Jason Isbell Quotes

Well, I love having kids. But I have the advantage of having a lot of help, a real hands-on husband and small children whom I can easily manipulate.

I'm a fun father, but not a good father. The hard decisions always went to my wife.

I couldn't be touring unless my husband was on the road with me, taking care of our son while I'm onstage and doing interviews.

She had the kids during the day and I would have them at night. That way they were never alone. I would put the kids to bed, and then I had nothing to do and nobody to talk to, so I would write.

You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.

If you've got a lot of children, I think you let the other children bring them up more and you just sort of step in and do stuff like every now and again.

It helps when 1 can send the children off to their fathers so I can support my new book with a national publicity tour. I started writing the book when my daughter was 5. It took me almost four years.

I'm a pretty hands-on dad and make the most of my custody. I take care of my little one whenever I can, and she determines what I can do and where I can do it.

Having a son is not all pleasure.

I was 20 when my daughter was born, and making all these plans during my wife's pregnancy. I was going to be the perfect father. Once she was born, it was suddenly, 'Oh, my God! I'm a parent!'

Although my life is far from perfect, the irony is that in a divorced parent's custody schedule - with days on and days off - instead of like it was before, when I felt ragged and still oddly guilty all the time, now I feel guilty but not ragged.

As for the American child's classic problem - too much mother, too little father - that would be cured by an equalization of parental responsibility.

I didn't start sweating until I had children. That was one of the first things I realized when my daughter Violet was born - I started getting wicked BO. You know there's a difference between basketball BO and stress BO? This was definitely stress BO. Like, new dad BO.

For years before I became a father, I would try to spend as much time as I could with my friends who were parents and their kids. And I was really impressed. They all sort of managed to do it, and do it gracefully.

I had five sisters and one brother, so having a big family is a given for me, but now being a father, and trying to be a good father, I already have my work cut out for me.

To have kids and not be there every night is tough.

I do tend to lose track since the kids are out of school.

Being a parent is the hardest thing in the world... the psychological toll it takes on you because these lives are in your hands. I take it very seriously.

Parenting is an impossible job at any age.

I don't know if I could date a single dad. It would depend on the guy.

In Sweden, both parents take care of the children.

I was in no way ready when my daughter was born. But I want to be a good father to her.

I am like a friend to my kids. My wife, Sangeeta, handles their studies, etc.

You know, I have a kid on my own, and I know how busy it is, the first weeks and the first month.

It's very difficult leaving the house anytime with my baby at home.