Kiki Dee Quotes

'Grandmother' doesn't mean that you have gray hair and you retire and stay home cooking cakes for your grandchildren.

I was fortunate to be raised by loving grandparents.

Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for.

My husband and I, when we had our five children and they were grown, we thought we were entitled to grandchildren. And so we were just expecting this to happen; of course, nothing was happening. And then we kept begging, bribing, cajoling, anything - threatening to adopt our own grandchildren - and finally, we got some grandchildren.

I have a role now that I think becomes me. I am a grandmother.

I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.

I can't stand films where parents are portrayed as old and doddery, and ignore their kids.

My parents are not shy, clearly publicly and otherwise, in expressing their hopes that they will soon be grandparents.

You just can't move back with your mom at 64. It just doesn't quite work.

Being a grandmother is one of the least strange things in my life. It makes more sense than a lot of things... like photo shoots!

Occasionally I've seen children become heavy-handed and insensitive when dealing with their aging parents, and it only caused resentment and hard feelings.

I'm proud of my family, very proud - I have ten grandchildren, four children, and one wife.

When people hear I have six kids and 16 grandkids, they think, 'Oh, boy, you must get a lot of stories from them.' I don't. It's not like I'm behind the sofa in the living room taking notes while the grandkids carry on.

The theme of old age doesn't seem to fascinate Hollywood.

I'm 80 years old, and I don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up.

I used to get a lot of people saying 'Oh, you are such a lucky granny.' But the fact of the matter is you can be a grandma at 35 these days.

Being a grandmother is probably the most important thing to me. I have two really rambunctious little ones, and I love spending time with them.

I get all fired up about aging in America.

Centenarians are still living near their children and feel loved and the expectation to love. Instead of being mere recipients of care, they are contributors to the lives of their families. They grow gardens to contribute vegetables, they continue to cook and clean.

I feel like old age in America is a very sad thing. I have been many different places around the world where getting older is something you look forward to.

A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.

In sharp contrast to the idea that this stage of life is enviable, we hear high levels of anxiety about getting old, anxieties about health, mobility, access to facilities, simple routine care and attention.

Somehow our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them.

I survived turning 60, I was not thrilled to turn 61, I was less thrilled to turn 62, I didn't much like being 63, I loathed being 64, and I will hate being 65. I don't let on about such things in person; in person, I am cheerful and Pollyanna-ish. But the honest truth is that it's sad to be over 60.

One night, I wrote down all the things I was waiting to do with my little granddaughter, and it became a book, 'I Already Know I Love You.' It was one of those really lovely things in life.