Jean-Michel Jarre Quotes

My father wasn't the best role model to me.

Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father during all those many days, and weeks and months when I didn't see my own father.

Paris Singer had vastly more to do with shaping my character than Mother had; although Mother made innumerable sacrifices for me, and Paris Singer made none. I wanted to be like him.

Didn't you ever have a father yourself? You don't want him for a reason. You want him because he's your father.' So I figured it's because I never had a father that I don't want one now. A person can't miss something she never had.

I grew up in a big Irish, Catholic family. My dad was a pretty rough guy. So one of my brothers left home when he was 15 and found his way to the gym. It gave me the opportunity to go and spend some time with him and work out in the gym.

For a man, there's a big responsibility that comes with having a boy because men are made by their fathers. If you've got a good productive man around it's better. I have such a close relationship with my dad and that responsibility to produce a good man is something I think about.

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

What kind of influence did my parents have on my life? Well, they had the most influence. These are the people who are closest to me. My parents are very positive people. They've been supportive. They're always there.

When a child grows up without a father, there is an empty place where someone must stand, providing an example of character and confidence.

I've always referred to my father as 'my coach' because we were always able to separate our relationship into the roles of coach and parent.

I always wanted to be like my dad.

There's no one person I can talk to and try and be as him - but the one person I want to is my dad.

My father was in and out of jail throughout my childhood. He really wasn't in my life at all. Thankfully, I had two strong role models who guided me through those years.

I had some really incredible people who mentored me and gave me things I never got from my parents.

My dad, he's a great father, but he's also been one of my mentors.

I think it's always natural for children to rebel against their parents and establish their own identity. And also, I think parents get invested in, you know, doing the right thing? And so their anxiety about being good parents might, in a way, affect a relationship negatively.

In some ways, I was looking for a father figure, and I found that in Donald Trump.

In retrospect, golf for me was an apparent attempt to emulate the person I looked up to more than anyone: my father. He was instrumental in helping me develop the drive to achieve, but his role, as well as my mother's, was one of support and guidance, not interference.

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

A father draws boundaries and calls a halt, whenever necessary. As I didn't have that, I was able to stay childishly naive that much longer - so I did what I liked, because there was nobody stopping me, even when I got it wrong.

I was always looking for the same man - a strong father figure.

My role model is my dad.

My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.

Fathers always play mahagurus to their children, and I am no exception.

It's become a habit to make films where the father is absent. My father impresses me, but the father figure does not.