I am truly my mother's son.
“I am truly my mother's son.”
— David Geffen · Mom
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I am truly my mother's son.
“I am truly my mother's son.”
— David Geffen · Mom
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“I am truly my mother's son.”
“I never went to business school. I was just bumbling through a lot of my life. I was like the guy behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz.”
“I'm Billy the Kid, the fastest draw. It's not arrogance. It's the truth.”
“It's very easy for me to thank everyone for the incredible contribution they've made to my life.”
“To be able to live and work in the United States is a privilege.”
“Anybody who thinks money will make you happy, hasn't got money.”
“My dad had just come back from Vietnam, and I think he had PTSD that he never treated, in that sort of macho-denial way. So they were divorced by the time I was 2, and my mom tried to raise me and my younger sister by herself. That proved very taxing, so there was a lot of moving around.”
“As a mom, it's so important to feel confident in what you're doing.”
“I had to yell at the top of my lungs for a recording with A.R. Rahman sir for a song from the film 'Mom.' Once when the studio door was left open, an engineer napping outside woke up in the biggest panic after hearing me scream. It was hilarious.”
“I was always with a single mom, and we never had schedules or anything. We were just Bohemian, us against the world, which was kind of great, but it certainly didn't breed security. I've gotten hyper-sensitive to schedules and bath time and eating at the dinner table. We don't just 'Bohemian' go out at nine o'clock and go get Chinese food.”
“My mom says I'm a fighter, a fierce competitor, and I think I am, too.”