Chris Robinson Quotes

For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted.

I go off and make movies; I come home, and I'm a dad and I hang with my girls.

Is it harder having kids and working? It definitely is, but the payoff is you get to go home to your kids, and it all balances out. And I know I'm a better mother when I'm engaged in something outside of the house.

I'm having a lot of fun, enjoying my life and trying to raise my children.

I think you have to go and fill your cup and do so diversely; otherwise, then you burn out.

It feels like we have two threads running through our lives: one pulling us into the world to achieve, the other pulling us back to replenish us. These threads can seem at odds, but really, they enforce each other. It's not a trade-off between success and sleep.

I strongly disagree that you can't have a happy family life and a child as well as rock n' roll.

I'm a bit tired of so much football, so much football. I want to enjoy my family a bit. I'm very keen to stop and get a bit of calm.

You can be a good mom and still work out, get your rest, have a career - or not. My mother encouraged me to find that balance.

Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.

I'm about making music and spending time with my family. I've been in the spotlight so long that I'm looking for something different.

There's so much more to life than golf. Family is always first.

A star needs all the rest she can get.

But by taking the time away, getting myself off the treadmill, and just slowing down and learning, I felt I had so much more to give back. And maybe that was something that needed to happen for all of us.

I've realized, you know, having turned 40, that rest is just as important as work. In fact, it's equally as important.

Acting's not my whole life. My children definitely come first.

Being with my kids is really important to me, being a good dad and being around a lot.

Being a mom is what life is about. I hope people realize what the priorities in life should be and know not everything has to be perfect.

I figure this is my time - to relax, be with my family and have a normal life.

To me, it's very important to have time at the restaurant but also time with family and time for myself.

I definitely felt like I needed a break, because when you do so much, you're not able to appreciate the things that you accomplish.

Make space in your life for the things that matter, for family and friends, love and generosity, fun and joy. Without this, you will burn out in mid-career and wonder where your life went.

Sometimes I think, 'Why should I work out when I can spend time with my kids?' I feel guilty doing something for me.

My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can.

I don't think I'll be playing again. I'm very content and happy, doing the types of things I haven't gotten to do, be a father.