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When I was little, I used to work with my dad on the engine of his car. Mostly this was a matter of me handing him wrenches.
My dad was in the army so we moved around a lot and I changed schools every year and had to make new friends, and I found that if I was the funny guy I could do that easier.
I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland he’s 90 years old now, so he’s no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.
My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything.
Growing up, I had a front row seat to seeing two people work really hard. My dad scrubbed toilets at a private Catholic school for a while, and that was to help me get through school.
My family was very supportive of whatever I wanted because my grandfather was an opera singer. My dad’s dad. So my dad has an appreciation for the arts, and he let me choose my own path.
My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 years now. He was certainly quite an inspiration.
I remember my dad, who coached football, would buy some of his players football shoes when they couldn’t afford it.
But Dad and I are the only father-and-daughter acts who have both had No. 1 songs in England.
My dad passed away before my freshman year, and it altered how I thought. I was depressed – I didn’t hang out with my friends. I worked through it by dancing.