The truth is that my grandfather was quite wealthy, a shipbuilder.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he could have is a very old house.
My dad was a bartender. My mom was a cashier, a maid and a stock clerk at K-Mart. They never made it big. They were never rich. And yet they were successful. Because just a few decades removed from hopelessness, they made possible for us all the things that had been impossible for them.
I grew up in a Navy family.
My grandfather went through a lot in his life.
I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to various charities.
I've been on my grandfather's boat, Calypso, twice in my life. My mother raised me in a pretty typical middle-class life.
I'm a grandfather now.
My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.
My dad, he was a construction worker. He was a butcher. He was a deep sea fisherman.
I was very lucky - it wasn't a question of being wealthy; my father was just extremely lucky with the couple of jobs he got. So we got a chance to travel when nobody else could travel.