play the santoor.