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Related Louis Armstrong playing trumpet on the Judgment Day. AL STEWART My family was very supportive of whatever I wanted because my grandfather was an opera singer. My da... TONY HALE LYLE LOVETT My dad played; it was something that came natural to me and I liked it. ELISE CRUMMIE When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated... DAVID ALAN GRIER My dad's a Republican. My dad's my mentor. When I was 18 or whatever it was and I decided to... PATRICK MURPHY It was my dream playing for the Montreal Canadiens - it was my dad's team. GUY LAFLEUR TREY PARKER I don't just play the trumpet because it's something that resonates with me: I play the trum... CHRISTIAN SCOTT My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I pl... DICK DALE ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. As long as I have teeth, I'll keep playing. You can't play trumpet without teeth. LIONEL FERBOS The thing I remember about my dad was everybody wanted to play for him. It's the same way now. DICK WHITTEN My dad was a big car guy. If you wanted to spend time with my dad, he was working on the car. ADAM FERRARA LAILA ALI PARKER POSEY LADY GAGA ORLANDO BLOOM KENDALL JENNER It's an honor fighting on his birthday, because of what he did for my idol, my hero, Joe Louis, LAMON BREWSTER I learned that it's hard to work in the Army. My dad wanted me to tell him that he's a big hero to m... BECKY THOMPSON From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always ... GAVIN O'CONNOR TADANOBU ASANO I like wearing my dad's sweaters because I knew that he wore them when he held me when I was a b... TROIAN BELLISARIO My dad was a New York City cop. His father was a New York City fireman. And my mother's dad was ... JOE LHOTA GARY VAYNERCHUK Unfortunately, I never saw Pele play. What I know of him is through my grandfather, my dad's dad... NEYMAR My parents met in the theatre, and I thought that was so romantic. My dad was a scenic designer and ... SKYE MCCOLE BARTUSIAK JULIETTE LEWIS My dad keeps referring to me playing the piano when he's trying to teach me something in archery... MIRANDA LEEK ALEXA CHUNG KURT RUSSELL I was impressed all my life. Because of the Montreal Canadiens' past, it means a lot because it ... GUY LAFLEUR Ever since I was little I wanted to travel, and with my dad being a member of the Rotary, I thought ... SAMANTHA ALDOM I can play the trumpet. Before I became an actor, I wanted to be the next Louis Armstrong. I started... DOUGLAS BOOTH PAUL WALKER Pro was excited about the letter, ... Was it unexpected? Probably. When his dad came in the room he ... MIKE SHULA JUNIOR SEAU Coach Carey saw me play for the first time at the state tournament and someone told my dad that he s... BRITTANY HOLESTINE NATE ROBINSON I went home one night and told my dad that an older kid was picking on me. My Dad, a Korean War vet ... STEVE WILKOS My dad and I would watch Ray Lewis a lot. His tenacity, and he was everywhere. I wanted that mindset... MALIK JACKSON When my dad came here, he came on a scholarship in the late '60s, and he went to Mississippi Sta... KELVIN YU SAMUEL L. JACKSON My dad was a Buick guy and I followed in his footsteps. But I always liked the performance end. FERNANDO ALVARE Lew Grade told my dad, I'll make your TV show. I know it's going to be a big hit,' ... The show ha... BRIAN HENSON ANNE M. MULCAHY The guy who kind of identified as my dad was my dad's brother, who was the second person my mom ... ISAAC BROCK JAMES ELLROY My dad has been playing guitar basically all his life. He's sort of who got me into rock music. DYLAN MINNETTE My dad was a good man, he had standards, principles, and a code of honor.I always wanted to say the ... GARY F EVANS... My dad's the one who's always been there; he's my hero, you could say. Even when he was ... GARETH BALE WYNTON MARSALIS My dad spent his whole life getting into fights for telling what he believed to be the truth. Basica... THOM YORKE When I was a young man, I shined the shoes of Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan! Music was just every... CHUCK BROWN I skipped school one day to see Dizzy Gillespie, and that's where I met Coltrane. Coltrane and J... DONALD BYRD I knew Sinatra for 38 years. He was like my father. Frank Sinatra was my 'dad.' He treated m... TRINI LOPEZ To play the trumpet, you must train your lips for a long time. When I was twelve or thirteen I was a... UMBERTO ECO Lew Grade told my dad, ‘I'll make your TV show. I know it's going to be... BRIAN HENSON ANTOINE PREDOCK CHRISTIAN BALE My dad was in the pasture with me and saw me, so he came over to get me in the truck, and he took me... KEITH HARRIS TRACY MORGAN I'm very quiet. In the beginning, my brother would play the piano, and I would sing, because tha... TYKA NELSON My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that'... ALAN CUMMING I saw 'The Empire Strikes Back' the week that it came out. My father was a huge 'Star Wa... DONALD FAISON What happened was that because my dad had made 'Sesame Street' and it was a huge hit, everyone said,... BRIAN HENSON JOE BIDEN VERNON WELLS When I was younger, there was a sort of stigma attached to my stamina. My dad took me swimming one d... CHARLIE BEWLEY For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded th... BIBLE JESSICA SIMPSON My dad was 16, and Liberace was 17. They were both finalists. My dad was a humble guy, but he was al... BARBARA WAGNER J. J. WATT My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a p... FINN JONES BLAKE LIVELY I saw my dad playing and got interested in the game. My father taught me a few moves and my brother ... MAGESH CHANDRAN PANCHANATHAN SIDNEY POITIER I told his dad when Chris was a freshman that he was going to break my record. BILLY WILLIAMS My dad used to call me 'the human pretzel' because I was able to bend my body, and because m... ERIN ANDREWS My mom was a dancer, my dad's a singer and I've always had that kind of music in my life. ELVIS STOJKO BENJAMIN ALIRE SáENZ My parents pushed me toward trombone because they didn't need another trumpet player. TROMBONE SHORTY My dad used to love Steely Dan, the Stones, Jethro Tull and all that. There was always Steely Dan go... ST. VINCENT My dad would moonlight back then, ... He'd worked his way through college in a band before he became... BOB SCHNEIDER KARAN JOHAR ERIC MCCORMACK My mother moved abroad when I was 11, my dad wasn't around from the time that I was a baby, so I... MARK STRONG My dad really started to love football during my sophomore season, which meant a lot to me because h... JULIAN DALANHESE When my dad, Tommy Tucker Kelly, was about six, he started out with his dad on 'The Black and Wh... RACHEL TUCKER KIRK DOUGLAS My dad being a DJ, I heard all the hits, no matter what. My mom always had on the radio because my d... CHAD CHANNING DAN GABLE WARWICK DAVIS Writing songs out of my faith was a real natural progression. I grew up singing in my dad's choi... STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN I came from a Halloween-friendly home. My dad, Spencer, was a U.S. Marine captain. But when it came ... BILL MOSELEY MICKEY MANTLE NORMAN LEAR He came very close to playing for Notre Dame. We offered him (a scholarship), we wanted him, but I j... GREG MATTISON BRAD PITT
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A lot of people don't realize this, but probably the one person that gets made fun of in 'So... 
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My mother's husband died when I was 4, and I thought he was my dad until I was 15 and found out that... 
My dad is my dad, but he's not there physically anymore. But she lets me call her 'Dad' ... 
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As a kid growing up, I wanted the Allen Iverson shoes that came out, the Questions. My dad got them ... 
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