J. D. Souther
Related My parents went crazy when they found out that I had gotten the part in 'Conversations With My F... DAVID KRUMHOLTZ I was born at home in rural Kentucky, in 1942, in a house that my father Howard had built. He did mo... ROBERT H. GRUBBS THOMAS MCGUANE VICTOR MITCHELL KATE MIDDLETON KATE MIDDLETON And my life for the first - you know, when I was in my 20s and 30s, I had my career, and I traveled ... CHERYL TIEGS My father was a classical singer of baroque music, and my older sister was in musical theatre, and I... ANTONIA THOMAS I spent a special part of my life (in Macon), ... It was my early 20s. It was the '70s. We'd signed ... JACK HALL ISABEL ALLENDE MADONNA CICCONE SUSAN ORLEAN SISSY SPACEK My family's a very musical family, so music's always been a part of my life. CASEY JAMES I think the happiest time of my life was when I was in my late teens. I was a little bit of an it-gi... CHARLOTTE RAMPLING I think I was just lucky to be brought up in a very musical family. My two older brothers were, and ... KATE BUSH CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON It was just music all day... My neighbors were musicians, and my brother and my family and everybody... TROMBONE SHORTY JOHN MCAFEE I had worked with everyone I admired and learned a lot from them, but in 1997 I just decided that it... CELSO FONSECA ANN HOOD KILROY J. OLDSTER MICHAEL BOND JUSTIN CHATWIN CHINUA ACHEBE Early in my life, every time I had to climb the ladder of success because my father never taught me ... VIKRANT PARSAI I have a dream of re-creating the fantastic family I grew up in with my brother and my parents. I am... CATERINA MURINO I'd seen all the great entertainers by the time I was 14 or 15. My mother was artistic. My fathe... LAINIE KAZAN LADY GAGA Everything in my life boils down to my mother. A tradition, which a lot of people do not know of, is... SONU NIGAM Acting is my number one, but dancing will always be a part of who I am and in my heart. I love doing... CAITY LOTZ teacher:"I'm teacher, not because i want to teach children something. I am teacher just because I li... MY TEACHER Writing songs out of my faith was a real natural progression. I grew up singing in my dad's choi... STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad wor... SAM BARRY I can use the house to create a home. I can offer my family, my friends, myself, and even strangers ... SARAH MAE One of the most productive times in my early writing life was while I had a full-time job as a word ... JOHN LESCROART J. G. BALLARD When I first started in the music business, I became estranged from my family and friends. Now I can... CHERYL JAMES LANA DEL REY When Beverly and I got together in 1992, and I moved to be with her in the little round house she... FLOYD SKLOOT DIETER F. UCHTDORF I'd spent my twenties trying to be everything to everybody. I had my family, my straight friends... DAVID FURNISH When sorrow knocks at your door, tell it you're busy finding happiness. SARU SINGHAL I'm the most Failure Model of My parents activities SATHESH KUMAR M My advisers built a wall between myself and my people. I didn't realize what was happening. When... MOHAMMED REZA PAHLAVI My father felt he had no choice. I felt that given time, something could have been worked out and th... 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ANNIKA SORENSTAM 'One Tree Hill' really had an impact on my life. It was the first time I left my house and m... DANIELLA ALONSO WINONA RYDER It's so funny how my name has always been such a big deal. When I was growing up, my family was ... CALISTA FLOCKHART Gospel music played a huge part of my life. I was too scared to audition for the choir, but through ... LEON BRIDGES I couldn't let how the team was doing affect my mindset on my rehabilitation because I sort of belie... TEDY BRUSCHI LUKE BRYAN JONATHAN ANTHONY BURKETT GLORIA ESTEFAN My family influenced me very deeply because my dad came from a musical background, from the hillbill... CHARLIE HADEN MARCEL PROUST JASON MRAZ I come from a blue-collar family. My father worked at the American Can Company as a mechanic. He bro... JOSEPH ABBOUD JOHN GREEN When I was a boy, I had a baseball team of my own. We played on a vacant lot between Ninetieth and N... JACOB RUPPERT JANE AUSTEN I was in Vietnam, and I was exposed to Agent Orange. And there's a high relationship between peo... HAMILTON JORDAN Florenz Ziegfeld, to us and our family, was just a delightful person. My sisters, Mary and Pearl, my... DORIS EATON TRAVIS When I am happy and when I really focus, I can! Whatever I dream of with my thoughts becomes a part ... CHRIS DISANO DAVENPORT
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