Allan Houston Quotes

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.

I love music, and outside of work my family keeps me very busy, I have five children to keep track of.

At the end of the day, we get to be parents, greeting our lovely, crazy children and talking about their day, making sure they brush their teeth, so all the tension from our day is tabled... until the next.

The perfect day for me is waking up and having a cup of tea with my kids before I drive them to school; Then, I go into the studio and try and write some music for three or four hours and give up about noon.

I love being a mum but I do love to work too.

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.

My sons are precious to me and I have tried incredibly hard to strike the right balance between work and home life while being acutely aware that I haven't always got it right.

But of course when people watch morning television, Terry, it's a very different animal. You know, they're running around, they're getting their kids ready for school, they're probably doing eight million things, they're brushing their teeth.

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.

My morning ritual is to get up and feed the dogs, take my daughter to school, and come home.

I take my kids to school. And if I go to work, I go to work, and they visit me on set. I come home. I have dinner with my family. I have breakfast with my family. I have a very solid, very warm home.

Our lives are so hectic and full, and we have a big family right now.

I rarely get a moment to myself, but I love the way that my agenda is dictated by the children, not my work.

I usually start my day when my kids wake up.

I have a family and two cats; I get up with my kids early in the morning.

I really enjoy my privacy and being able to walk my son to school every morning and pick him up every afternoon.

I get up and cook for my kids, who really like my scrambled eggs. Or we make pancakes and the requisite bacon. The kids either play or watch cartoons, and Daddy gets to read the 'New York Times' and do his puzzle.

I wake up around seven, and I give my daughter breakfast. I spend the first hour or two of her day with her.

My day starts with my son and finishes with my son, and in between, I get to do everything else.

My perfect day would start with a kiss from my daughter. I would drive her to school listening to our favourite punk rock music on loud in the car.

It doesn't matter how late you get home or how wired you are, you still wake up early with your kids. That's the most important thing you do in a day, whether or not you're in a hit Broadway show.

Family time was very difficult when my girls were little, but I never missed a birthday; I was there for every major event.

When you have children, you don't have downtime, but I have a family life that is rich and fulfiling.

I like to be home with my son, kickin' it and watching ESPN, a very normal life. I like to take him to school every day, watch his games.

Having two kids, I don't get out to see stand up much anymore.