Dhani Harrison Quotes

I was an only child, and I spent a lot of time alone. My dad was an only child, too, so we didn't have a big family, and I was really close with both of my parents. Like any kid, I thought I knew more than they did.

I had a very lovely childhood, and, being an only child, I'm very close to my mom and my dad.

Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents.

I was an only child until I was six.

I grew up as an only child, so inherently, most of my life was centered around me. My parents taught me to play well with others and to share my toys, but I was still an only child who didn't have to share my parent's attention with siblings. As great as my childhood was, I always wanted brothers and sisters.

Being an only child, my mother reared me very carefully.

You know, as an only child, you're kind of in a bubble, and there are all sorts of things about my childhood that I still can't really place.

I'm an only child, and I think one of the sweet things about that is that my parents are really interested in every aspect of my life.

I was an only child and grew up in York where my parents ran a surgical supplies shop. When I say I wish I had brothers and sisters, friends say it's not what it's cracked up to be, but I think it must be good to have someone who knew you from the beginning.

My mother has a very big family in Shanghai, so I have, like, almost 40 cousins, so we stayed together all the time. So by the time I get to Hong Kong, I become the only child and the only one surrounded by adults, you know.

My parents were very, very close; they pretty much grew up together. They were born in 1912. They were each other's only boyfriend and girlfriend. They were - to use a contemporary term I hate - co-dependent, and they had me very late. So they had their way of doing things, and they reinforced each other.

I grew up as an only child. My parents weren't great conversationalists. We had a quiet house. I'm not very verbal.

I grew up as one of six kids.

I'm essentially a momma's boy with a good education.

I've only recently realized that I have a radically different relationship with my parents than a lot of people.

My dad shaped the footballing side of me, and Mum shaped me as a person. I've always been very close to her - we've only ever had one argument, and that was over something stupid when I was 13.

Without siblings you get quite a skewed vision of yourself and of the world. I always felt I didn't understand how it worked. I remember feeling quite lonely.

I had a very strict upbringing with my dad and was very close to my mum, who was extremely loving.

I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved.

I was an only child until I was 11 years old, which is when my sister was born. So for 11 years, it was just me.

Being an only child, I didn't have any other family but my mom and dad really, since the rest of my family lived quite far away from London.

When I was young, I didn't like going to school, but I loved my dad. He was my professor.

We all work hard to understand the dynamic relationship we have with a parent.

I remember that I used to mix with my friends who had brothers and sisters. I was an only child.

The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent.