Stevie Nicks
Related I knew I could sing. That one thing I did believe in was that I could sing, but then constantly gett... REBECCA FERGUSON G-EAZY DAVID BOWIE I wrote all my songs on my main instruments, and the songs I would record in my bedroom were just ac... SHAMIR NINA SIMONE When I was five years old, my parents gave me a drum set for Christmas. My mom played the piano, and... GARRY MARSHALL I only do private room karaoke where it's just me and one of my closest girlfriends. My mom alwa... CHELSEA PERETTI One of my songs was on a jazz station for awhile. It was a song that I wrote for a jazz sax player f... TREVOR DONOVAN For my 23rd birthday, I received a nylon string guitar. I told myself that if I could play Eric Clap... NEIL JACKSON I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was goi... JANIS IAN But my mom knew this was my job and she gave me her blessing and told me to stay out here and do the... MARCUS TUBBS I started writing my own songs from the time I was a little kid. I would write my own lyrics to othe... BONNIE MCKEE I was 9 when I shot my first turkey on our farm in Missouri. It was my dad, brother, grandfather and... PAUL MILLER I got my first instrument at Christmas when I was three or four. My dad and mom got me a mandolin. I... CHORD OVERSTREET NICOLE RICHIE PETE CARROLL JARRETT J. KROSOCZKA My dad was in the movie 'Moonwalker,' and I knew he could sing really well, but I didn't... PARIS-MICHAEL KATHERINE JACKSON PARIS JACKSON KIP WINGER I just wrote 'Merry Christmas John' on my balloon. I love the Beatles and especially John Lennon. My... JAMES ANDREWS Early in my career, I decided not to do sequels. I know that children enjoy them, but I valued the f... BETSY BYARS My mom and dad played this music all the time when I was growing up, so to me songs by Jerry Lee and... CHRIS ISAAK Dad wouldn't let me fool with his guitar much, because I'm left-handed, and I'd pick it ... DON EVERLY I wanted to do 'Oh Shenandoah' because that's the town I was born in - as a tribute to m... CHARLIE HADEN BENJAMIN ALIRE SáENZ ROBERT ANTHONY I'm not the same person as the character I do in my songs. She's crazy! The 'Daddy Song&... CARLY CRAIG SARAH DESSEN MILEY CYRUS My dad played guitar, and he taught me enough to play some Beatles' songs. But primarily, I was ... K. FLAY I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short st... LAURA HILLENBRAND I picked Dad's guitar up when I was 8. It hurt to play, so I put it down and picked it back up w... DUSTIN LYNCH I was a dramatic kid. I was always like, 'Watch me put on my play, Mom and Dad! You have to watc... LAURA HARRIER I can put my legs behind my head and sing 'Happy Birthday.' Because that's something tha... EMMY ROSSUM For me, songwriting is really where it's at. I turn to use the guitar just to help me write the ... MARK KNOPFLER WALTER CRONKITE One thing that was really dope for me was that my dad had a '78 Corvette, '78 or '76 Cor... SEVYN STREETER MARLO THOMAS I knew Sinatra for 38 years. He was like my father. Frank Sinatra was my 'dad.' He treated m... TRINI LOPEZ ELLIE GOULDING JACKSON BROWNE I got my first pilot lessons for my 16th birthday, ... I was scared the first time I tried it, but I... ERIC HOFFMAN I think I had kind of an advantage. When I was growing up, my dad had just got out of jail and he ha... CHRIS ISAAK NICK PARK NATASHA TRETHEWEY Most of the time, the lyrics are kind of like my secret messages to my friends or my boyfriend or my... IMOGEN HEAP TORI KELLY HOWIE MANDEL 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 CARRIE UNDERWOOD JACOB WHITESIDES Like a lot of kids, I had a Superman cake or different theme cakes, but then I hit the age where I t... WILLIE GEIST I made that declaration and I didn't question it. It was clear to me what I wanted to be. My dad sai... CESAR MILLAN LORDE I used to be really nervous when I sang. Like, when I was a kid starting young, 18 and 19, and my da... DAN AUERBACH ERMA BOMBECK BEAU BRIDGES I hadn't seen them, my dad and my mom, since Christmas. It was a good feeling seeing them. BYRON SANDERS My whole thing was, as much as I was inspired by what my parents do, and growing up on film sets, wa... DREE HEMINGWAY My parents were dishonest people. If it was my birthday, I knew my mother took me to the K-Mart and ... VINCENT GALLO Many years ago, I was actually hired to write the sequel to 'Independence Day.' And I wrote ... DEAN DEVLIN In college, I wrote newspaper articles and songs. Then, on my 21st birthday, I sold my first book. I... JANE YOLEN GENE WILDER Singing was probably my first love, and song writing. I write a lot of love songs and heartbreaking ... NOLAN SOTILLO STEPHEN CHBOSKY DEYTH BANGER BEBE REXHA STEPHEN CHBOSKY I play guitar and write music, and that's definitely a huge part of my life, but it's my per... MAIA MITCHELL HUNTER HAYES CHARLIE PUTH I've written a song for Prince. I never showed it to Prince, but just to see if I could do it. A... RANDY NEWMAN I used to blame my problems on other people. But my moment of clarity, if you want to call it that, ... TOM SIZEMORE My dad, being a jingle writer, and my mom, being a jingle singer, they hooked me up with some people... REEVE CARNEY KINA GRANNIS BETHANY HAMILTON ANGELA DUCKWORTH EDDIE VAN HALEN ALESSIA CARA My parents always knew that I wanted to act, so it didn't really come as a big surprise. The onl... RUMER WILLIS I've always been somebody who wrote down my feelings and I've always liked to write. I never did any... DANIEL POUND CHARLIE PUTH The turning point was when I hit my 30th birthday. I thought, if really want to write, it's time... JAMES ROLLINS JUSTIN BIEBER My wife noticed that I wrote really good complaint letters about faulty products and that I could ge... BRIAN HERBERT Now that I'm here, Montreal is only two hours away and my dad and my mom are always down here to see... TONY ESPOSITO AVRIL LAVIGNE ANITA DESAI RYAN REYNOLDS WALTER CRONKITE Well, I would sit on the bed with my guitar, write these really personal songs, and then take them a... STEPHAN JENKINS LAURA DERN Up till now I wrote the songs on my acoustic guitar alone with the Lord. Then I would take the song ... DANIEL SMITH The idea came to me when I was doing a show and saw this girl sitting down front and she was wearing... MARTI DODSON That was a really special day. It was a chance for me to go back to my college and get a big honor, ... RYAN FLEMING TINA FEY When I was 5, I started taking singing lessons, and then, after 'School of Rock,' I started ... MIRANDA COSGROVE I don't really mind what people say about my love life or anything like that, but the one thing is t... ASHLEE SIMPSON
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My dad was in the movie 'Moonwalker,' and I knew he could sing really well, but I didn't... 
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My dad picked me up and rocked me in the chair. I felt small and weak and I wanted to hold him back ... 
Years ago I had realized I was blaming myself for it. People and doctors would tell me it wasn't my ... 
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...So to be fast to don't be long and to try to be short... If you want to play the best game, creat... 
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Taylor was named after James Taylor and claims that she knows all the James Taylor songs, and I'... 
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