Alvin Lee Quotes

I have two sisters; one is two years older, and one is eight years older. That helped me understand how completely different sister relationships can be.

My mom had me at a young age, like 20, and she was the oldest child. All her brothers were seven and 10, so I was like a younger brother more so than the oldest child. I was the younger brother to all my uncles, so they were going through their childhood and their teenage years, and I was right there.

I was the youngest of six kids, and my brothers and sisters were kind of a lot older than me. And the one sister that was, like, in a close age range - she was five years older than me. She was my closest sister in age, and she was a loser.

I have twin sisters who are 12 years younger than me, so watching them grow up has been a big highlight.

I've actually never played with any of my brothers before. They've always been too old for me.

Sisters, as you know, also have a unique relationship. This is the person who has known you your entire life, who should love you and stand by you no matter what, and yet it's your sister who knows exactly where to drive the knife to hurt you the most.

I think we are defined as human beings through our families, no matter what kind of family - through our relationships with parents, brothers and sisters.

I couldn't really relate much to my younger sister, because she was born in 1992, and I was born in 1986. And then my older sister, we just didn't get on that much. Although we bonded over hating our stepdad.

I always felt older than my years, maybe because I was married to someone older.

'Frozen' definitely isn't about a man, but about the relationship between two sisters. At different times in our lives we find ourselves either more connected to or disconnected from the people in our family, and I think audiences will really be able to relate to that.

Many people don't have relationships to their siblings in adulthood, or they have superficial ones. It's sort of unfashionable, particularly in America, to be close to your family.

I'm really close to my parents and my sisters. It is awesome to have a built-in support system and people who love you unconditionally. I wouldn't be the person I am without my crew!

Even my older brothers' early success 10 years ago didn't change me since there was such an age difference.

Parents always stay older than you, but sibling sort of become adults together, and that complicates that relationship, I think.

I've been working on my relationship with my parents and my sister over the years.

As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear.

I have a great relationship with everyone in my family, but I'm closer to my brothers than anyone else because they give me a lot of guidance.

Looking back, I see that I write books about brothers and sisters, about what makes up a family, what works and what is nurturing.

That case with my two sisters? That was a disaster. It was. They're really fine people. When my family and my two sisters' families - their children - grew up and so on, it just wasn't the same. But we took care of them very nicely.

My relationship with my grandmother has gone from strength to strength. As a shy, younger man it could be harder to talk about weighty matters. It was: 'This is my grandmother who is the Queen, and these are serious historical subjects.'

It's much better being an older father. You don't have to go prove to the world and to yourself that you're who you want to be, for better or worse.

I have a strong family, and they're not going to baby me, even though I am the baby. They're never gonna do that.

In some ways, siblings, and especially sisters, are more influential in your childhood than your parents.

I think it is important to remember that there are so many different ways to be sisters.

There is something about a guy who has a great relationship with his sisters.