Father-Child Bond Quotes

More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers.

The first musical sound I ever heard was from a banjo. My father played, and I was an infant in a crib, and something just stayed with me from those early days.

Even if my father wasn't speaking to me, he would never, ever miss a baseball game.

When I was three years old, my dad bought me my first drum set.

I've never read one book about my father.

I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.

If your dad died before you were born, yeah, it hurts - but it's not like you had a connection with something that was real. Not to say it's any better - but to have that connection and then have it ripped away was, like, the worst. My dad was such a good dad that when he left, he left a huge scar. He was my superhero.

Any man can be a father; not any man can be a dad.

I really find comfort in watching film and obtaining knowledge and I use statistics and computer generated stuff to help me get those stats. That was probably a result of my father's influence on me at a young age.

Then my mother was taken ill and died and my father took me to St. Mary's.

I had a father who was active, present. There are people out there that never knew their fathers, didn't have their father's support. If I were to complain, that would be real sad. How dare I?

We have a number of difficulties facing our nation, but I believe fatherlessness is right at the top of the list.

I think a father is important for everyone. If you don't have, then maybe not so much. In the world today, it's possible that you grow up with only one parent in the family.

We have so many young men, especially, who are growing up without their dads. We have to fill that void. We have to do a better job helping young people see what it means to be a man, what it means to be a woman. And then, somehow, we have to put that family structure back together.

I remember when I grew up and Dad would take me to kindergarten in the morning, and you could smell the chips in the air from the factory nearby.

My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.

I never knew my father, which explains the Clint thing. He called himself Daddy... I loved it then, because it filled a great void.

Not having my father around has made me a better person.

My father was never around, and my mother used to worry that the kids won't grow up to be connected to him.

I never knew my father. He was never married to my mother; he was never a part of my life. It was just my mom, my brother and me.

I love having my son in my life. That's why it's more fathers in the hip-hop community, because they probably went through a fatherless childhood like I did.

I didn't grow up with my dad, or around the whole legacy. I was post-Motown, so I'd always hear stories and wonder what was it like.

I know there are a lot of kids who aren't lucky enough to have a father figure in their lives. That's a really tough obstacle to overcome.

Fatherlessness didn't strike me as being an event. It was a state of life.

When I was nine, my father passed away. It's one thing when you're a kid and your father wasn't there for you. My father was there, and then he was taken away.