Quincy Jones Quotes

But I still always felt the absence of a mother.

Somewhere, sometime I'd stopped expecting my father to father.

I never experienced any feelings of closeness and caring from my parents.

My father never kissed me, hugged me or told me that he loved me. As my only living parent, he became the filter through which I saw myself, the possibilities for my life, the world and all men. He was a conflicted and dark filter.

My father wasn't really involved and my mom is the light in my life.

Mothers are supposed to listen and, afterward, to respond with some wisdom and perspective, but these things were not my mother's strong suit.

Kids who don't have moms suffer a lifetime.

I remember when I was a little boy my father didn't love me; he couldn't. He loved my older brother but he couldn't love me somehow, at least not in a way I could understand it.

My mother is a very strange woman... She doesn't understand me in the least and doesn't love me much either. If she had either love or understanding she would be prepared to make sacrifices.

If my father had hugged me even once, I'd be an accountant right now.

My mother never breast fed me, she told me she only liked me as a friend.

I am lucky to have three daughters who are completely different. I look at my daughters and I have different relationships with all three and there are parts of each personality that are very special.

My family helps me a lot, and my mum is always picking on me. I have grown used to saying that she is the worst defender I have had to face, but I know she says all that stuff for my own good.

I love my mum and dad, but they were shocking providers and carers.

Your parents don't give you much love, do they?' 'I don't need that stuff,' I told her. 'Henry, everybody needs love.' 'I don't need anything.' 'You poor boy.

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

My childhood lacked affection and ambience.

Parents are your teachers until a certain point, and if they don't give you love, you'll go somewhere else to find it.

My mom won't let anyone treat me like a little princess.

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it.

Because I see my mum and dad as such amazing friends, I think I'll be a really good dad.

My dad used to ignore me when I was a kid. He couldn't stand my voice, so he just used to ignore me, and then he'd impersonate me.

My father never put me on his lap and said he loved me.

One of the things I would have loved to have had was a family that worked better together, although I love my mother and father to bits.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.