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"My son writes songs and plays. He sings like an angel."

"My son writes songs and plays. He sings like an angel."

Edie Brickell, American Musician

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"With Connery, he does act. He is in complete command. He completely trusts the person first, then the instrument. I've worked with his son also, on a picture in Russia."

"With Connery, he does act. He is in complete command. He completely trusts the person first, then the instrument. I've worked with his son also, on a picture in Russia."

F. Murray Abraham, American Actor

Son, Act, First, Russia

45

"I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old."

"I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old."

Laura San Giacomo, American Actress

Son, Computer, Old, Talking

44

"It's about avoiding reality through various escape routes that become addictions and lead to Hell. My character is addicted to television, chocolate, coffee, to her dream of her son, which has no basis in reality."

"It's about avoiding reality through various escape routes that become addictions and lead to Hell. My character is addicted to television, chocolate, coffee, to her dream of her son, which has no basis in reality."

Ellen Burstyn, American Actress

Son, Dream, Character, Coffee

43

"I was born in Montreal in 1939, the second son of poor immigrants."

"I was born in Montreal in 1939, the second son of poor immigrants."

Sidney Altman, Canadian Scientist

43

"You see, I was the son of a baptist minister."

"You see, I was the son of a baptist minister."

DeForest Kelley, American Actor

42

"In fact my son subscribes to Pro Bull Rider magazine."

"In fact my son subscribes to Pro Bull Rider magazine."

Chris LeDoux, American Musician

42

"My thought was I should try to stick with names that people may recognize like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Hoagy Carmichael, so if somebody cared to research, they would find a wealth of material."

"My thought was I should try to stick with names that people may recognize like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Hoagy Carmichael, so if somebody cared to research, they would find a wealth of material."

John Mellencamp, American Musician

Son, Thought, People, Wealth

42

"My son now is 22 months old, he's been playing since he was 12 months old and he gets standing ovations on the drums. He's been with us since he was 10 weeks old, he's been on the drums. He's got blisters on his fingers before he can even talk."

"My son now is 22 months old, he's been playing since he was 12 months old and he gets standing ovations on the drums. He's been with us since he was 10 weeks old, he's been on the drums. He's got blisters on his fingers before he can even talk."

Dick Dale, American Musician

Son, Months, Now, Old

42

"My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't have to be called those crazy names."

"My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't have to be called those crazy names."

James Brown, American Musician

42

"I just hope it grows into where it was before because I want my son to see it. I want him to have a positive memory of it going forward, so he can be proud of his daddy."

"I just hope it grows into where it was before because I want my son to see it. I want him to have a positive memory of it going forward, so he can be proud of his daddy."

Scott Stapp, American Musician

Son, Hope, Positive, Memory

42

"One night I went over to get some dope from some Hollywood tough guy. After I left, my son Scott, who was only fifteen, went over with a baseball bat to kill him. I was laughing out of one eye and crying out of the other. I thought, Who am I kidding?"

"One night I went over to get some dope from some Hollywood tough guy. After I left, my son Scott, who was only fifteen, went over with a baseball bat to kill him. I was laughing out of one eye and crying out of the other. I thought, Who am I kidding?"

James Caan, American Actor

Son, Thought, Baseball, Eye

41

"I'd also say having Jack's son Chris living with us from his 13th year on helped in raising Rick."

"I'd also say having Jack's son Chris living with us from his 13th year on helped in raising Rick."

Marie Windsor, American Actress

41

"Yeah, my son likes a lot of guitar bands. He gave me something the other day which was really good. He'll burn a CD for me full of things that he has, so he's a pretty good call if I want to check some of that stuff out... The other two aren't quite into that yet."

"Yeah, my son likes a lot of guitar bands. He gave me something the other day which was really good. He'll burn a CD for me full of things that he has, so he's a pretty good call if I want to check some of that stuff out... The other two aren't quite into that yet."

Bruce Springsteen, American Musician

Son, Day, Guitar, Pretty

41

"The ukulele was the first of many instruments they had bought for me. They got me a guitar when I was eleven, which my son Morgan uses until this day. They paid for 3 years of guitar lessons; they bought me a bass fiddle, which I still play."

"The ukulele was the first of many instruments they had bought for me. They got me a guitar when I was eleven, which my son Morgan uses until this day. They paid for 3 years of guitar lessons; they bought me a bass fiddle, which I still play."

Tony Visconti, American Musician

Son, Day, First, Guitar

41

"How can my son not be straight after all I've said and done for him?"

"How can my son not be straight after all I've said and done for him?"

Rod Stewart, Scottish Musician

40

"You know, he likes me because I'm his son. I have to go long and far to find someone who knows me just as me, rather than me the songwriter or whatever."

"You know, he likes me because I'm his son. I have to go long and far to find someone who knows me just as me, rather than me the songwriter or whatever."

Paul Westerberg, American Musician

40

"My son Barry, of course, has been on from the beginning. And his son Shane is playing now a med student regularly on the show. And at one point or another, I've had all four of his kids on the show."

"My son Barry, of course, has been on from the beginning. And his son Shane is playing now a med student regularly on the show. And at one point or another, I've had all four of his kids on the show."

Dick Van Dyke, American Actor

Son, Beginning, Kids, Now

40

"Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list."

"Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list."

Denis Leary, American Actor

Son, End, Racism

40

"My son - and what's a song? A thing begot within a pair of minutes, thereabout, a lump bred up in darkness."

"My son - and what's a song? A thing begot within a pair of minutes, thereabout, a lump bred up in darkness."

Thomas Kyd, English Dramatist

Son, Darkness, Song

39

"If I had known it I would have told my son, I'd rather shoot you than let you join the SS. But I didn't know."

"If I had known it I would have told my son, I'd rather shoot you than let you join the SS. But I didn't know."

Wilhelm Keitel, German Celebrity

39

"I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich."

"I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich."

Pierre Salinger, American Public Servant

38

"I can't say too much about it because I don't know a lot. We're not told what's in store for our characters until we turn up to shoot the episode. But it's fair to say that Betty and her son bring a brand new mystery to the street and they will be around all season."

Alfre Woodard, American Actress

Son, Mystery, Will

38

"He wants to live on through something-and in his case, his masterpiece is his son. all of us want that, and it gets more poignant as we get more anonymous in this world."

"He wants to live on through something-and in his case, his masterpiece is his son. all of us want that, and it gets more poignant as we get more anonymous in this world."

Arthur Miller, American Playwright

Son, Want, World

38

"I'm thinking about naming my first son Emmy so I can say I've got one. I want Emmy, Oscar and Tony - and my daughter Grammy."

"I'm thinking about naming my first son Emmy so I can say I've got one. I want Emmy, Oscar and Tony - and my daughter Grammy."

Noah Wyle, American Actor

Son, Daughter, First, Thinking

37

"My youngest son, who is now the drummer in my band, lives in Brooklyn. My oldest son is about to move out to California, and my daughters are both out of town."

"My youngest son, who is now the drummer in my band, lives in Brooklyn. My oldest son is about to move out to California, and my daughters are both out of town."

Herbie Mann, American Musician

Son, Daughters, Now

36

"I loved it, it's such fun. I like that people are seeing it and then talking about it. Like when I took my son and his friends to see Napoleon Dynamite last year, we spent the next six weeks trying to explain it."

"I loved it, it's such fun. I like that people are seeing it and then talking about it. Like when I took my son and his friends to see Napoleon Dynamite last year, we spent the next six weeks trying to explain it."

Robert Downey, Jr., American Actor

Son, People, Friends, Fun

35

"To me, it's a very moral film. If my son were a teenager now, I would drag him to see it."

"To me, it's a very moral film. If my son were a teenager now, I would drag him to see it."

Ellen Burstyn, American Actress

34

"I don't want to be remembered as the son of Bruce Lee."

"I don't want to be remembered as the son of Bruce Lee."

Brandon Lee, American Actor

33

"It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son."

"It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son."

Frances McDormand, American Actress

Son, Play, Support

33

"I want to try and do as much as I can as an actor. So far I think I've done pretty well with being a minister's son. And now I know I'm pretty darn good at playing a woman too."

"I want to try and do as much as I can as an actor. So far I think I've done pretty well with being a minister's son. And now I know I'm pretty darn good at playing a woman too."

Barry Watson, American Actor

Son, Being, Now

31

"I have amply provided for my son during my lifetime."

"I have amply provided for my son during my lifetime."

William S. Hart, American Actor

30

"Your prodigal son has left again to exorcise some demons."

"Your prodigal son has left again to exorcise some demons."

John W. Hinckley, Jr., American Criminal

Son, John W. Hinckley, Jr.

29

"Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him."

"Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Son, Idea, Failure, Will

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