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MICKY DOLENZ
Speech lessons probably did more for my singing voice - they teach you breathing, resonance. HARRY DEAN STANTON
There was always a piano in the house when I was growing up - my dad played, and I thought it was co... LAURA MVULA
I'm the youngest of four, and they were all very into sports. I was the first one to express an ... MAX VON ESSEN When I was 12 and started to take singing lessons from a woman, she told me that I would probably sp...
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LILLA CRAWFORD
I worked on my voice for Sweet Dreams, but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual sin... JESSICA LANGE I just picked them up and started playing every day for hours against the garage. I just couldn't st...
CLAUDIA HIRT
My first instrument was my voice. I was always singing and writing melodies when I was a little kid.... XAVIER RUDD
My parents put the New Yorker in my crib. I saw Vogue and Vanity Fair around the house before I coul... RICHARD AVEDON My mom was a ventriloquist and she always was throwing her voice. For ten years I thought the dog wa...
WENDY LIEBMAN When I was probably 5 or 6, my mother put me into an acting, singing, and dancing class.
BEAU MIRCHOFF As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it ...
ZOLA JESUS My parents are both redheads, so they knew I was going to be a redhead. They just thought Bryce Cany...
BRYCE HOWARD
My parents are both redheads, so they knew I was going to be a redhead. They just thought Bryce Cany... BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD
I loved singing. But can you imagine my voice in an opera house? VLADIMIR HOROWITZ
I'm actually not making fun of my real parents. I've taken stereotypical traits of my real p... LILLY SINGH
I'd always be the kid up singing and dancing and telling jokes and fooling around, and high energy. ... DOMINIC MONAGHAN I've never taken vocal lessons. My early trumpet training and a fortunate talent for singing has...
RONNIE JAMES DIO
My parents worked for Exxon, and they gave me every chance to take part in music. I took guitar less... LYLE LOVETT
The first one I remember singing on stage was 'Somewhere Out There' from 'An American Ta... CARRIE UNDERWOOD My parents have sailed around the world; they know what can happen and that it's not always fun,...
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AMANDA SEYFRIED
I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an' my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two... B. B. KING When I was 5, I started taking singing lessons, and then, after 'School of Rock,' I started ...
MIRANDA COSGROVE I started singing at age three - I opened my mouth some time, singing along to the radio, and my par...
RAIN PHOENIX I always vaguely knew I wanted to perform, but I haven't got the greatest singing voice and my d...
RUTH WILSON
I never really had to put much thought into my race, and neither did anybody else. I knew I was blac... ISSA RAE When I was little, I didn't know you got paid for acting. My parents put the money in the bank f...
CHELAN SIMMONS My parents know how passionate I've always been about acting. I convinced them this was somethin...
ALEXANDER LUDWIG It was clear to my parents that I had the gift of voice, and they encouraged me to pursue it.
RAIN PHOENIX Of all the lessons my parents taught me,
GIVING was the best
CHARMAINE J. FORDE From the time I made my announcement that I was going to be an actor, I auditioned for community the...
REGGIE LEE
I first picked up a guitar when I was ten years old; my parents surprised me with it for my tenth bi... ALESSIA CARA
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ARIEL WINTER I was taking singing lessons, and they'd say, 'Your voice is too hoarse. You have to do more...
CAROLE KING
I grew up seeing my parents perform and sing, and I just always wanted to be singing, too. Music has... LEAH LABELLE I loved being a soprano. It was one of my very favorite things in life, and thus far, and losing tha...
ALEXANDER CHEE Note to myself - It is time for me to start taking my guitar lessons. One of my neighbor's singing a...
AVIJEET DAS My parents thought I was crazy at first. They told me I could get more out of softball, but I just l...
CARLY STRAMA
My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked ... BONNIE BLAIR
I was so shattered for my children. Kids are so sensitive about their parents anyway, and my kids al... LARRY KING
From my earliest years, my mother had a guitar around the house, ... She was always singing Bill Mon... RON LEWIS At the age of 15 I began my singing lessons, and once I became a professional performer, I dove into...
ELENA ROGER I don't think it should be a big deal. At my house, we sit around the kitchen table and laugh and ha...
DENISE AUSTIN I came from a very musical family, so I grew up singing karaoke with the family. My family said '...
CASSIE STEELE My parents were concerned that I would not get good schooling, so they put me up in my uncle's h...
NANDAN NILEKANI
My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've alway... BONNIE BLAIR So I got interested in singing and I have always used my voice. Not professionally as much, but arou...
GREGORY HARRISON
It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing. ED SHEERAN My father was very interested in music, and when he and his brothers were young, they had a singing ...
CARRIE MAE WEEMS
I had always wanted to lend my voice to a character. I did a voice for this video game, called '... ODETTE ANNABLE
My parents never pressured me to skate. They always said I could quit if I wanted to. They only expe... NANCY KERRIGAN I sang with a voice that was natural, and I liked the way I produced that sound. I thought of my oth...
DANIELLE DE NIESE My family's just really into the sport. My sister played, my mom played and my dad played baseball. ...
LAUREN GIBSON My mother gave me singing lessons; that was totally painful, because I couldn't do what she want...
LINDA LAVIN
I started singing about three years ago, I entered a local singing competition called Stratford Idol... JUSTIN BIEBER I have been taking voice and singing lessons since age 10 and originally got into it because I was r...
DAYA I was an active little kid and I always listened to exciting music. My dad was into Hendrix. I was i...
JOSH MORGAN
My childhood was great, honestly. I have all these incredible memories of my childhood. I was an onl... ACTION BRONSON
I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib. WOODY ALLEN I called them because my car was taken without my permission. My baby was inside of my car and they ...
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Growing up, I was always prancing around and singing... and I just never really stopped. LILY JAMES When I was young, a little kid even, my brothers would always make fun of me because my mouth was al...
BRAD HOAG
When I was a kid, I played basketball religiously. I begged my mom to get me voice lessons because I... JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
My hair used to be real long, and my parents were encouraged when I cut it. They thought I was going... BILLY IDOL
After about three lessons my voice teacher said, 'Don't take voice lessons. Do it your way. You're a... JOHNNY CASH I was taught, like I'm trying to teach my kids, to pick up after yourself. If you use something put ...
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My only way of getting my uncles' attention or aunts' attention or whoever's attention w... BECKY G
An arm snaked around my waist, pulling me to a stop. For the first time in my life I was literally s... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT
My singing voice isn't like my speaking voice. BRITTANY MURPHY While I circled around and around in my brown rental skates, I studied a group of skaters spinning i...
GRACIE GOLD
I think that when I was child, acting was mostly just a hobby for me. It was something that my paren... MARA WILSON My mom helped me get started when I was younger. I started with singing. An agent saw me singing on ...
VANESSA MORGAN Education was something my parents always put a lot of emphasis on. It was naturally in me, and my s...
IMRAN AMED I took my archery lessons. It was really fun to learn something new.
ANNA POPPLEWELL I thought he was going to kill me. He grabbed me from around back with his arm around my throat, jus...
JEAN WAGNER The story about me, apocryphal or not, is that I could sing before I spoke. My parents went into bed...
LINDA LAVIN I'd have to say, for me, as a child, my favorite memories were always centered around Christmas ...
JOSIE BISSETT I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me bac...
DAN O'BRIEN
I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib. WOODY ALLEN I wanted to be Whitney Houston at first, and when I started taking voice lessons, my voice teacher k...
MEGAN HILTY
I grew up with my little brother, and we were raised by my grandmother. I was an insider for real. I... BRYSON TILLER I used to run around singing my life to myself. I'd be singing 'I'm going to fall down,' singing abo...
BROWN JOHNSON I was like Gene Kelly, it was called singing in the rain. No seriously, I wasn't really born wit...
CHRIS BURKE
While I was doing 'The Newsroom,' I always had the news on on different networks on differen... AARON SORKIN I was just saying goodbye. They had a lot of fun with me and I had a lot of fun with them and it was...
JACK JOHNSON When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room.
STEVEN ALEXANDER WRIGHT
When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room. WOODY ALLEN
For me, it's about camaraderie. My whole life is like, if something's going on, nothing ever... RIC FLAIR My parents found what I was interested in and encouraged me. They didn't put me in front of a te...
NASTASSJA KINSKI Just then the lady of the house came walking in and saw me with my pants down, wrapped around my ank...
KARL HEPNER
In the early years, I found a voice that was my voice and also partly my father's voice. But isn... BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN As a child, I was prancing around in my mother's high heels and a ra-ra skirt, singing 'Mate...
NATALIE DORMER
I always had short hair, and I hated my short hair. I was always mistaken for a boy, but my mom woul... DOROTHY HAMILL The first comedy screenplay that I wrote was Animal House and I always thought I could and should be...
HAROLD RAMIS I can remember my sister and me volunteering for Nixon. My parents liked him. I liked my parents. So...
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My parents signed me up for classical guitar lessons, which made for two years of the most depressin... ANDREW GARFIELD
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