Alive Quote by Bernie Siegel

Everything, I just wanted to be like my father. And, as I grew within the music, I kind of became myself which was even…

— Ziggy Marley

When Dad died in 1998, it really hit my confidence - he'd helped me write and he thought I was really funny, but since…

— Dolly Wells

At a very young age, my beloved mother passed away from leukemia, forcing my father to become a single dad. Rather than coddle me,…

— Kimberly Guilfoyle

I was raised by my father, who was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and bass player. His brothers all did the same thing, so I…

— William Singe

My brother's death picked up my life and put it down somewhere else. I had an image of myself in my mind as a…

— Yance Ford

I guess you could say I devoted myself so strongly to my music that for awhile I forgot about my family. But I only…

— Lady Gaga

My mother had aspirations to become a concert singer. Her Methodist Minister father didn't approve of young girls leaving home until they married, so…

— John Coltrane

My mother died in 1997 and I spiralled into this self-destructive vortex of trying to annihilate my consciousness. I was afraid to face the…

— Panos Cosmatos

I was the seventh child in a family of eight siblings. We lost our father very young, and my mother had pretty much single-handedly…

— Shiv Nadar

My whole life, I struggled to gain my fathers love and acceptance. But once I had it, I realized I lost myself getting there.…

— Avatar The Last Air Bender

I was very inspired by my mother. She was a vocal teacher and sang in a band, and my first memories of her were…

— Daryl Hall

When I was 6 years old, I was in a rock band that was horrible called 'Dead End.' The name kind of described us.…

— Aaron Carter