Joe Dempsie Quotes

Our dog, Comet, is a Lab/poodle mix. She's goofy and silly and sweet.

The first dog I got was a border collie. Her name was Sally.

I grew up loving Walter Payton. My dad used to always show us film of him.

My idea of a perfect pet is a really, really big dog! Huge!

When I wanted to audition for a dinner-theater junior troupe in my hometown, I needed to have a piece of musical theater music to sing. I wasn't sure what I wanted to use. My mom and dad suggested that I sing 'Edelweiss' because I knew it from the music box.

My brother and my dad always used to shave their hair, and I remember thinking, 'Why can't I do the same?'

I bugged my mom and dad to 'get me inside the television set' when I was about four years old.

I was in my dad's church, his Baptist church, and I think the first song I ever performed was 'Jesus Be a Fence Around Me.'

The Olympia was a really special place for me as a kid. I saw Dad perform there so many times, so it means a lot.

We were looking for a 'good shepherd', and instead we got a German shepherd.

I remember I was in grade school, the fourth grade, in a free reading period in the library. Someone in my class found a copy of the Forbes 400, a list of the richest people in America, and my dad's name was on it.

I can jump on to a kitchen worktop from standing, like Tigger. It was something my dad could do, and I copied it from him.

When my dad toured in '91, I think my first gig properly was the Tokyo Dome, 50,000 people indoors. That was pretty scary. I was 12, or 13.

When I was really young, Dad wasn't that well known. I don't remember when I realised he was a writer, but I do remember him leaving his full-time job at the Central Electrical Generating Board to concentrate on books.

My parents are not theatrical people, but my dad took me to the theater.

I know a lot of the Annapolis breed.

The Dalmatian breed of dog has many primitive characteristics.

My first car was a Chevy Cavalier. My dad somehow convinced me that it was a hot sports car because it was red.

When I was a kid, my mother used to drive my father to work in Indianapolis, and I would see, practically every day of my young life, a huge Phillips 66 sign. So it is the red and green of that sign against the blue Hoosier sky. The blue in the 'Love' is cerulean. Therefore, my 'Love' is an homage to my father.

My mum took me to see 'The Wizard of Oz' when I was about three and I was blown away.

My dad gave $3 and a chicken for the first guitar I had.

A mate owned a Bryan Robson top. We were kicking about, and I asked if I could be Robbo for a while. My dad looked out and went ballistic. He wasn’t having his kid dragging the Gerrard name through the gutter. I thought we’d have to move!

Jacob is a German Shepherd. (I have never understood why they aren't called German Sheepdogs. What do the Germans call shepherds?)

My earliest musical memory was getting to watch my dad play drums in a local band. He's a banker by trade, but a drummer at heart. I remember seeing the guitar player do the solo from "Werewolves of London" with his teeth, and that was the moment that had me hooked.

I remember watching the Olympics at home as a kid. It was one my Dad's dreams to win an Olympic medal.