The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. – Honore de Balzac
My mom and dad met at Anaheim High School. After they got married, all they wanted to do was have four children, and they did. – Gwen Stefani
I was serious about ballet for a long time, but my mom got me into tap and jazz and modern and hip-hop, and I was one of those over-lessoned children. – Greta Gerwig
I heard the Beatles and the Stones, and Mom bought me an electric guitar. I played lead for four years and then switched to bass. One day someone suggested that I should sing, so I sheepishly stepped up to the microphone and the rest is rock history. – Glenn Hughes
My mom, God rest her soul – she liked nicknames. In the womb she named me Skip. There was another black guy in Piedmont, W.Va., and his name was Skip. They called him Big Skip, and I was Little Skip. – Henry Louis Gates
Our songs touch people, and take them back to a time when there was no threat of terrorism, when you didn’t have to lock your doors and when Mom and Dad took care of everything. – George Grove
At a show, I’ll look out from the stage and see a woman with a pearl necklace next to a guy in a Grateful Dead T-shirt next to a young kid with his mom. It’s fun to see them all together. – Hiromi Uehara
I wanted to be a ‘jungle mom’, where you’re giving birth and getting up and doing things straightaway. – Grace Jones
I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values – even if they rarely talked about them. – Harry Reid
I was fortunate enough to have my kids early, so being a mom always ended up being a better gig than these other parts that came along. So I always justified not really working a lot because I had a family. – Heather Langenkamp
We were never the family that ordered pizza, and my mom never came home with a bucket of fried chicken. My mom always made home-cooked meals. We always sat down at the dinner table as a family. – Haylie Duff
I remember in third grade, I asked my mom, ‘How does an engine work?’ So my mom bought me a book. – Gwynne Shotwell
I genuinely do think that skin does have a lot to do with genetics. I was blessed. You should see my mom and grandma – it’s unfair! – Hailey Baldwin
Most of us have fond memories of food from our childhood. Whether it was our mom’s homemade lasagna or a memorable chocolate birthday cake, food has a way of transporting us back to the past. – Homaro Cantu
My mom, well, she’s half Greek, half German-Italian; born in England. She’s just a nomad. She loves Middle Eastern style, Indian style, so much so that she ended up having Indian babies. – Hannah Simone
You can blame my mom for some of my worst fashion moments. She used to dress me and my sister in a lot of patterns. Like, she would put me in striped stockings with a floral dress. Like, why are you doing that to me? – Hailey Baldwin
My mom taught me to live by the three p’s: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared. – Hailee Steinfeld
I grew up in such a macho family. I had a former Green Beret for a dad, a mom who’s really rough-and-tumble, and three very macho brothers. – Hilarie Burton
I’m a lioness. I have four cubs. I’m a mom. I want to take care of my kids and protect them. – Heidi Klum
My mom and I were super tight. I think she really wanted me to be an artist, you know? She used to like to tell people she wanted to be Beethoven’s mother. That was her thing. She wanted to be the mother of this person. – Harry Connick, Jr.
Growing up, my mom was a painter, my best friend was a painter, my husband is a painter. For a long time I knew artists, and I didn’t know any writers. – Holly Black
My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I’m not going to play guitar I’m going to play drums. And if I’m not going to play drums, I’m going to play bass. I always just wanted to play music. I was completely obsessed. – Gary Clark, Jr.
My mom used to call me a parrot, because the way I spoke would change in every country we’d go to. – Hannah Simone
