Henry Louis Gates Jr. Quotes

My father and I had a really good relationship. We're cool. I am not trying to outdo him or anything like that.

I'm exceptionally open with my own parents, and they're exceptionally open with me.

I have a great relationship with my kids. We're very honest with each other, and I'm very proud that we are absolutely, incredibly close. That to me is more important than anything.

Dad is my best mate and I can tell Mum absolutely anything. I really appreciate Mum and Dad. Why are we so close? Young parents, I think. The rock business keeps their minds young.

I not only enjoy a really great friendship with both my girls but also a close mother-daughter bond as well.

I speak with my father about everything in my life.

It's very important to be in your child's life and know what's going on and be there with them.

I mostly want to be friends with my children.

Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father.

I have a very close relationship with my mom, and I'm able to talk to her about anything.

I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now.

My father and I are very similar and have a wonderful relationship, but we both stand by our opinions.

I have a very open line of communication with both my children.

The mother is the one who is going to help you in the long run! You must make her your friend. It matters what she thinks.

I've never had to rebel against my parents; I never had that sort of teen-angst thing where you didn't get along with them. My dad's always been my buddy.

I'm really close to my parents.

We love and adore our surrogate, we speak to her and her family constantly, I'm sure our son will speak to her for the rest of his life as well.

I have a very close relationship with my daughter.

I always felt like I could go to my mom and speak to her about anything. We have a great relationship.

I am as sensitive as my brothers and other members of my family.

My dad sacrificed his relationship with me so I'd be stronger for it. But I could never do it to my kids - I like to have a happy relationship with them.

I think the reason my relationship works so well with my dad is that we can separate our tennis lives from our personal lives.

I do have an older brother! But you know, he and I have always gotten along. We've always had different aspirations.

I had pretty cool parents. Still do.

It is a parent's responsibility to preserve the connection with their children, to preserve the relationship, so that the children can let go and become their own selves.