If I could have anybody I haven't had, I'd want to interview somebody like Jay-Z or Puff Daddy, pick their minds a little bit. - Shaun Alexander This whole Puff Daddy thing has taken a toll on me. - Puff Daddy People think when you get a record deal all your problems will go away. We know that the bigger we get, the more problems we'll have. I guess Puff Daddy was somewhat - what's the word? - prophetic in that respect. - Brad Delson I learned how music works dealing with Jermaine Dupri, and I learned how image works dealing with Puff Daddy. - Usher Raymond

My daddy said, that the first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, that feeling just never goes away. - Nicholas Sparks Ever man jack a three hundred and sixty degree son of a bitch, which my daddy said meant they was a son of a bitch any way you looked at em. - Cormac Mccarthy

Yep, my daddy was an undependable drunk. But he'd never missed any of my organized games, concerts, plays, or picnics. He may not have loved me perfectly, but he loved me as well as he could. (189) - Sherman Alexie My daddy died when I was two years old. My mother raised my two older brothers and me. And we couldn't have had a better situation. I mean, she was the - ran the concession stand at the Little League, and she was the first woman president of The Touchdown Club, the booster club for the high school football team. And so, I had a wonderful childhood. - Haley Barbour Stop calling your akri your daddy. It makes my wings droop. (Xirena) My akri is my daddy. He said so and it is so, so your wings can droop all they want, 'cause it won't change anything! (Simi) - Sherrilyn Kenyon My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing. - Dan Blocker There are all of these people that say, my mommy doesn't l...

My daddy died when I was two years old. My mother raised my two older brothers and me. And we couldn't have had a better situation. I mean, she was the - ran the concession stand at the Little League, and she was the first woman president of The Touchdown Club, the booster club for the high school football team. And so, I had a wonderful childhood. - Haley Barbour You aimin' to go the full circle now? How long before I have to come get you up from the sidewalks? You got hurt and pain in you? Well, I used to know a man who knew how to live with his pain and make his hurt work for him. Your daddy died with dignity; there wasn't no bum in him. And he known some hurts in this life you ain't never even heard of! - Lorraine Hansberry

Daddy always said that Christmas is a joyous season when suicides and holdups and shoplifting and like that reach a new high and that the best place to spend the whole thing is a Moslem country. - Patrick Dennis You can't go forward if you're looking backward, Mac, Daddy always said. You run into walls that way. - Karen Marie Moning Why'd you give him all that stuff after he tried to rob me?" "Because he was less fortunate than us, Natty. And Daddy always said that we have to be mindful of those who are less fortunate." "But Daddy killed people, didn't he?" "Yes," I admitted. "Daddy was complex. - Gabrielle Zevin Daddy always said the only thing worth begging for was your life, but maybe he was wrong. Maybe sometimes your love is a little bit worth begging for, too. - Gabrielle Zevin I let myself feel good and sorry for myself, but only for a second. Daddy always said that the most useless of all human emotions was self-pity....

'Chasing Amy' was an amazing role, but then after that, I went and did 'Big Daddy' and you're the girlfriend or you're the best friend. I wasn't getting the Nicole Kidman roles. - Joey Lauren Adams So to compare the Beatles, obviously the Beatles are the Beatles, but in hip-hop terms, Tribe is the Beatles. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are the Beatles. Big Daddy Kane is Jimi Hendrix. It means that much to people that grew up with it. - Michael Rapaport Chicago is not the most corrupt of cities. The state of New Jersey has a couple. Need we mention Nevada? Chicago, though, is the Big Daddy. Not more corrupt, just more theatrical, more colorful in its shadiness. - Studs Terkel