Walter Becker Quotes

Usually I go to the studio to write lyrics and compose music. I try to be a dad as much as possible at home.

You know what I like to do? I love waking up early, making them breakfast, taking them to school, having time in the morning with them. With six kids, it's like a reality show.

I love the routine. I love getting up in the morning and getting breakfast and packing lunches and doing the school run. Those things are really important to me. Because I think that those small but key moments are crucial for a kid.

You are thinking about the music, about the mathematics of it. It's time-consuming and energy-consuming at the same time. That's why I take my time off, my family time, as inspirational. I cool off.

My life is to play golf, sit home with the wife and kids, and do things with the family more than I used to.

I would love to sit at home all day and play with my kids. It's my favorite thing to do in my time off.

I like to be with my children - not just quality time, but quantity time. I like to be there in the morning when they're waking up. I like to practice piano with them. I like to be there at supper. I need them as much as they need me. Working is not as important to me as being a mother is.

I wrote 'Lakeside View Apartment Suites' with Roman in my arms. He was about a month old. I was playing left-handed and finally handed him over. On the demo of it, you can hear him crying in the next room.

The songwriting was almost like something I did while I was waiting for my daughter to come back.

I really love having lots of down time with my kids.

After filming I like to go home and lie down with my daughter and have a glass of wine so I don't really socialize with the other actors.

I look forward to a lot more free time, at least initially, with my wife, Lisa, and our three children.

With the kids around, this is a different world to me. I spend a lot of time with them till they go to their playschool. I wake up early, have breakfast with them. I come back from work and am with them again till they go to bed by 10 P.M. Touch wood, this is what I wanted always.

I've done a lot of albums and I kinda know when I'm onto something that was inspirational for me to record and create, and this was one of those projects where I really enjoyed making the album.

Now my favourite pastime is to take a bath with my son.

I loved the time I got to spend in Denver. My boys, Arin and Ryan, were growing up. I got to spend time with them without being pried upon. There was no public scrutiny. I was free and could take them to the supermarket or to the park without being noticed or looked at.

That's my ideal day, time with my boys.

I love being with my family and just being a regular person.

I want to have some fun with my kids growing up.

I literally wear a mask. When I take it off, I'm a father. I'm a husband. I like to come home, and I like to spend time with family, and I like to travel, and I like to have a good time. And I like to be a kid every now and giggle and play with my kids.

It can take me many months to write one of my own songs.

If I'm home, just hanging around with the kids.

I'm trying to enjoy my time at home and be around my kids.

The moment I wrote my first song, I got addicted.

Weekends are sacred for me. They're the perfect time to relax and spend time with family and friends.