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Related I knew from the time I was 6 or 7 that music was something I had to do. Growing up, my parents did e... CRYSTAL BOWERSOX From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always ... GAVIN O'CONNOR When I had my first gig, I was 18 in January in 2007. My first gig that I got paid, I was playing fo... AFROJACK Everybody was telling me, 'Man, that's your dream job,' when I got the gig with Bob, ... I know I'll... CHARLIE SEXTON I've never tried to find my real parents. I'm very grateful to my mum and dad for adopting m... DAN STEVENS When my dad toured in '91, I think my first gig properly was the Tokyo Dome, 50,000 people indoo... DHANI HARRISON Honestly, Coach is great. He's like a father figure to me because he's so hard on me. Growing up, my... NATE ROBINSON I have bare bulbs hanging from my ceiling. I got this gig when I was renovating my apartment and did... 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HALSTON SAGE I get it from my dad. He's always been there pushing me, telling me when I messed up and how I can d... DON BRADSHAW Growing up, I took so many cues from books. They taught me most of what I knew about what people did... NEIL GAIMAN I was very obsessed with my music, and I think that, as a young girl, I really wanted to get into th... BEBE REXHA My brothers bullied me, so I cried a lot as a kid. It was the only defense I had. Telling them to st... STEVEN ADAMS I think my dad was happy. I phrase it like this because he seldom showed much emotion. Hugs and kiss... NICHOLAS SPARKS My dad would just feed me balls before that. I kept pushing my parents to let me play in tournaments... JENNY LEE I realized that 'performing' was what I wanted to do when I did my first professional gig as... CATHERINE MARY STEWART I pop gum. My parents get so annoyed with me. I know my dad wishes he never taught me how to do that... 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JOSH MORGAN He got me started in the game and I know he wanted me to play. There's more pressure on me this week... WOODY AUSTIN I used to do gymnastics, and when I was (12 years old) my dad just told me to try it one time, and I... CHANTEL HUBBARD There was a whole display set up of all the X-Men paraphernalia. My wife couldn't resist telling thi... HUGH JACKMAN When I was young, I was the kid who would call my dad from a slumber party to beg him to come pick m... KENDALL JENNER I wanted to be a criminologist, but my mom was always telling me that I should be a model. ESTHER CANADAS I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn'... JIM CARREY My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for... DAMIAN LEWIS My dad picked me up and rocked me in the chair. I felt small and weak and I wanted to hold him back ... BENJAMIN ALIRE SáENZ When I was young, I used to watch videos of Ali boxing, with my dad. It set me on the road. I wanted... NICOLA ADAMS Growing up I played in garage bands and cover bands with my older brother, and he got us a gig openi... CHARLES KELLEY At about twelve I just knew, something clicked, and I knew I wanted to be an actor and my parents, t... ERIKA CHRISTENSEN I'm a wrestler, and I kind of got low under their legs. This was Parents' Night, and I wanted to win... ERIK HANSEN My hair is God's aura. Everything went up when I got home from the penitentiary. One night I wen... DON KING I don't remember my father reading to me, but I remember him telling me bedtime stories. I got t... CAROLINE KENNEDY I was born in September. I hated the name when I was a kid, but I've grown with it. My dad wanted to... FROSTEE RUCKER I was always telling my family I wanted to become an actress, and I did. JACKEE HARRY I was fortunate growing up on the farm. My parents were very understanding and backed me up all the ... KRIS WALTER My dad does watch my work now. My parents watch everything I'm on. I think the first time they s... KENNETH CHOI When I was a kid, my step dad started this business and would go out and get lost cows and stuff. He... TIM MCGRAW There was a whole display set up of all the X-Men paraphernalia. My wife couldn't resist telling... HUGH JACKMAN I knew I wanted to be an actress, but I hadn't ever really told anyone. I'd always got quite... KIMBERLEY NIXON Music was a big outlet for me. Being able to play an instrument and sing was definitely a good way f... TAYLOR HICKS My family was very supportive of whatever I wanted because my grandfather was an opera singer. My da... TONY HALE A girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then. It is something to think of JANE AUSTEN I was a dramatic kid. I was always like, 'Watch me put on my play, Mom and Dad! You have to watc... LAURA HARRIER When I went to college, I went to a junior college. I wanted to go to the University of Alabama but ... DEONTAY WILDER It was examinations (in school) that drove my wits away, as all emergencies do. Being expected to me... EUDORA WELTY My father was very energetic; my mother was very energetic. He lived to a very old age, and so did m... DONALD TRUMP My brother and I used to ride around in a half-ton cattle truck, listening to Waylon, so when he die... GENE WEBB It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrot... STEVIE NICKS It was difficult. Me and Pierre, a lot of people don't know that me and Pierre were real tight last ... BRIAN JACKSON I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. ... BARRY ZITO I started hustling at 12, my mother hustled ahead of me. I was only allowed to because they knew me. CURTIS JACKSON I did not ask them to come, they are not our family. My father was everything to me, my greatest lov... MARIJA MILOSEVIC My dad took me out to see a meteor shower when I was a little kid, and it was scary for me because h... STEVEN SPIELBERG My son Chris said he was 12 years old before he knew what I did for a living. BOB ELLIOTT That's my tempo. My coach has been telling me all year, 'You've got to slow down Rachael, you've got... RACHAEL GOODWIN My parents got divorced when I was around a year old. My dad was essentially a nonentity in my life ... TUCKER MAX My dad used to ignore me when I was a kid. He couldn't stand my voice, so he just used to ignore... ALISON GOLDFRAPP Notre Dame was my dream school growing up. But in recruiting, they had some other plans, what positi... EZEKIEL ELLIOTT When I was five my parents bought me a ukulele for Christmas. I quickly learned how to play it with ... TONY VISCONTI Elvis came along when I was 10. My father gave me a bass ukulele. I taught myself how to play from a... BOB SEGER I was working my way up through management so I could get my own store, ... Then they invited me to ... COWBOY TROY I was off from work for a year and a half, and then, my employer cut off my workers' comp benefits. ... GENE VAN GREVENHOF I came to Harlem from West Virginia when I was three, after my mother died. My father, who was very ... WALTER DEAN MYERS I never really saw my dad around when the Iron Maiden and the AC/DC were playing. But he knew what I... DHANI HARRISON I was one of those weirdos who, at six years old, was telling everybody that I wanted to be an actor... CHRIS WOOD I permed my hair 12 years ago, because I always wanted a perm, but my mother would never let me have... CHLOE SEVIGNY When we talked about "A Modest Proposal" I felt like I was running circles around everybody. I under... EDDIE HUANG No one wanted to loan me anything. My numbers were small because I was just starting. I used all my ... DR. CHAUVET My dad was a good man, he had standards, principles, and a code of honor.I always wanted to say the ... GARY F EVANS... I knew I had to step it up. My teammates looked for me, I got open shots and I knocked them down. I ... EDWIN ORTIZ I wasn't even playing tennis (when I first saw Seles). I was always watching (Seles) on TV with my d... JELENA JANKOVIC I always vaguely knew I wanted to perform, but I haven't got the greatest singing voice and my d... RUTH WILSON My dad was an artist in his own right and had a studio in our basement when I was a kid. My twin sis... JACQUELYN SINGER My mother and grandmother had me in church, and I was the kid that played in church. But pastor was ... JOE GIBBS I was raised by extremely strict - but also extremely loving - Chinese immigrant parents, and I had ... AMY CHUA My parents divorced when I was 3 years old. They had a lounge act in Las Vegas, where I was born. Th... JENNY LEWIS
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I mean, we're together, we trying to console on... CRYSTAL JARVIS My mom lived off the canal of a river, ... It looked like a bomb went off. I never thought it was go... CRYSTAL DAVIS We had no employees. He taught me how to drive a forklift. CRYSTAL GOMEZ It was them getting the ball to Davenport. We couldn't stop her. CRYSTAL SMITH They're becoming vicious. But it's not because they're hungry and they want to eat people. They're s... CRYSTAL SMITH She challenges me and at the same time I challenge her, ... She's making me better she's actually on... CRYSTAL SMITH We're just all sisters, CRYSTAL SMITH I was nervous about the change in the enrollment standards. CRYSTAL SMITH I want to let women know what they can expect, and that it is okay to feel confused, exhausted and o... CRYSTAL SMITH Where's our little baby who was so happy to be awake? CRYSTAL JASKULA I finally gave in today. Admitting that I haven't been able to do it alone, that's defeat right? But... CRYSTAL WOODS People thought this would be an award show -- but we couldn't get anybody to open up the envelopes. ... BILLY CRYSTAL I had a dream that Connie Chung is doing a newscast about my death and they show a clip from Soap. BILLY CRYSTAL I can't be funny if my feet don't feel right. BILLY CRYSTAL They probably didn't want to put the generator outside for fear it would be stolen. CRYSTAL HOLMES I hope this event helps me with my problems of going nuts about the things I want. CRYSTAL SMITH There should be some good teams up there — Woodrow Wilson and Spring Valley come to mind right off... CRYSTAL HACKNEY I've noticed if you're a pug owner, you're pug-crazy. CRYSTAL KEY I know you think I'm crazy. Maybe that's because I am. About life, about this moment, about you. CRYSTAL WOODS Even before we met and long after we're both gone, my heart lives inside of yours. I'm forever and e... CRYSTAL WOODS I'm such a strong human being. I amaze myself even. If only you knew what I've been up against, you'... CRYSTAL WOODS At this point, it appears to be a random act, and while nothing has been ruled out, it does not appe... CRYSTAL CANDY Mom was so funny and loving to us kids. She was our first audience. When my dad died, I was suddenly... BILLY CRYSTAL He fully confessed to all these thefts and said it was because he had a crack cocaine habit. In fact... CRYSTAL CANDY I tried to enroll her in tutoring last year, and it was quite expensive. She had a lot of problems i... CRYSTAL SMITH Some of the kids right now are out there on the street now. Some of them are in the penitentiary, so... CRYSTAL MOORE There really is a lack of information about this phase in a woman's life, CRYSTAL SMITH Getting buried alive will always be my claim to fame. CRYSTAL CHAPPELL Love was not in it for me at first. I dated guys because of the way they looked. And then I began to... CRYSTAL WATERS Do you know what i hate? I hate people who hides behind GOD, it doesn't matter how much u pray or fa... CRYSTAL DEONARINE It went down pretty quick. The metal was so weak. As they were putting it out, it crumbled. CRYSTAL HALL Everything was gone or ruined, ... There were pine tree limbs going through the top of the kitchen i... CRYSTAL DAVIS First United Methodist Church has a van that's taking us to Birmingham. CRYSTAL HAWKINS It is all right for the lion and the lamb to lie down together if they are both asleep, but if one o... CRYSTAL EASTMAN The prop guys came in yelling, 'There's mercury on the set! It can get into your lungs, and it'll ki... CRYSTAL HUNT You see it every day on the news, ... It's not my family, but it's a lot of other families. You real... CRYSTAL HUNT I've broken thermometers before, and it was no big deal, CRYSTAL HUNT It wasn't really a big deal, CRYSTAL HUNT All of the male actors joked about the ladies' faces when the hunky firemen walked in. CRYSTAL HUNT It wasn't really a big deal. I thought it was hilarious. CRYSTAL HUNT The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters - from what to do with ... CRYSTAL EASTMAN You should listen to even the smallest voice, someday it could be the one that makes a difference. CRYSTAL MARCOS In my standup work, I always do these characters, older people who are just off to the side. It'... BILLY CRYSTAL My Aunt Sheila was terrifying! She would put a napkin in her mouth and say, 'You've got some... BILLY CRYSTAL Everything halts until they decide who the current dictator is and who they have to pay to get your ... CRYSTAL GOMEZ