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When I was a kid, my father didn't really have much hope for me. He thought I was a dreamer; he didn't think I would amount to anything. My mother also.

My dad was my hero. And I got my personality from my mother.

My father was this big, tough guy, almost heroic in proportion to me as a child. It was only later that I saw how fearful he was.

My mother wanted to abort me, and that was basically a family secret. My grandfather stopped her and said that he had a dream and saw me perfectly. He was a prophetic dreamer, like Martin.

Throughout my career, I have been confronted with people who have doubted my ability to achieve the dreams and ambitions distilled into my soul by my father.

My father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He was my hero and my tyrant.

I wanted to be like my father, who was a cattle man and a rodeo roper. And that was - he was my hero, and I wanted to be more like him.

The fact I had my father as an adversary was such a powerful tool to work with. I subconsciously fought him to the degree that I drove me to be one of the most successful musician in the world.

My father was one tough man.

When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.