Olly Alexander Quotes

I remember seeing my father only twice as a child for brief visits. As I grew up, I invented a father who was larger than life - stronger, smarter, more handsome, and even holier than other men.

The thing about living without a father if he's always gone is that it takes a long time to realize he isn't coming home.

I grew up without a father figure.

If you don't have a father, you don't miss it, because you don't know what it is. It was really only when I married Wyatt Cooper that I understood what it was like to have a father, because he was just an extraordinary father.

Being a child that grew up with a single mom back in the '70s, Father's Day to me was always a very uncomfortable time. At school, we would make Father's Day cards for our dads, and I usually mailed one to my dad, and he hardly ever responded.

My father was out of my life when I was pretty young - when I was 7 years old, he was gone. I didn't see him for the rest of my childhood.

My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him.

I know there are a lot of kids who aren't lucky enough to have a father figure in their lives. That's a really tough obstacle to overcome.

I don't know what it's like to have a typical father figure. He's not the dad who's going to take me to the beach and go swimming, but he's such a motivational person.

In my entire life I've spent maybe three weeks with my dad under the same roof.

I have no worthwhile memories of my father, therefore no idea of what a father's role should be.

If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.

I never had a father figure so I never missed it.

I know virtually no one of my age who can remember a hug, or a smile from their father, or a 'Let's go play football.'

Unfortunately, I never knew my father and when I did, it was very briefly.

if we are honest with ourselves, we’ll admit that what too many fathers also are is missing – missing from too many lives and too many homes. They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men. And the foundations of our families are weaker because of it.

If I could change anything, I would definitely have had a father around. My father. I would definitely say it affected me deeply as a young man, coming up. Who doesn't want a father? Those are the beginnings, and those are what can dictate the roads you choose in life, and choosing them well.

I know that my dad not being in my life made a huge impact on me.

I didn't have a dad coming up. I didn't have someone to be scared of.

The interesting thing about an absent father is, for a child, you don't know he's absent. You just think he's... tardy.

I had a father who was active, present. There are people out there that never knew their fathers, didn't have their father's support. If I were to complain, that would be real sad. How dare I?

I never knew my father, which explains the Clint thing. He called himself Daddy... I loved it then, because it filled a great void.

I never thought of my father when I was growing up. Truly. He was a strong, silent man who worked hard to support his family.

Everybody's got a father. Even if he's not the nicest guy in the world.

I think in today's society we are dealing with an epidemic of fatherless homes. We're turning everywhere else for people to be fathered.