John Prine Quotes

I was angry and frustrated until I started my own family and my first child was born. Until then I didn't really appreciate life the way I should have, but fortunately I woke up.

A lot changed the moment I had kids; I had no idea of the perspective it would give me. It made making the right decisions a lot easier.

Being a father helps me be more responsible... you see more things than you've ever seen.

Being a mom has affected me in the greatest way possible - and in a necessary way. Having my son has helped me to be grounded, and I feel like with a child you have to really think about things all the way through.

When you have kids you do grow up. I have just started realising it now-it changes the world, having children.

You just become more mature as a human being, having a child. The stakes are a lot higher, things are different. It teaches you to be patient and it's changed me a lot.

My life has totally changed. It's like, if someone cuts me off in traffic, I used to think about stopping and pulling them out of their car to deal with them. Now that I've got a kid, I totally re-think moments like that. There are a lot of things I can't do anymore and that's probably a good thing.

My life has taken on a different course. I've got a responsibility now not just as a husband but as a father.

Fatherhood has changed me, I've become more patient.

Being 40 and having three kids puts lots of things in perspective and helps me stay grounded.

Life experiences inherently change you as a writer. My sense of fury calmed down when I had children and found a loving partner.

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

My daughter's the greatest thing that's happened to me in my life and she turned me into a more responsible man, as opposed to just someone who's a perpetual teenager, thinking you're a man when you're not.

Children change you. They really do.

I'd always imagined that one day I would be a father, but mostly it was off my radar. I admired friends who had somehow figured out how to cross that threshold.

The moment you have a child, in an instant your life is not for you, and your life is completely, 100 percent dedicated to another human being, and they will always come first. It changes you forever. It changes your perspective, and it gives you a nice purpose and focus.

I think being a mother helps keep your feet on the ground. There's very little dignity in parenthood. It's a great leveller.

I've had to calm down, I have a kid! It is amazing. It's the best thing ever. Nothing better than it.

I've been running my whole life. Running into bars, running around the world. But when you have a child, you can't run. That was a revelation.

Like every parent, when you start your family, your life completely changes. And you completely live for someone else. I find that the most extraordinary thing. Your life is handed over to someone else. From that moment on, they come first in every choice you make. It's the most wonderful thing.

It makes you more open, it gives you perspective, having a child.

Being a father is the most important thing, if you ask me. It changed me as a person and gave me an all new life.

After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.

Being a mother changes perspective. Things that were once really important, the sole focus of your life, aren't the same.

It's all about balance, and I have so much happiness in my career and am fortunate to travel the world and see so many amazing things - it will also be nice to be anchored to something grounded and in the same place. Raising a family will be a wonderful part of that.