For me, Venezuela is very important, not just because it's a place I go to conduct, but because my family is there - my wife, my parents and my musical family.
Gustavo Dudamel
Related My family was very musical. My brother is an opera singer; my parents both sang. BLYTHE DANNER My family's a very musical family, so music's always been a part of my life. CASEY JAMES This is for my grandfather and my parents and for the whole family. I'm so honored to be part of thi... JOSH HUMLIE Wherever I go, there's always a child, an old woman, that comes to me and wants to meet me. Not ... ELIAN GONZALEZ Thank goodness I had a great family growing up, a great foundation. But I will say my faith, my pare... DONNY OSMOND In my career, there's many things I've won and many things I've achieved, but for me, my... DAVID BECKHAM I'm lucky my wife is a strong woman. She's one of the stronger people I've ever met. It&... DARIUS RUCKER Of course, the most important factor of all for long life is a good family. When a person goes home ... JOHN GOKONGWEI I'm very nurturing. I come from a large family, and my parents were loving. But the most importa... GISELE BUNDCHEN My parents called me the WB frog. Because when I was onstage, I would do this whole song and dance, ... BRIE LARSON People say that having three orchestras is a crazy life, but it's better because you have three ... GUSTAVO DUDAMEL I talked about my family, my family's so important. JIM VALVANO She is a very good family woman, for the housewife, for my family for my kids. I can't believe it. I... GOLAM MAOLA Our family is very tight. Just like any family, we have our ups and downs, but the love is always go... TAHJ MOWRY My dad is a very quick-witted, sarcastic, dry, humorous guy, whereas my mom's very silly, and th... TIM HEIDECKER It's very important to prioritize. I know, for me, my family comes first. That makes every decis... JADA PINKETT SMITH I think the best thing that I collect is memories. I love traveling; I love remembering stuff, my fa... JAIME CAMIL I miss my parents. But still, my granddaughter, my daughter, my grandma, you know, so it's very ... CARINE ROITFELD I think my husband and dad were both very happy that I had a baby boy, to get some testosterone in t... JADE JAGGER I have a career, which is important, but my family is the priority. First family, and then career. I... JIMMY CLIFF I don't spend the whole off-season in Venezuela. I spend a couple of weeks in Cleveland, go to F... ASDRUBAL CABRERA My whole thing, my priority, is my family, my kids, and my wife. That's my future. I don't r... AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON I was very blessed to have family and friends, but particularly family, who told me I was not only a... MAYA ANGELOU I am a racer. I'm not a race car driver. I am a racer. I race. That's what I do. I don't... TONY STEWART Growing up, money is important. And now I have a career where I'm making enough money to live. B... TYLER JOSEPH It was just music all day... My neighbors were musicians, and my brother and my family and everybody... TROMBONE SHORTY Since my brother died in 1982, my parents and I had formed a shaky tripod of a family; now that I... ANN HOOD I keep everything that is most important to me close to me: my family, my bible, my X-Box - just kid... BRIAN LITTRELL It's important my daughters learn from the hard work my wife and I put into this company. Who be... DO WON CHANG Ours was a very progressive Protestant family, but my parents were God-loving rather than God-fearin... JAMES NESBITT Samantha is my friend. She's my family. My insides. She will be fine because she has to be fine. Tha... SARAH JESSICA PARKER Michigan is my home, but Rochester has become a place that's awfully sticky for me and my family. MICHAEL FINNEY Also, my mom and family are very important to me and I know that this is not expected. CHRISTINA MILIAN My family was very supportive of whatever I wanted because my grandfather was an opera singer. My da... TONY HALE I have a full and satisfying life. My work and my family are very important to me. STEPHEN HAWKING It's great working with my sister, because we are very close as a family - my brother, my sister... PENELOPE CRUZ I am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich famil... ABDULLAH AHMAD BADAWI Without a doubt, priority No. 1 is always my family. Whether it's my children or my husband or e... VANESSA LACHEY 'Marley and Me' was a book I was proud of and believed in, but I thought it would just have ... JOHN GROGAN I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots. CARICE VAN HOUTEN If you asked me which gives me more joy, my work or my family, there is no question that it's my... EMILY OSTER It´s special, ... That´s the place where I met my first wife and where my second wife (lived). I´... PHIL BENNETT teacher:"I'm teacher, not because i want to teach children something. I am teacher just because I li... MY TEACHER Well, because music is my life and music is not work for me. GUNTHER SCHULLER I was actually very pleased that they let me do it, because I feel very deeply for breast cancer sur... ERIKA SLEZAK I do not regard it as wrong to take my life, because I simply change my place of residence and go wh... ALEX CAMPBELL My dad went to USC and it always had been very important to me and my family. MIRANDA COSGROVE I love my family, my wife, my kids, my dogs, my home, my life. I am a very happy and contented man. ERIC IDLE My wife is the boss at home, and my daughters are the bosses. I am just the worker. We are a very wa... JET LI My dementia hasn't just affected me - it's affected my friends and family, too. GERRY ANDERSON It is not only my laboratory and my place of work but also my home, so that on the 30th October I wa... GEORGE PORTER When I do something in my family because I really enjoy it, then my duty has become my pleasure. And... DR. JESS LAIR I just think it's the best thing for me and my family because it's close (to home). DAN PENICK I had been living in Ohio in my own house with my own life when my marriage abruptly came to an end.... ISABEL GILLIES Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It'... WALTER MOSLEY My family has never been there for me. They expect things because we're blood. EMINEM Since the day I was born, wrestling has sustained me and my family. It's the way my father fed m... EDDIE GUERRERO My wrestling and family go together. It's always been that way, from day one with my mom and dad... DAN GABLE I don't look at negative comments because my parents and family don't let me. My big sister ... MILLIE BOBBY BROWN I'm really enjoying this. But I always enjoy coming up here and visiting my sister, my parents, my n... JASON PERRY I didn't have any expectations of what my family life would end up being like. But I've been... JOSH TURNER There was very big pressure for me to be very thin, because I was very tall. I was so lonely for my ... KARI ANDERSON I would say I'm black because my parents said I'm black. I'm black because my mother'... SOLEDAD O'BRIEN I know who my dad is, I've met him a few times, but I don't even call him dad. I know it sou... SALLY PEARSON I came from a very musical family, so I grew up singing karaoke with the family. My family said '... CASSIE STEELE I am suspending my presidential campaign, because of the continued distractions, the continued hurt ... HERMAN CAIN I know this golf tournament has my name on it but it's not about me. It's about the Louisian... TERRY BRADSHAW When I was little, I grew up in a place called Hertfordshire, which is just near London, but out in ... BAT FOR LASHES It's really weird because my house is very ornate, but my writing lair is very, very blank. It... JANE GOLDMAN Santa Barbara is my hood. I mean, it's not much of a hood, but it is definitely like my hood. I ... KATY PERRY I think my faith is important. Being young as well, sometimes it's difficult, but I've got a... JERMAIN DEFOE I remember my family talking about all the destruction they had there, ... One thing I feel very hap... VLADIMIR GUERRERO I always love the soapy conflicts between somebody's family of origin and their new family - ... JILL SOLOWAY I think of my shows as family reunions. I give 100% every time. I just do. It's a huge therapeut... PAULA COLE I like a family guy. He must be fun, must like to go out, and has to respect his mom... my family is... CHRISTINA MILIAN My family was very supportive of my acting. They didn't really have a choice because I got jobs ... AJAY NAIDU It's not comfortable for me to write about my family. I'm not comfortable writing about me. KARL ROVE Being a loner has helped me achieve that self made position, thought there have been helps from here... OLASOT I think for both of us it's important to reveal something of ourselves and our own commitment to it.... PROF. MICHAEL LEVENSON For me, it's about the way I carry myself and the way I treat other people. My relationship and ... BEYONCE KNOWLES Michael is not only my friend, he's my family. EMMANUEL LEWIS Don't be afraid to try new things, because I just tried shot put not knowing my family history b... MICHELLE CARTER We're just a big media family. My mom is always sending us articles throughout the day. My husba... ALLISON WILLIAMS I'm thankful to God for having a family that's been there for me. He's been there from t... ASHTON SHEPHERD I think I was just lucky to be brought up in a very musical family. My two older brothers were, and ... KATE BUSH I own a business, and my wife was expecting our first child, and boxing out of Nashville is pretty h... FRANK WOOD My favorite thing about my family is that my sister and I will go over to our parents' house on the ... DAVID SCHWIMMER My family's a musical family ERIKA TAKACS My family was musical on both sides. My father's family had a famous flautist and a classical pi... GLORIA ESTEFAN When I hear people say that Fox News is right wing, I know that's not true, because I'm the ... SHEPARD SMITH I'm very close to my mother, but not a single other person in my family. ALEXIS STEWART I grew up in Tuscany in a very poor family. My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, ... ROBERTO BENIGNI Because we had no other relatives living in the U.K., me, my parents and my siblings continuously jo... ANTON DU BEKE What can I say? I have no words to say because I lost my whole brother's family, two kids and my bro... ALBERT TOUTOUNZIAN My other family is Fleetwood Mac. I don't need the money, but there's an emotional need for ... STEVIE NICKS Father's Day was great, but all the family gatherings brought up my mother's death. Maybe it... DOUG DAVIDSON My wife, my family, my friends - they've all taught me things about love and what that emotion r... NICHOLAS SPARKS I had older brothers and sisters who were high achievers, and I felt different, misunderstood by my ... WILLIE AAMES My family is the most important thing to me. KIMORA LEE SIMMONS The reason that I'm here at all is because of my relationship with my family and their encourage... LADY GAGA
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