People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love 'We Are Young.' I've heard it play at weddings. I've heard it in graduation parties. It's a big idea and big song.
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Related I have a very eclectic iPod. So I've got my cardio people - so it's anything from Beyonce to... MICHELLE OBAMA I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I think rap music is rap music. I mean, are there heavy writing aspects of it? Absolutely. In a sens... EARL SWEATSHIRT Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard befor... HAMILTON JORDAN It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH Why would anyone get married and have babies? That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard in my ... AZIZ ANSARI People are consuming more than ever, but I think they want a bit of honesty and depth. Adele, Gotye,... KIMBRA About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN The first person that I ever heard sing a song I wrote was Jason Derulo. I was in the studio when he... CHARLIE PUTH We've heard that the hookup culture is destroying us. We've heard that it's saving us. W... HANNA ROSIN If you look at everything I do - even in 'Boo!' there's a message, and it's always &... TYLER PERRY I think I've been influenced by everything I've ever heard. The first thing I ever heard was... J. D. SOUTHER When you've got big sky, big places and less people, people act differently and treat each other... ROBERT TAYLOR I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... RICK RIORDAN I grew up hunting and fishing. I've always been into archery. I've always been into cars... ... PAUL WALKER I have a younger brother and sister who actually play in my band, and we were always into Disney mus... LAURA MVULA Pop music thrives on repetition. You know a song's a hit when you've heard it so often that ... JAMES SUROWIECKI Three 6 Mafia have been around for a long time; we've made a lot of music. Anybody's music c... JUICY J Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. LUCAN I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. LUCAN I love Kelly Clarkson's message, and I've heard comparisons to P!nk. RACHEL PLATTEN Just to know that someone who's 15 years old is listening to my music and the work that I've... WARREN G My dad has always been a big Ray Charles fan, and I've grown up listening to all kinds of music. AVICII When I heard 'Jesus, Take the Wheel,' I was like, OK. Some people look at it as a song writt... LADY GAGA I'm a big techno fan. I love that thumping kick drum. We heard a version of 'Lost in Love... GRAHAM RUSSELL I come from a big, loud family, and I'm the quieter one. Performing is something I have to switc... LORDE It's totally my dream job. I grew up watching 'Saturday Night Live.' We'd watch it a... VANESSA BAYER I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes. JIMI HENDRIX I love the 'Delilah' show. I've been listening to it for years and years. It's incre... RONNIE MILSAP It's weird, I grew up in California, and I've only surfed, like, once. RILEY KEOUGH I like Christian Bale. I've heard he's a big fan of mine, but I certainly reciprocate. I thi... ADAM WEST I've got a big mole on my butt. It's true. GEDDE WATANABE I am obsessed with rap music - it's such a big part of my life. RANDALL PARK There's been a big buzz about the Charlatans in the last couple of years. I've heard the wor... DAN HICKS You can't do psychological thrillers. There's no audience. I've heard this. I've hea... ERIQ LA SALLE I've heard people say I'm a Curry and that helped me get where I am. Sometimes I think it... SETH CURRY I'm a pretty big dork. It's crazy. I'm one of those people who grew up with all kinds of... ANNA KENDRICK When I was growing up, there was nobody in my family - not even my mother - who I could look to and ... FRANK OCEAN I've looked at pictures that my mom has of me, from when I was four years old at the turntable. ... DR. DRE I've heard that Bon Iver liked my cover of 'Skinny Love.' BIRDY Don't have to see," the pilot grunted. "Olga knows the way." "Funny name for an aircraft... GORDON KORMAN I've been very hands-on with everything I've done since I had my children. And it's just... BRITNEY SPEARS I've had some really big hits with 'Groundhog Day' and 'Michael,' 'Multiplic... ANDIE MACDOWELL I've heard about productions where it still happens: yellow face, taping up the eyes. It's h... GEMMA CHAN I've got the best parents you could ever ask for. My parents are from New Jersey, and they met i... KING TUFF I auditioned for a solo in church and got it. I was about seven and I sang a song called, 'Jesus... KRISTIN CHENOWETH I've heard countless women - but not a single man - say to me, 'I could never stand up befor... LISA BLATT Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. SENECA Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. SENECA We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. SENECA Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take... SENECA Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. SENECA Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. SENECA Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. SENECA I like the idea that people hear my stuff, and if it's commercially successful, that's a goo... PAUL MCCARTNEY When I grew up in America, I didn't see anyone who looked like me on TV. I feel overwhelmed with... PRIYANKA CHOPRA I've never heard Daft Punk; I've never heard a track of theirs in my life. They're the t... HENRY ROLLINS I've been really upset sometimes when I've been misquoted. And it's the one thing they u... DAPHNE GUINNESS I've never been to Thailand and I've only heard good things about it. I really want to make ... IZABEL GOULART The majority of my family is Auburn fans, and I grew up watching Auburn football, and that's alw... KATHERINE WEBB I've had so much success. I had something to say, I got to say it, people heard it, and they agr... JOSS WHEDON In the little rural town I grew up in, I missed out on the pop music of the time, the '80s, and ... BILL CLEGG I've spent months living in Africa and India. So it's not like I was sheltered when I starte... ISABEL LUCAS The tough thing about radio is I've met a lot of people in it who like my music. But it's ha... CHRIS ISAAK I was a big fan of Aaliyah's. Growing up, my mom was a big fan of her music. When I grew to have... ALEXANDRA SHIPP The public has heard the stereotypical love songs a million times, and they've heard the stereot... ED SHEERAN That's part of the curse: If you're gonna play the song, you better play it. I've tried ... EDDIE VEDDER I love film. I've always been enchanted by doing film. It's something I grew up watching - c... RAMI MALEK I've heard 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' read, and I tell you Mrs. Stowe's pen hasn't ... HARRIET TUBMAN I bought an island in 1987. It's in one of the lakes in Canada. I went around it in my boat and ... DAN AYKROYD I love Florida Georgia Line. I love 'Round Here.' So if a fan wants to listen to that, and i... SCOTTY MCCREERY 'La La Land' is about the city I live in. It's about the music that I grew up playing; i... DAMIEN CHAZELLE I've woken up from dreams and the whole song is there. I'm listening to it in my dreams. I c... LENNY KRAVITZ I was at the premiere of 'Prisoners,' and I heard two thousand people scream at the same tim... DENIS VILLENEUVE I've heard that George Clooney did something like nine pilots before 'ER' was picked up,... ANDIE MACDOWELL I mean, that's another big surprise of the show, is that I see sixteen year old people who recog... STEVE BURNS There's some familiarity in Celtic music, even if you've never heard that piece of music bef... NOBUO UEMATSU I have failed 'Star Wars' trivia tests. People come up to me at conventions and use terms th... MARK HAMILL I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rappin... NINA SIMONE He's the reason why I write music. If he's reading this - James Taylor, I'd love to work... CHARLIE PUTH Country music is me, it's what I've grown up with, and it's what I do. SCOTTY MCCREERY My music is about my life. If it's something that I've lived, then it's something that I... BIG SMO I grew up listening to - it's kind of embarrassing - all classical music. CAROLINE SHAW I've had my successes and failures. I know many academics in my field loathe me. I've come t... ALAIN DE BOTTON I listen to everything - all kinds of stuff. I've been obsessed with the Nas and Damian Marley r... EVE Julie Andrews is so iconic, and I grew up watching 'The Sound of Music' - it's every gir... LAURA OSNES I'm the joke of the family with cooking because I've never done it - primarily because I'... EMILIA FOX I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise. SAM RAIMI I'm not a big, huge star, and so when people see me, it's usually to talk about something I&... JASON BATEMAN It's about giving the people what they want. So many people have told me that they've made l... TYRESE GIBSON I grew up in Texas, and people love their American-made muscle cars there. I grew up around people w... AMBER HEARD I love finding out-of-the-box inspirations and blending them with what I've done in the past. An... AVICII
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