Curtis Jackson Quotes

When my son came into my life, my priorities changed, because I wanted to have the relationship with him, that I didn't have with my father.

If I did not have for him the warm affection a son feels toward a less austere and preoccupied father, I at least had an immense respect for him, and a great admiration.

Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.

'Boy' was about my dad.

I don't care about being Fetty Wap. Like, this doesn't mean anything to me. My plan was to make sure that my son would be good, and I have a daughter now, so now she's included into the equation, and the work I do as Fetty Wap made me care.

My priority as a father should always remain first. My kids look to me as their example. Every decision I make and everything that I do always has to come back to the question, "Does this make me a better father?" "Will my kids benefit from this?" It's no longer just about me…but about my kids. My perspective in life has changed.

I've taken blame about being a bad father - if being a bad father is working your butt off trying to create a career at one time.

I started off as many fathers do. I enjoyed the good bits, but I was wary of the responsibility. But now I love being a dad.

Being a father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement, pride and inspiration. Fatherhood has taught me about unconditional love, reinforced the importance of giving back and taught me how to be a better person.

First of all, as a man the most important thing you have in your life now is your child that you're carrying. That's it. Everything else comes second; personally, for me, other than your relationship with God and your wife.

I think in any father-son relationship, there's going to be times you say, 'Well, the apple didn't fall far from the tree.'

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.

People said, 'How could you walk away from music?' But being a dad - there's nothing that can touch that.

A significant regret is that I was not as good a father as I would have ideally liked to be. I was not, I think, a bad father.

When you become a father, everything changes.

I'm trying to be the best dad ever. And being a husband is a whole other business itself.

Fatherhood has changed me and my perspective towards life.

Being a father now puts life in perspective. My whole life it's all been about trying to win. And now I'm trying to make a better life for my son than I've had.

Fatherhood has changed my whole life.

My kids know who I am on the basketball court, but at the end of the day, it doesn't matter about the basketball. I am their dad, and that is all that matters.

Now I'm his dad, I live for [my son]. I have a responsibility. It's a big responsibility.

A man ain't nothing but a man. But a son? Well, now, that's somebody.

Fatherhood changes you completely. If things didn't go my way before, I became withdrawn and didn't want to see or listen to anyone. Now, when I arrive home, I see my son and everything is OK. He's the most important thing to me now.

I have one regret: I wish I was a better father.