Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today. Bono amountdadmake Change image and share on social
When I got to 40, I was happy. Now I can wear what I like, listen to what I like, don't have to try and be cool. I'm someone's dad and it doesn't matter any more. That's an enormous freedom. John Simm cooldadenormous Change image and share on social
My old man tried to force on me a notion of what it was to be a 'man.' And it destroyed my dad. Sam Shepard daddestroyforce Change image and share on social
As a brother and sister, our tastes were pretty different growing up. He liked a lot of early hip hop. My dad didn't understand it and would try to talk him out of it. Taryn Manning brotherdadearly Change image and share on social
My own back yard, and my mom and dad's back yard, is where I learned about tomatoes and weeds and daily maintenance. John Bytheway backdaddaily Change image and share on social
Music's been with me from the get-go. It was always around me as a kid. Dad got me my first guitar when I was 11 and, at school, if you wanted to be cool you had to be in a band. Julian Lennon bandcooldad Change image and share on social
My parents were big music fans, and my dad plays music, so I grew up with Madonna, Frank Zappa, the Beatles, Alice In Chains... it was all over the place. I had a Third Eye Blind record, but I also had Korn, Courtney Love, and Shania Twain. Madi Diaz alicebeatlesbig share on social
Mum and Dad sent us to a bilingual school, so we had half the lessons in English and half in French. But I remember being hugely lost. Rose Leslie bilingualdadenglish Change image and share on social
I had my footballing heroes such as Bryan Robson and Diego Maradona but my dad was a rugby league star, and he was my real hero. But the relationship with my mum was rocky and we saw things that would affect any youngster. Ryan Giggs affectbryandad share on social
My mum and dad are pretty amazing chefs and they spent most of my childhood cooking really extravagant things for my sister and me. Jake Gyllenhaal amazechefchildhood Change image and share on social