Shankar Mahadevan Quotes

My father is very supportive of anything that his kids want to do.

My mother dreamed dreams for Joaquin and for me long before we could dream them for ourselves.

Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make.

My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.

My parents were an ordinary East End family and very supportive - they would have supported me no matter what I wanted to do.

My mom was always so supportive; she enabled me to pursue my dreams. I danced on Broadway as a kid, and she would never miss a show.

My mum was always more pushing me towards the academic side; she wasn't really interested in me having a professional football career.

My parents always told my sister and me that if we wanted to, we could be doctors and lawyers, like my father and his brothers, like some of their women friends. Denise and I had art in our sights, though.

We were pretty fortunate that we lived in a very supportive household, so our mom and dad, they didn't care what we did. They just wanted us to do something. Whatever we're passionate about, they would support us.

If my children want to pursue their dreams, I will always support them.

I remember studying so hard for so long and saying to my parents, 'I will be a teacher.' And they were looking at me like, 'Girl... you just want to be on stage. Stop pretending.' So when I chose to do music, they were relieved. My parents were more intelligent and lucid than I was.

Both my parents were very supportive of me in whatever I wanted to do.

It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.

My parents were super supportive of my big dreams; I was pretty lucky. I guess I became a musician because I didn't see myself doing or loving anything else as much.

I want to thank my mother and my father for teaching me to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true.

I grew up in a good family with good parents, and I was able to dream big and have the support to live it out.

My parents were very supportive. They went to every show. And they never told me not to do what I was doing.

I've got three daughters and I'm going to stand up for them and support them in whatever they want to do.

My dad takes care of me as a manager and as a dad. That's his job, you know, to take care of me. He has my best interests at heart.

I was always a closet lover of acting. My mom was very practical. She never, ever restricted our dreams, always told us we could do or be anything. Then I said, 'Maybe I want to be an actor'. And she said, 'Maybe not that'.

It's always been a dream of mine to get somewhere and to have my mom and dad with me up there.

My parents always told me to be myself. I was always funny and silly as a kid. And I would always make them laugh. And they always told me to dream big and follow those dreams.

My family doesn't understand trying to chase your dreams because they were all about survival.

My parents always knew that I loved music. They just didn't think I'd try to make it a career. They thought I'd be a painter or an art teacher or something like that.

If the kids did want to get into showbiz then so be it, but I would never project anything on to my children.