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I feel like I have lived quite a sheltered life, like my mom and dad were quite protective of me.

My dad was just a big Joseph Campbell nut.

I bought a house for my mom, I bought a house for my dad, I bought a house for my sister.

I watched Italia 90 with my Mum and Dad and my brother, you know, leaping around the house when the penalties were on... It would be great to be part of that, to have that kind of impact.

I am not an American, but I have this weird connection to America in different ways through my dad living here for five years, my godfather being an American who I am very close to.

My dad was a baggage handler at Heathrow and careful with money. He worked hard and had three jobs when I was young. I wish I do inherited his care for money. Sadly, I have grown up to be rather scatty when it comes to finances.

Before breaking into music, I had various jobs: forklift driver, driving a courier. But I was forced into working rather than doing it off my own bat because that was my dad's way: you got a job and paid your way.

I have one brother, John, an airline pilot, who is seven years younger. He is adopted, though we are still blood related - he is my cousin. My parents couldn't have any more children after me, so when Dad's brother died, they adopted John, then just a baby.

I met Gemma, my wife, when she was 12. She had a schoolgirl crush on me and her dad had arranged for her to meet me. Later, she started coming to my concerts, but I only got to know her well after her mother died. I rang to see how she was, and that is how it started.

My dad is like a cactus - introverted and tough. I am a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He is my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me.

I am concerned a little bit with the culture of celebrating the fundraise. My dad taught me that when you borrow money it is the worst day of your life.

You have to respect your parents. They are giving you an at-bat. If you are an entrepreneur and go into the family business, you want to grow fast. Patience is important. But respect the other party... My dad and I pulled it off because we really respect each other.

People who build family businesses are not classically trained. They have to deal with an enormous amount of politics. You think corporate politics are tough? Go work for your dad or your mom.

My parents were kind of over protective people. Me and my sister had to play in the backyard all the time. They bought us bikes for Christmas but wouldn't let us ride in the street, we had to ride in the backyard. Another Christmas, my dad got me a basketball hoop and put it in the middle of the lawn! You can not dribble on grass.

My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma - like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place - and the way she got out of poverty was through education. My dad grew up without a dad, with very little and he also made his way out through education.

I am lucky to have had an attentive, curious and loving dad and heart-smart, down-to-earth, gifted mother. They changed the outlooks of their own lives and have never forgotten the people and organizations that helped them dream bigger than their circumstances should have allowed.

My dad and my uncles owned a bar outside of Cincinnati. I worked there growing up, mopping floors, waiting tables.

My hat was pulled down and this girl said Are you really him? I whispered Yeah, I am really him. She screamed, Mom! Dad! It is Heath Ledger!

My dad works in child protection and he is spent many, many years in that line of work.

At one point my dad called me and said, You have always been a great salesman. I think it is time you come home and sell swimming pools.