I can never practice. I'm terrified of losing my skills after going months without playing ... before I came (to Ohio State), drums and music were my life.
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RONALD PERELMAN I've never been able to sit round on my own and play drums, practice in the back room, never bee... RINGO STARR I was kind of torn between playing music or playing college football. I was going to college and rea... BRANTLEY GILBERT My son now is 22 months old, he's been playing since he was 12 months old and he gets standing o... DICK DALE I came to love, I came into my own. THEODORE ROETHKE I've been playing music all my life, from being a choir soloist at Symphony Hall as a youngster to p... ARTHUR GODFREY I had been playing since I was 2 years old, never remembering a life without music, always playing e... LARA ST. JOHN My mom had to beg the guys to let me play. I couldn't even play the drums right - Brian had to show ... DENNIS WILSON Dude, I love playing drums, and I love being on stage, and I love recording. It's my life... it&... DAVE LOMBARDO I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I am not his employer. I do not have such authority.... MIKE LOVE Playing my drums is therapy. TRAVIS BARKER Music is my entire world since I was a child. Some years ago I began to write down my own ideas and ... DENIZ INAN My dad would moonlight back then, ... He'd worked his way through college in a band before he became... BOB SCHNEIDER My father died in 1989 before I knew what I was going to do with my life. I had just graduated from ... PAUL GIAMATTI When I came into the business, things changed a lot, and my life was in a real state of flux. RACHAEL LEIGH COOK I did not fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I a... MIKE LOVE I can actually go to bed with this one without fear of losing my soul. DAVID BOREANAZ My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I'm not going to play guitar I'... GARY CLARK, JR. I've been playing music for a long time. I play my music to keep busy. I play my music to keep out o... 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I've never had an injury like that in my life. I thought I was going to be out... DIONER NAVARRO My advice would be to follow your dream. Most of my life, I was in second place before I came in fir... JACKIE EVANCHO I was listening to the radio and they were playing some music in my cell. I heard a voice through th... ANDREA YATES I terrified my interrogation subjects, but I never got intelligence. ANTHONY LAGOURANIS i can not go through the ocean. i can not drive the streets at night. i can not wake up in the morni... A FINE FRENZY I'd never been a teacher before, and here I was starting my first day with these eager students.... ANDREW SHUE I'm terrified of missing my call time. I'll check my alarm several times before I fall aslee... J. D. PARDO My way of relaxing was always doing the opposite and playing the drums, but I need to be able to act... CARA DELEVINGNE i's in my writing are never capitalized because in the story of my life im just the supporting chara... IJIRASHIIJACK I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life playing clubs, if that means I'm playing music tha... BILLY CORGAN I don't take breaks, man. In the past, I used to spend my free time getting in trouble, and now ... TAYLOR HAWKINS Music was always part of my life - my mother says I came out singing. I wanted to be Gene Kelly - or... IMELDA MAY Everyone at Ohio State has their priorities straight. Their tradition and success mean a lot. The No... ANDY MILLER I care about writing music and playing my music. CARLA BRUNI My first Top of the Pops I didn't want to do. I was terrified. I'd never done television before. See... KATE BUSH I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life -- and I've never let it keep me from doing a... GEORGIA O'KEEFFE I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a ... GEORGIA O'KEEFFE I wasn't an Ohio State player until my final five games and I think that's why they waited to recrui... ANDY MILLER I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from ... GEORGIA O'KEEFFE I listened to country music my whole life. I started writing music when I was a teenager. It all cam... LAURA BELL BUNDY I think the feelings in my music were suggested to me before I even had the ability to play music. JOHN FRUSCIANTE I'm not very good at hockey. I never played before my sophomore year. I still don't have the skills,... GRIER FILLEY I'm never at a loss for a gift to buy him on birthdays or holidays -- it's Ohio State, Ohio State, O... JACKIE CASTLE Never felt lyk im alone bcoz my soul always follows me dats wat make me feel im not alone & I"ll nev... RAKSHAN BHANDARY I have a bad back partially from playing the drums and singing. I used to have to hold my body in su... DON HENLEY I never really saw my dad around when the Iron Maiden and the AC/DC were playing. But he knew what I... DHANI HARRISON If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydrea... ALBERT EINSTEIN I had been living in Ohio in my own house with my own life when my marriage abruptly came to an end.... ISABEL GILLIES I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a si... GEORGIA O'KEEFFE When the time came to begin I was so completely terrified that my legs turned numb MINNIE DRIVER When I wok up in intensive care after almost three weeks unconscious, I only realized how serious my... RYAN WILSON My parents came to this country after World War II, Jews from Czechoslovakia who had survived Auschw... JULIE SALAMON I grew up in a house that was always happy, and my family was always music, music. I started playing... RONALDINHO Music is an essential part of my life and I'm completely lost without a good album to listen to ... ALFRED MOLINA After my first few tastes I was pretty much hooked. I'd have dry spells, months without any or only ... MARK VONNEGUT I was brought up west southwest coast of Scotland and my mother and father had a music shop, and so ... COLIN HAY If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydrea... ALBERT EINSTEIN Kiss me until I forget how terrified I am of everything wrong with my life. BEAU TAPLIN I can't think of any musician or producer who has influenced me more than Brian Eno. From when h... MOBY If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel. TED RALL I have never been more terrified in my life than when Dick Cheney whipped out that gun. I was sure I... DAVID GREGORY The music began and he started singing and gyrating, so much that the flatbed and truck were bouncin... EVELYN RODRIGUEZ I enjoy playing the band as the band. I 'be' the whole band and I'm playing the drums, I'm playing t... CHICK COREA Right before I go on stage, I'm absolutely terrified. My mind darts at many directions, but the ... SARAH BRIGHTMAN I'm glowing in the dark with my studio tan. I've been in a cave of music for months and mont... PHIL ANSELMO When I came home after my statutory term as surgeon general, I just resumed my life here in southern... RICHARD CARMONA I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life. JULIUS ERVING The voice I have now, I got the first time I sang in a movement meeting, after I got out of jail . .... BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON I didn't tell him that the diagnosis came three months after I got my first period. Like: Congratula... JOHN GREEN Before I came to England, my favorite authors were P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. I used to de... SALMAN RUSHDIE My solo playing utilizes the deployment of suggestive psychic rhythms. I'll state these througho... WADADA LEO SMITH I can say without a doubt that being a mom is the ultimate test of my multi-tasking skills. I spend ... CHRISTINE TSAI Before acting offers came by, I dabbled in theatre under the aegis of the late thespian Dinesh Thaku... ARFI LAMBA I not only wanted to showcase lyrical skills but also continue to drop knowledge on the hiphop commu... TALIB KWELI Before I met you, my life ran on sheer amusement. After I met you, my life ran on sheer compas... HEENASHREE KHANDELWAL The stainless-steel frets were a major breakthrough, because of the amount of playing and bending th... EDDIE VAN HALEN It will be fun playing with my friends. I will be playing with a lot of good in-state players. My fa... DOMONIC HOPSON Music is my life. ROBERT ILER After spending many years in Wall Street and after making and losing millions of dollars I want to t... JESSE LIVERMORE My music is about where I am at the time. In 'Raymond vs. Raymond,' I was going through a lo... 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