Ari Millen Quotes

My dad photographed a lot of beautiful dancers. My mom was a dancer.

I never stop being a mother and I never stop being an artist. You understand? Which is probably why my kids are so creative, because it's not separated.

I have an amazing wife and three beautiful children, and that certainly makes you less obsessive about your art as a musician - which I've always felt was more like painting than anything.

My kids are my greatest piece of art.

I grew up in a family with five kids.

Honestly, without art and dance, I think I would be a very safe, black-and-white thinker. I wouldn't dare to take any risks or see so much of the world in myself and other people!

Because I had the children, I chose to have my studio in my home. I wanted them to understand my work and learn how to work.

My dad is a builder, and my mum's a nurse. They're just very normal people.

When I'm not working, I'm having fun with my son. We do lots of kids' stuff.

I'm a dancer. It's what I love to do more than anything.

The songs I write and the way I see the world have been affected a certain amount since I became a father.

I was an only child. Both my parents came from working-class families in Hackney, east London.

I was born in Manly Hospital, I pretty much grew up in my grandmother's house until my parents bought their own home.

I've got a three-year-old daughter. To picture her being a dancer, I'd absolutely love that. I'm in absolute awe of what they do. Just seeing them work, they're incredible.

I always knew I wanted to have a family because I didn't have one growing up.

I was raised in a very, very loving household. I had quite unusual parents, and my father has always been my hero.

My dad was such a great story-teller, a good teacher.

I'd say I did a lot of what I did with songs like 'At My Best' was because of the influence of my daughter.

My dad is a big extrovert - he's a doctor - but he always loved Shakespeare, and he took us to tons of theater.

Mum prayed to the Lord that when her children were born they wouldn't be tone deaf. Mum says at two years old I was singing my own little songs, she didn't know where I'd heard it so I must have made it up. I used to sing along with the radio.

When I was little, my mom made all of my costumes.

My dad was in the RAF, so we travelled quite a lot. My memory's not the best - I remember we lived in Belgium for a bit - but I grew up in a village called Compton in Newbury.

I get inspiration from all kinds of things: I can get it from hanging out with my son, from hanging out with my wife, from checking out different artists, from hearing something at a party.

My mother taught children to love to dance.

When I watch my sons play, I think, God, acting's the most natural thing in the world. They take the 'Star Wars' characters and say, 'Let's pretend that I'm Hans and you're Luke and that we're on this planet,' etc.