When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great musician. When he heard me, he said 'Are you sure you're Ellis's son?'
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Related When I was a kid, my friends and I formed a band, Trombone Shorty's Brass Band. When I was six, ... TROMBONE SHORTY As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial ... JACKIE CHAN You know, in the 1970's, when I was in high school, I belonged to a band called the Happy Funk B... COLIN MOCHRIE Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Right when 'High School Musical' was taking off, one of my little cousins called and was rea... ZAC EFRON I skipped school one day to see Dizzy Gillespie, and that's where I met Coltrane. Coltrane and J... DONALD BYRD My father left... but I tell my mom - and I told my mom this when I was a kid - I said, 'You kno... J. R. MARTINEZ I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON Let me tell you about the nap. It's absolutely fantastic. When I was a kid, my father was always... PHILIP ROTH 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 I shaved my head when I was 14 - is that bad? I asked my dad's permission first. He said, 'Y... BREA GRANT I think it magnified it. For me, I wasn't sheltered so I think it was magnified. Especially when... HEATHER MATARAZZO When I came out to my parents, I knew that they knew. My father was like, 'Are you sure?' I ... BILLY EICHNER When my son was 3 years old - I'll never forget this - there was this homeless guy walking towar... AL MADRIGAL I used to sing with my father's jazz band and then when I was ten years old a musician friend of... MOLLY RINGWALD I auditioned for a movie recently, and when I went in, the producer said he'd told one of its st... ISLA FISHER I used to dress like Roger Taylor when I was ten because I thought he was cool. In high school, I us... TAYLOR HAWKINS I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said t... RALPH NADER Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH That's the great thing about New Year's, you get to be a year older. For me, that wasn't... ALAN KING I remember my father, when I said I was going down to Little Rock to work for Governor Clinton's... RAHM EMANUEL When I was younger, my dad was making a music video for a band in Montreal. I was goofing around and... VANESSA LENGIES When I first met Alan Parker, who directed 'Angel Heart,' he'd heard so many horror stor... MICKEY ROURKE My son is in a band, and he's a singer, and his vocals... they're screaming-growling stuff..... BRUCE DICKINSON Well, a sort of epiphany: I was in a great band. And it's very cool to be at 53 and realise that... BOB GELDOF When I was in high school, The Dave Matthews Band was a local band, and that was the first time I wa... JASON MRAZ It's been such a group effort. When you're a new band and you have limited resources, you en... BALTHAZAR GETTY I feel lazy when I'm not working. I learned all my business sense from my dad. He always believe... KIM KARDASHIAN I always say when you write a book, you're a 'one-man band.' Whereas, when you finish a ... DIABLO CODY My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that fo... EVAN DANDO When you form a band, you form a real relationship that's like a marriage. It's an emotional... ROBERT COPPOLA SCHWARTZMAN Growing up, my father was a financial analyst for an oil company. He was just a regular dad. And whe... ERIC MCCORMACK As I said to Ringo, I was in a successful Rock N Roll band. He was in a band that changed the world.... GREG LAKE Everyone's different, but it was fun for me to work with Garth Hudson. He's from 'The Ba... TEDDY THOMPSON To me, when a great band is playing together, it's amazing for me. JOHN OATES When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coa... FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR. My father died when I was 11. He was a vaudeville comedian. He worked in one movie, 'Ladies of t... TERI GARR My dad's the one who's always been there; he's my hero, you could say. Even when he was ... GARETH BALE I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them... GARY WRIGHT I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because the... KATE BUSH My high-school coach Tony Reginelli was kind of famous for 'Reggie-isms,' kind of like '... PEYTON MANNING So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me 'Can you give me a lift?' I said ... TOMMY COOPER So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me 'Can you give me a lift?' I said ... TIM VINE When one woman found out I had multiple sclerosis, she said to me, 'My heart bleeds for you.'... TERI GARR Neil's effect on the band was immediate and very fulfilling. He adds a certain edge to the sound... GRAHAM NASH I didn't realize Metallica was as big as they were. I just thought it was my buddy Kirk's ba... LES CLAYPOOL The best parenting advice I actually got was from Shane McMahon. He was great with me when Brie was ... DANIEL BRYAN I think if I wasn't a musician, I would be a high-school band director or orchestra director. I ... RIVERS CUOMO When you're looking for a band name, I know it sounds weird, but everything you look at, everyth... DAVE HAYWOOD I grew up with singers. My father's mother sang opera. My dad was a big band singer. I can't... J. D. SOUTHER 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 By high school, I was telling everyone, 'Oh, I'm going to be a doctor when I grow up,' b... AJA NAOMI KING It's nice to have my mother as someone I can talk to about acting. My dad's a director, so w... ZOEY DEUTCH I think I've been influenced by everything I've ever heard. The first thing I ever heard was... J. D. SOUTHER Back at high school, there was this quarterback who asks me out. He's never paid attention to me... JENNY SLATE Actually, when I was in elementary school, I saw a saxophone. A band came to my school, and I saw th... ORNETTE COLEMAN When I first started, I worked with my father, Alex 'Little Bill' Wallace; he was a guitaris... WADADA LEO SMITH I never thought that I'd be dancing with Shia LaBeouf. When I heard he was going to be my partne... MADDIE ZIEGLER Nobody ever worked as hard as my father. My father averaged maybe four hours of sleep at night, and ... LARRY ELDER When you're in a band and there's five of you, you have to accommodate five people in every ... NOEL GALLAGHER The reason why I found acting is because my father passed away. He passed away really young. I was g... ADEPERO ODUYE When I was 12, my feet were so small, I wore my sisters' glitter shoes. My dad would whoop me: &... YOUNG THUG My father once said, 'If you're in the desert and you're dying of thirst, are you going ... NICOLAS CAGE Well I'm a third-generation musician. My Grandfather's a musician and my father and mother w... SAM RIVERS I was in every band class I could get in, like after school jazz band and marching band, and that... CHAD SMITH I was a schooled musician. When I made 'Blue Velvet', I told everyone what to do. I was an a... BOBBY VINTON When I auditioned for 'Bye Bye Birdie' on Broadway, Gower Champion said, 'You've got... DICK VAN DYKE My intention when I came into this industry was to be a musician, not necessarily a recording artist... JON SECADA Werner Herzog, when I auditioned for 'Bad Lieutenant,' he had never seen any of my films. He... JENNIFER COOLIDGE I'll be excited when I get my heart broken properly for the first time. I'll be like, 'T... SAM SMITH My son, before he went to school, he'd eat pretty much everything. Then as soon as he went to sc... TOM COLICCHIO My father was a soldier, which meant that he was a warrior, which meant that he was important. My mo... SPIKE MILLIGAN My character Esteban is a guy who really didn't think he was gonna be there at this point in his... ESAI MORALES When I was a kid, my father didn't really have much hope for me. He thought I was a dreamer; he ... FRANK GEHRY I will follow in my father's footsteps. My father set the bar very high. He was a wonderful lead... JIGME KHESAR NAMGYEL WANGCHUCK For me, it's a great thing to tell people anything is possible. When I was 15, people told me ... AFROJACK If you're truly in a band and you guys have been together for a long time, there's a family ... GARY ALLAN I used to not be confident. My father certainly didn't add to my confidence. When I was 17 or 18... JOAN COLLINS In Jamaica High School in New York, my coach was Larry Ellis, and he said I could probably make the ... BOB BEAMON After high school, I was going to move out to L.A. and try to pursue my dreams of acting. My parents... JOSIE LOREN It's so funny, because when I was growing up in a small town in New Hampshire, I was obsessed wi... ELIZA COUPE I went in and auditioned for one of the main guys for 'The League' when it was first casting... IKE BARINHOLTZ They're completely American. When I served my son falafel in a pita the other day, he said, '... SAYED KASHUA One day, when my son was eight, he came into the kitchen while I was cooking and said: 'You put ... JILL MCCORKLE I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES When I was about 19, my stepmother said - because this was back in the '80s - that I had Robert ... MICHAEL WEATHERLY When I met Bono at the Cannes Film festival while I was there for the film 'United 93,' he s... DAVID ALAN BASCHE A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do. ELIA KAZAN I got a lot of influence from my father, honestly. He'd take me in his car. I'd hear Carlos ... ACTION BRONSON I was a wallflower when I was younger, and at a young age, I was too embarrassed. So I didn't st... DREW LACHEY Most of the time I was in grammar school through high school, I was in some kind of rock n' roll... LEE ATWATER A little secret - I'm the child of a shrink. I am; my mom's a shrink, and my father's a ... ADAM SHANKMAN My father left when I was really young, but he's still living. There are things I wish I'd s... SARAH SHAHI My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a... TED TURNER If you're a casting director, you're going to be curious to see what Timothy Spall's son... RAFE SPALL My father used to act in high school. He was in a production of 'Othello;' I don't know ... LUPITA NYONG'O
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