My father was not really into popular music; I had to learn about that for myself.
Todd Rundgren
I didn't have my own journals, but my mother kept a journal while I was in the hospital, and my father wrote newsletters to keep friends and... →
Brent Runyon
Perhaps because my relationship with my father went through such a long, bumpy time, it's been very important for me to work to try to keep lines... →
Salman Rushdie
I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I ever met. He was my mother's father, an... →
One of the reasons my name is Rushdie is that my father was an admirer of Ibn Rush'd, the 12th century Arab philosopher known as Averroes in the... →
I had a very difficult relationship with my father, which ended up okay, but there were many difficult years.
The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
Bertrand Russell
My father kind of had hopes that I was going to become an artist like him - the typical thing. Of course I could play guitar better than him when I... →
David Russell
My mother was 18 when I was born. She split with my father when I was 6, and married another man when I was about 7. My mother was about 25, my... →
Theresa Russell
For centuries my father's family lived on Britain's biggest tidal river, the Severn, on which there was a huge trade with the interior, and... →
Edward Rutherfurd