Kina Grannis
Related When I was growing up, I had lots of smart classmates that were girls, but none of us were really pu... AILEEN LEE We flew into Halifax on this scary propeller plane, which was a little nerve-wracking. But for the f... JENNIFER SKY The rules only applied toCAMERON STRACHER The first song that made me interested in music was 'Oh, Pretty Woman' by Roy Orbison. It wa... GEDDY LEE Seventh grade was the worst year of my life. I still haven't forgotten. ... Two girls would make fun... BETSY SLOAN My whole body seemed to seize up on me in a full cramp. It was really scary. CHRIS DUFFY When I first started going to my classes, it was kind of overwhelming because I walked in thinking I... GREGORY JOHNSON When I was young, we had these parties, and they'd make me sing in front of the family all the t... JACOB BATALON I was a teenage girl once. I was not an overweight teenage girl, but I had really bad acne when I wa... RAE CARSON HUGH LAURIE For the pageants, it was my mother who got me involved in Miss America. It really gave me the opport... JANE BADLER At first, my friends and family all kind of made fun of me and it was kind of a joke, but now that t... BILLY BROWN The first time I came onto the ice I had to squint a little bit. I was really nervous going in but t... ANDREW PINSENT I was really shy when I was younger, so my mom got me into an acting class to see if I would open my... MOISES ARIAS The team played really good in front of me and made it easy. The defense was unbelievable and they w... ANDREW PINSENT PAUL HOLLYWOOD MADONNA CICCONE I made sure that instead of people making fun of me, like every comedian probably says, I made fun o... ELIZA COUPE AMY ROBACH It was really scary for them, ... It was the first time they had ever signed a store lease. But they... JACQUELYN TRAN RICK PITINO It may have made me stronger because I was forced to be on my own when I was not very old-18, MEAT LOAF It was improv that really helped me start coming up with recipes and just believe in my instincts. T... AARTI SEQUEIRA It shouldn't have mattered, not when Miel and the other girls in his class wore jeans more than they... ANNA-MARIE MCLEMORE With Scarlett Johansson, I always thought she was pretty, but then when I heard her sing, there was ... CAMERON MONAGHAN LAURA MVULA I made my first complete song when I was 9. LUDACRIS When I first heard that song, it was a ballad but it had a lot more. It felt like a gospel song when... DEBORAH COX JIM HENSON It was tough, but I was really young when it happened, ... It's part of life. It's something that ma... WALI LUNDY It was a lot of fun out there. The entire team played great and everyone was doing their job, which ... MATT PELTON I was filled with angst all the time, but when it came down to it, I dove into what was in front of ... JANE LYNCH I saw everybody in front of me, and their eyes were going crazy. It was a scary five or six seconds.... MARTIN BRODEUR CHRIS BROWN I used to hate performing in front of anybody, but I was forced to sing in front of family, at famil... FLEUR EAST LILLIAN GISH I grew up in the Alps and France, and Barbie was my first exposure to the American woman. For me she... CATHERINE MALANDRINO 'The Custodian' was my first film, and there were so many lessons to learn in that week. It ... ESSIE DAVIS After I made that first move or first couple of moves, I saw I had a cut-back lane and there was a l... TERRY CAULLEY DAN STEVENS My parents taught me that fun was where I made it. I was their shy, quiet and serious child, and the... LILY CHATTERJEE They very seldom let me lose my cool. They made me like I was Polly Perfect, which was ridiculous so... CHARLOTTE RAE NILE RODGERS My teacher said my brain was the size of a pea. He made my life miserable by singling me out in the ... WILLARD WIGAN He was finishing up the album when this song came into play. We knew it was a magical song, but we d... FLETCHER FOSTER I was always a visual artist my whole life, and I came to music really late - when I was 21 or 22 wa... TYCHO TOMMY SHAW The first thing I bought that was really stylish was in 1969 when I was eleven. I saved up for a bla... PAUL WELLER I respected everyone, and I think they wanted me to be me. They thought I was crazy when I wanted to... CONSTANTINE MAROULIS Aunt Dottie and Aunt Mae would get up there and sing the same song - 'I was drunk last night, dear M... JOYCE GIBSON Before all this happened, I always used to see my stammer as being a negative, all my life, but then... GARETH GATES HARRY DEAN STANTON DEYTH BANGER My very first movie, 'Mary Poppins,' which I talk about, it just turned me into an obsessive... TODD HAYNES But when he was away from the table, he liked to have fun. I remember how he liked to sing a song or... DUANE HANSON ZIGGY MARLEY I'm not a highly outgoing person. I'm pretty guarded when you first meet me. But being in a ... ANDERS HOLM They very seldom let me lose my cool. They made me like I was Polly Perfect, which was ridiculous so... CHARLOTTE RAE RYAN GUZMAN A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club and my resignation was, finall... DAVID R. BROWER FRANZ SCHUBERT FRANZ SCHUBERT Anyway, it was at the Electric Cowboy and there were about 180 of us there and they gave us all a nu... JODY EVANS I was having fun out there today. Me and my boy Eddie (Jones) where just having fun. Nobody really s... AL WOODS The guys always remind me of that. I wasn't ready. I think it was more physical but that was a long ... LARRY FOOTE I had a few artists that I really looked up to when I was starting out, like Slick Rick, KRS-One, Bi... JOE CARTAGENA I just thought I couldn't get into a rhythm in the first half. In the second half my teammates stepp... ALI MANN RYAN GOSLING ED SHEERAN SCOTT WEILAND JERRY LEIBER TONY VISCONTI ANDREW JOHNSON I never really fit in growing up. I got made fun of a lot of the time in high school. People never l... MAGDA APANOWICZ CHARLIE PUTH ODETTE ANNABLE LANA DEL REY STEVIE NICKS DIMEBAG DARRELL STEVEN SPIELBERG VICTOR BORGE The first movie I really clicked with was 'Die Hard' when I was 6 years old, which is crazy ... JACK REYNOR DEYTH BANGER The idea came to me when I was doing a show and saw this girl sitting down front and she was wearing... MARTI DODSON I was so scared. I was very afraid. He pulled my hair and forced me and locked me in the bathroom. ERIKA CRUZ VINCE CABLE When I was young, a little kid even, my brothers would always make fun of me because my mouth was al... BRAD HOAG That was me under the bath and the water being held down. The director wanted it to look as real as ... RACHEL WEISZ MARTINA MCBRIDE CHAD LE CLOS SHAUN WHITE It was long, stressful, but fun. I hit my spots and my defense backed me up and we came through with... SARAH ALLEN I just loved the guitar when it came along. I loved it. The banjo was something I really liked, but ... DOC WATSON It was never fun being in the Ramones, which is the saddest thing of all, cause it shoulda been fun.... TOMMY RAMONE STEPHENIE MEYER It was fun. It was really exciting to see her win that day, just looking at her and seeing that I ha... ASHLEY POSTELL I'm thrilled to be honored like this because this is my first year and I didn't really expect it. Bu... EMILY MAIER When the crowd was behind me, and my teammates were behind me, it was really an amazing feeling. Jus... PRESTON LEMASTER My father never forced me, but chemistry was my best subject. YUSUF HAMIED When the script was written, it was sent to me with asterisks marking where he felt a song would be ... 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My dad made these dough balls and covered them up with a cloth in front of a gas fire, which was stu... 
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Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably a little higher by the ti... 
My first album was me finding myself and my voice, finding how I sing. I was rolling with the punche... 
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At 13, in my first year of Tonbridge, I went up for the part of Macbeth. I was up against the 17- an... 
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I used to sing when I was six years old. When the family would leave the house, I'd get up on th... 
And the day came out... the mask was removed... and who was behind it?
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I never was that boy who loved gangster films, but when I was growing up, I was obsessed with the de... 
It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing. Growing up, I was inspired b... 
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The first memory I have was my sisters dancing to the radio when they played records by Benny Goodma... 
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My putting was a real strength for me today. I holed a few bombs for birdies, but I also made all th... 
The first person that I ever heard sing a song I wrote was Jason Derulo. I was in the studio when he... 
My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only st... 
Stylistically, I love make-up. I love doing my own make-up and stuff, but clothes-wise, I actually d... 
It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrot... 
Van Halen was a huge influence on me, and 'Eruption' was the song that really leaped off tha... 
My dad took me out to see a meteor shower when I was a little kid, and it was scary for me because h... 
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