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KELLY JONES![]()
I played music and sang from my earliest memories. The first pictures of me show me wandering around...
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GREGG ALLMAN![]()
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GREGG ALLMAN![]()
My mom had me at 16 and took me every place she went. I remember going on peace marches. She tried t...
DEBI MAZAR I thought it was a good way for me to say thanks to him, ... He left me every piece of musical gear ...
ALAN YATES I remember he bought me my first Cabbage Patch Kid. When he was younger, he was really quiet. It was...
MAGGIE DIXON My dad was a blues musician around Dublin when I was a baby, so the only music I would listen to gro...
HOZIER![]()
It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing. Growing up, I was inspired b...
ED SHEERAN I thought it was a good way for me to say thanks to him, ... He left me every piece of musical gear ...
ALAN YATES My mum was no pushy parent. She would drop me off for auditions when I was in my teens at the Lyric ...
RACHEL TUCKER![]()
I was ... writing that song (with) tears streaming down my face. To me it's…a snapshot of (a) time...
GWEN STEFANI![]()
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He saw that I was shy, and at the time I was still scared of feeling with another person, so he put ...
ALLEN GINSBERG![]()
It was very lucky for me as a writer that I studied the physical sciences rather than English. I wro...
KURT VONNEGUT![]()
I think that when I was child, acting was mostly just a hobby for me. It was something that my paren...
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My Aunt Helen was my favorite person in the whole world. She was my mom’s sister. She got straight...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I was essentially raised on blues music. My dad was a blues musician around Dublin when I was a baby...
HOZIER![]()
My parents took me around the world when I was young, so I caught the bug. Every person is different...
DHANI JONES I thought he was going to kill me. He grabbed me from around back with his arm around my throat, jus...
JEAN WAGNER I was in Toronto with my parents, and my dad took me to an outdoor hockey rink. I was 3 or 4, and I ...
WYATT RUSSELL Coach Carey saw me play for the first time at the state tournament and someone told my dad that he s...
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HILTON ARMSTRONG![]()
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NIKKI SIXX The idea came to me when I was doing a show and saw this girl sitting down front and she was wearing...
MARTI DODSON What's funny is my mom took me to the theater for the first time when I was six years old, and I...
DANA DAVIS It was really tough, that was first time she went to the hospital (with) me not being around her, .....
FRANK GORE![]()
I was this little blond girl with a guitar case bigger than me - it was pink and sparkly at the time...
KELSEA BALLERINI A friend of mine introduced me to Thurston Moore because she thought I would like him. He was playin...
KIM GORDON I heard about Facebook, before BV got it, from my friends that go to other schools, ... I was messin...
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KARL HEPNER I was running to catch a train when one of my teachers saw me. He thought I was fast, time me, and l...
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JEAN GENET My mum took me to the ballet at three, and that was the only time I sat still, with jaw open, mesmer...
EMMA RIGBY Starting off as slow as I did, 0-for-32, the organization stuck with me and allowed me to work my wa...
RYNE SANDBERG It took me five years before I saw 100 grand. My first contract was for $40,000, with a $42,500 bonu...
MORTEN ANDERSON When I was 7, an old lady was driving too fast in my neighborhood and hit me with her car. I was run...
RUTINA WESLEY My first real break was meeting my manager, Julie Gibson. She's the one that introduced me to Fo...
DANIELLA ALONSO I went and took golf lessons so Dad would let me play with him. I was just terrible... but I was abl...
DAVID HYDE PIERCE![]()
All I wanted was to live a life where I could be me, and be okay with that. I had no need for materi...
CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON Last year I think it was tough on the girls and me because I was a first year coach. The first time ...
ERIC STEEGE This time around I was so lonely that I was forced to be face to face with myself. Realizing at the ...
KANDI DOUGHERTY He is a neighbor of the family she is staying with, and when he went online, he saw my notice. He ca...
DOROTHY DEMBOSKI![]()
I mean, I tend to do my own thing, and that usually crosses purposes with everyone around me.
SHIRLEY MANSON I thought every other kid was like me. I'd watch films and act them out on my own and wish I cou...
KIMBERLEY NIXON We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL I tried not to foul her, so I stayed still and then she went right past me. I was like 'Man, it's go...
GABY BUSSELL I think it was, my parents got me a karaoke machine when I was about 9 years old. Even before that, ...
LESLIE ODOM, JR. It was probably my parents who inspired me most. My father was a scientist and answered my scientifi...
NANCY ROMAN 'Pulp Fiction' was probably one of the first films I ever saw that really kind of took effec...
AARON JOHNSON I got the F-bomb my first day on the job. I was still stuttering around and scared and hadn't said m...
ANDREW NIELSON 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![]()
My mother was a very beautiful lady, I thought. She was very good to me. I guess - she died when I w...
B. B. KING My dad was good friends with the Bad Medicine Blues Band - one of the only blues bands in Fargo, as ...
JONNY LANG![]()
Sometimes I heard voices muttering in my head, and a lot of the time the world seemed to smolder aro...
DENIS JOHNSON You mess with my sister, you're messing with me!
LORETTA LIVINGSTONE I needed to realise my role in the drama and it was only then that I could learn and be better for i...
TONY CURL I felt protected around her. She was like a big sister to me.
HASSAN ADAMS![]()
When I was a small boy, 10, 11, 12, probably somewhere around there, when I first heard a blues song...
HUGH LAURIE I was actually looking for my shot early on. Every time I got in the lane I saw trees all around me,...
ABE BADMUS![]()
The first time you kissed me? That moment when your lips touched mine? You stole a piece of my heart...
COLLEEN HOOVER I had to throw around a few dollars here and there to play. My doctor didn't want me to play, but ph...
AARON GREEN![]()
I was lucky. My grandmother stepped up for me and said she would take responsibility for me and a co...
BOB BEAMON![]()
I try to make my mood uplifting and peaceful, then watch the world around me reflect that mood.
YAYA DACOSTA![]()
My mom was onstage when she was pregnant with me.
ZOSIA MAMET When I was young, I told my sister that she had chunky thighs. She slapped me and I cried. She feels...
JON HEDER![]()
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 parents worked for Exxon, and they gave me every chance to take part in music. I took guitar less...
LYLE LOVETT My father took me to my first game in 1971, and I fell in love with the Redskins and the NFL right t...
DANIEL SNYDER My whole thing was, as much as I was inspired by what my parents do, and growing up on film sets, wa...
DREE HEMINGWAY I came in my freshman year and got a little playing time and every year that has increased. That gav...
ANTHONY EDWARDS I was a dandelion puff...Some saw the beauty in me and stooped quietly to admire my innocence. Other...
NICOLE BAILEY-WILLIAMS![]()
My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listen...
TRACY CHAPMAN Note to myself - It is time for me to start taking my guitar lessons. One of my neighbor's singing a...
AVIJEET DAS![]()
It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing.
ED SHEERAN Well, I cried. This is the first time that my mom and sister have seen me play here, and this is the...
LATOYA WILY Then one of my coaches told me to just enjoy it because it was the last time. So I was thinking abou...
IAN SHANNON![]()
With 'Believe' bringing really big success for me outside of the U.K. for the first time, it...
KATHERINE JENKINS We didn't have movies in this little mining town. When I was 12 my mom took me to New York and I...
MARGOT KIDDER It just came down to the fact that it was my home-town school. I grew up around here, it was the opp...
SEIMONE AUGUSTUS My friends all regarded me as a man of unsound mind because I held the view that my wife was with me...
ALEX CAMPBELL![]()
I think one of the worst things that happened to me was, you know, my voluntary fallout with my fath...
STEVEN SPIELBERG![]()
I got my first guitar when I was 16. I'd play for my family and friends, but taking that guitar ...
DON MCLEAN I grew up around electronic instruments. To me, the turntable is an electronic device. At the same t...
ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD The moment I was introduced to my wife, Emma, at a party I thought, here she is - and 20 minutes lat...
JULIAN FELLOWES I realize at one point, that I was being followed, and then I began to see the surveillance that was...
GLORIA NAYLOR![]()
My parents had torn through my innocence and left me with a tar-like substance that was corrupting w...
J.D. STROUBE
KELLY JONES
I played music and sang from my earliest memories. The first pictures of me show me wandering around... DWIGHT YOAKAM
The more I got into playing guitar, the more I enjoyed music, and the broader my listening became. T... ALEX LIFESON
Muddy Waters, I suppose, was my first great hero. You know, every boy wants to be a guitar player, a... HUGH LAURIE
At the Muddy Waters thing, I played the first song by myself on an acoustic guitar. I thought that w... GREGG ALLMAN
At the Muddy Waters thing, I played the first song by myself on an acoustic guitar. I thought that w... GREGG ALLMAN
My mom had me at 16 and took me every place she went. I remember going on peace marches. She tried t... DEBI MAZAR I thought it was a good way for me to say thanks to him, ... He left me every piece of musical gear ...
ALAN YATES I remember he bought me my first Cabbage Patch Kid. When he was younger, he was really quiet. It was...
MAGGIE DIXON My dad was a blues musician around Dublin when I was a baby, so the only music I would listen to gro...
HOZIER
It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing. Growing up, I was inspired b... ED SHEERAN I thought it was a good way for me to say thanks to him, ... He left me every piece of musical gear ...
ALAN YATES My mum was no pushy parent. She would drop me off for auditions when I was in my teens at the Lyric ...
RACHEL TUCKER
I was ... writing that song (with) tears streaming down my face. To me it's…a snapshot of (a) time... GWEN STEFANI
When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me u... MAGIC JOHNSON My first injury ever was a broken toe, and my mother made me run laps around the mat for the rest of...
RONDA ROUSEY
He saw that I was shy, and at the time I was still scared of feeling with another person, so he put ... ALLEN GINSBERG
It was very lucky for me as a writer that I studied the physical sciences rather than English. I wro... KURT VONNEGUT
I think that when I was child, acting was mostly just a hobby for me. It was something that my paren... MARA WILSON When I was about fourteen, my mother took me to see a musical comedy-and that was my first experienc...
AL HIRSCHFELD My stepfather met my mother when I was seven years old, and he was a guitar player. So he caught me ...
GEORGE BENSON I turned around the corner and saw him starting to scramble. The first time I was coming from behind...
ANTWAN PEEK
My Aunt Helen was my favorite person in the whole world. She was my mom’s sister. She got straight... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I was essentially raised on blues music. My dad was a blues musician around Dublin when I was a baby...
HOZIER
My parents took me around the world when I was young, so I caught the bug. Every person is different... DHANI JONES I thought he was going to kill me. He grabbed me from around back with his arm around my throat, jus...
JEAN WAGNER I was in Toronto with my parents, and my dad took me to an outdoor hockey rink. I was 3 or 4, and I ...
WYATT RUSSELL Coach Carey saw me play for the first time at the state tournament and someone told my dad that he s...
BRITTANY HOLESTINE I used to run ten miles every other day and eat very little. I was living in London on my own for th...
HONEYSUCKLE WEEKS
When I started writing songs for Temple of the Dog, I went to my room with my acoustic guitar, and I... CHRIS CORNELL My dad took me to the racetrack for the first time when I was 2 or 3... Anything with a motor, that ...
LYNSI TORRES
I was playing cricket first and my cricket coach was the one that introduced me to track and field. USAIN BOLT I took my time and coach told me to take my time and see what I have, make the move when I'm around ...
HILTON ARMSTRONG
For those that don't know, my sister was born with Down Syndrome, and she was institutionalized ... NIKKI SIXX The idea came to me when I was doing a show and saw this girl sitting down front and she was wearing...
MARTI DODSON What's funny is my mom took me to the theater for the first time when I was six years old, and I...
DANA DAVIS It was really tough, that was first time she went to the hospital (with) me not being around her, .....
FRANK GORE
I was this little blond girl with a guitar case bigger than me - it was pink and sparkly at the time... KELSEA BALLERINI A friend of mine introduced me to Thurston Moore because she thought I would like him. He was playin...
KIM GORDON I heard about Facebook, before BV got it, from my friends that go to other schools, ... I was messin...
ELIZABETH MCDONALD
At a party recently I was introduced to Meryl Streep, and it took me a second to get my head around ... LILY COLLINS
Robert Duvall saw me playing at a restaurant in Louisiana and invited me to be an extra in his movie... HUNTER HAYES I've just been away for a week, and I dropped my BlackBerry in the sea while I was messing aroun...
NICK CLEGG Just then the lady of the house came walking in and saw me with my pants down, wrapped around my ank...
KARL HEPNER I was running to catch a train when one of my teachers saw me. He thought I was fast, time me, and l...
ELIZABETH ROBINSON SCHWARTZ
It was the first time I saw the look on the face of the people I robbed: it was ugly. I was the caus... JEAN GENET My mum took me to the ballet at three, and that was the only time I sat still, with jaw open, mesmer...
EMMA RIGBY Starting off as slow as I did, 0-for-32, the organization stuck with me and allowed me to work my wa...
RYNE SANDBERG It took me five years before I saw 100 grand. My first contract was for $40,000, with a $42,500 bonu...
MORTEN ANDERSON When I was 7, an old lady was driving too fast in my neighborhood and hit me with her car. I was run...
RUTINA WESLEY My first real break was meeting my manager, Julie Gibson. She's the one that introduced me to Fo...
DANIELLA ALONSO I went and took golf lessons so Dad would let me play with him. I was just terrible... but I was abl...
DAVID HYDE PIERCE
All I wanted was to live a life where I could be me, and be okay with that. I had no need for materi... CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON Last year I think it was tough on the girls and me because I was a first year coach. The first time ...
ERIC STEEGE This time around I was so lonely that I was forced to be face to face with myself. Realizing at the ...
KANDI DOUGHERTY He is a neighbor of the family she is staying with, and when he went online, he saw my notice. He ca...
DOROTHY DEMBOSKI
I mean, I tend to do my own thing, and that usually crosses purposes with everyone around me. SHIRLEY MANSON I thought every other kid was like me. I'd watch films and act them out on my own and wish I cou...
KIMBERLEY NIXON We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three.
GABY BUSSELL I think it was, my parents got me a karaoke machine when I was about 9 years old. Even before that, ...
LESLIE ODOM, JR. It was probably my parents who inspired me most. My father was a scientist and answered my scientifi...
NANCY ROMAN 'Pulp Fiction' was probably one of the first films I ever saw that really kind of took effec...
AARON JOHNSON I got the F-bomb my first day on the job. I was still stuttering around and scared and hadn't said m...
ANDREW NIELSON 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
My mother was a very beautiful lady, I thought. She was very good to me. I guess - she died when I w... B. B. KING My dad was good friends with the Bad Medicine Blues Band - one of the only blues bands in Fargo, as ...
JONNY LANG
Sometimes I heard voices muttering in my head, and a lot of the time the world seemed to smolder aro... DENIS JOHNSON You mess with my sister, you're messing with me!
LORETTA LIVINGSTONE I needed to realise my role in the drama and it was only then that I could learn and be better for i...
TONY CURL I felt protected around her. She was like a big sister to me.
HASSAN ADAMS
When I was a small boy, 10, 11, 12, probably somewhere around there, when I first heard a blues song... HUGH LAURIE I was actually looking for my shot early on. Every time I got in the lane I saw trees all around me,...
ABE BADMUS
The first time you kissed me? That moment when your lips touched mine? You stole a piece of my heart... COLLEEN HOOVER I had to throw around a few dollars here and there to play. My doctor didn't want me to play, but ph...
AARON GREEN
I was lucky. My grandmother stepped up for me and said she would take responsibility for me and a co... BOB BEAMON
I try to make my mood uplifting and peaceful, then watch the world around me reflect that mood. YAYA DACOSTA
My mom was onstage when she was pregnant with me. ZOSIA MAMET When I was young, I told my sister that she had chunky thighs. She slapped me and I cried. She feels...
JON HEDER
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 parents worked for Exxon, and they gave me every chance to take part in music. I took guitar less... LYLE LOVETT My father took me to my first game in 1971, and I fell in love with the Redskins and the NFL right t...
DANIEL SNYDER My whole thing was, as much as I was inspired by what my parents do, and growing up on film sets, wa...
DREE HEMINGWAY I came in my freshman year and got a little playing time and every year that has increased. That gav...
ANTHONY EDWARDS I was a dandelion puff...Some saw the beauty in me and stooped quietly to admire my innocence. Other...
NICOLE BAILEY-WILLIAMS
My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listen... TRACY CHAPMAN Note to myself - It is time for me to start taking my guitar lessons. One of my neighbor's singing a...
AVIJEET DAS
It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing. ED SHEERAN Well, I cried. This is the first time that my mom and sister have seen me play here, and this is the...
LATOYA WILY Then one of my coaches told me to just enjoy it because it was the last time. So I was thinking abou...
IAN SHANNON
With 'Believe' bringing really big success for me outside of the U.K. for the first time, it... KATHERINE JENKINS We didn't have movies in this little mining town. When I was 12 my mom took me to New York and I...
MARGOT KIDDER It just came down to the fact that it was my home-town school. I grew up around here, it was the opp...
SEIMONE AUGUSTUS My friends all regarded me as a man of unsound mind because I held the view that my wife was with me...
ALEX CAMPBELL
I think one of the worst things that happened to me was, you know, my voluntary fallout with my fath... STEVEN SPIELBERG
I got my first guitar when I was 16. I'd play for my family and friends, but taking that guitar ... DON MCLEAN I grew up around electronic instruments. To me, the turntable is an electronic device. At the same t...
ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD The moment I was introduced to my wife, Emma, at a party I thought, here she is - and 20 minutes lat...
JULIAN FELLOWES I realize at one point, that I was being followed, and then I began to see the surveillance that was...
GLORIA NAYLOR
My parents had torn through my innocence and left me with a tar-like substance that was corrupting w... J.D. STROUBE
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