I've been the type of father who tries desperately to be perfect but doesn't succeed all the time.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My father was always telling himself no one was perfect, not even my mother.
I'm just constantly trying to be a good dad.
You can't be perfect. You can't be the perfect father. You can't be the perfect singer.
People say you don't need a father to be successful. I take offense to that.
Sometimes, because of my success, I am afraid that I was not a good father. With the first two I was too strong, and with the other three I was too weak.
I don't claim to be a particularly good father. I'm flawed, let's say. I've certainly been affected by the experience of having kids... trying to be a father, at least. It's an amazing process. It's like songwriting: it's a complete mystery to me. I don't understand it - but I've certainly written about it.
If I succeed in business but fail as a father, then I've failed.
I'm a fun father, but not a good father. The hard decisions always went to my wife.
The one thing that I have done really well in my life is be a father.
When one has not had a good father, one must create one.