Nick Cannon Quotes

My mom was very strict when I was growing up. I could not talk to boys until I was 18. I had to study and work hard.

My dad was pretty strict. We didn't even get to watch any of his movies until I was, like, 17 years old. I didn't even see his stand-up, really, until I started doing stand-up, and that was when I was 22. So he's pretty strict. We had curfews until I was 17... he didn't play around.

My mother was very strict, and though I was reserved, I did give in to certain demands of my age, like sneaking out of the house to hit Dublin.

My parents were really strict about me not watching cartoons.

I was brought up very conservatively. My father was positively Victorian - I wasn't even allowed to wear my hair down.

I wanted to be on my own and get out of the house. We were the kind of kids that - we - obeyed our parents. If they said no, you don't ask why.

We weren't allowed to watch TV as kids.

My parents were just really weird and protective about the music I listened to. Whenever I wanted to buy an album, they would have to buy it first and listen to it and let me know if I could have it.

My parents were quite strict; we couldn't just listen to whatever music we wanted. It was very much like they monitored what we listened to.

My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house.

My house was very strange. I didn't do things other kids did because my parents were very strict - I stayed at home, quiet in my room.

Dress codes and gestures and attitudes have always inspired me, as has youth culture in general, although now I question it more. If you analyze youth cultures over history, there has always been something strict about them - you have to be like this or like that.

… she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to do the wrong thing correctly.

I watched all kinds of dirty movies as a kid. My parents were very liberal about that, and I was still an uber-nerd who never drank or did drugs. I don't think it matters.

In my mother's household, hit shows like 'The Love Boat' and 'Three's Company' were 'not appropriate for nice lit'tle girls.' So was the prospect of staying up past 8:00 P.M. - and don't even think about talking back.

The voice of authority speaks not for the one but for the many; authority figures have a strong and rapid effect on social norms in part because they change our assumptions about what other people think.

I had very strict parents, I could never go outside or go to parties.

I'm not allowed to date. My dad said so. Not until I'm, like, 90.

My mum will never let me be anything but grounded.

My parents were very strict with me when it came to boys and dating.

My mom didn't let me eat sugar or candy until I was older.

He was a very strict father, which in a way has helped me to become who I am today. He never pampered me, as he wanted me to live a normal life. No film magazines were allowed at home, and we weren't allowed to watch any movies.

My parents were super strict, so I didn't have a lot of freedom to hang out at parties or anything like that. I didn't get invited, and I didn't have many friends.

My mum didn't really let me watch TV until I was about 5 years old.

We grow up, and we need to confront a society to be fit in.