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Related I loved rock and roll when that came in, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Elvis... IAN MCLAGAN I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-rol... ROBBY KRIEGER I felt fine. I wanted to take all the snaps, but he took me out and I don't argue with the head man ... ELI MANNING I regret and suffer those losses, but it's God's will. He will pardon me if I committed exce... AUGUSTO PINOCHET On that show, I did country and some rock, too, whatever record I had out at the time, I'd sing ... WANDA JACKSON I felt fine, ... I wanted to take all of the snaps, but [coach Tom Coughlin] took me out and I don't... NEW YORK GIANTS I felt fine, ... I wanted to take all of the snaps, but (coach Tom Coughlin) took me out and I don't... NEW YORK GIANTS I know Tony is feeling some pressure this week because Roger and I live here and our sponsor is base... TROY AIKMAN I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands. I had po... DAVE GROHL I think I tried on the hardcore scene's outfits maybe once, and then I just figured I'd stic... DAVE SITEK Some people really trip on success or popularity. My friends would talk to me about that, about trip... ROY AYERS I like to put on hardcore when I have to clean my apartment, which I hate to do, but it's motiva... PETER STEELE We need prisons because there are some hardcore criminals, but I never met a guy who has been in jai... TAHAR RAHIM I look back on my life, comin' out of Macon, Georgia - I never thought I'd be a superstar, a... LITTLE RICHARD I know it might seem a little superficial, but every actor has their thing. Some people focus on the... NATALIE ZEA No new projects at the moment. There are restrictions to how much I can take on. And I need to finis... AMITABH BACHCHAN I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really... GABRIELLE UNION 'Dirty Dancing' is one of my favorite movies, and I was in love with Patrick Swayze for year... EVE BABITZ If I get incensed about some injustice, you can't make me - I will not just going to sit at my d... BARBARA EHRENREICH (Wilf) decided he wanted to sit down with me at some point later on and talk about some stuff. All h... MATT BIRK I feel like Nashville has really embraced me with open arms. I was a little worried at first; you kn... CASSADEE POPE I'm pretty interested in documentary film, and I'd watch almost anything. At some point, I s... BOX BROWN Besides that, I felt guilty. I thought for some reason... I was alive, and Buddy and those boys were... WAYLON JENNINGS People assume that because I was brought up on Rolling Stones tours, and my father is who he is, I... ELIZABETH JAGGER Undoubtedly, the biggest misconception about me is that I'm some staunch conservative, blind, ri... ELISABETH HASSELBECK The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don'... ADELE I know my lyrics might be weird to some, but they're not like that to me because I know where th... ALEX TURNER Fifteen years of rock 'n' roll takes a toll on the vocal chords, but I wouldn't trade a day of it fo... MARK STUART I teach a Bible study for homeless guys in downtown Atlanta every week. Been doing it for years. Tha... JEFF FOXWORTHY I've been playing both sides of the law my entire career. It's not really surprising for me ... IAN ANTHONY DALE It’s not always easy to get over some of those bumps in the road, those disillusionments and disap... JOEL OSTEEN I like to put on hardcore when I have to clean my apartment, which I hate to do, but it's motivation... PETER STEELE Some of the best rock riffs ever written were by Jimmy Page, and I can't really name the songs, ... JOE PERRY I'd rather fiddle with my phone for precious seconds than neglect an apostrophe; I'd rather ... WILL SELF I know it is the fans that are responsible for me being here. I've always tried in each and ever... HARRY CARAY I was planning on coming out for basketball this year, but the football season took its toll on me p... JAMES HARDY I developed a mania for Fitzgerald - by the time I'd graduated from high school I'd read eve... A. SCOTT BERG The great thing about life - I'd rather not know and just hope I'm happy and healthy and I f... CAMILLA BELLE We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleas... GARY KEMP At readings, audience members sometimes ask if I keep writing past the two hours if I'm on a rol... AIMEE BENDER My favorite type of music to sing to would be rock and roll, Tenacious D, Led Zeppelin, some Queen -... CASEY ABRAMS I didn't talk to Eddie at all about it. I injured my neck on Thursday doing weights but it probably ... ANDREW JOHNS It's cool. There's some great quarterbacks on that list with John Elway and some other guys like Wal... MATT LEINART Sometimes I'd hear things on other people's records and I say I wanted it on my records, but... DESMOND DEKKER It's not some great work of beauty and love to be a rock-and-roll singer. ROBERT PLANT I know what that tastes like, to be a rock-and-roll star - to have a limousine, to have girls scream... PATTI SMITH There are roles I have said no to, but for different reasons. And, I never talk about those because ... PENELOPE CRUZ I worked on 'USA Today' as a topic for while. I tried to do something on hand chairs, chairs... JIM GAFFIGAN I've cracked my head open before; I've had some great injuries. So I have to do it on the si... MAIKA MONROE I definitely thought about that and wanted to have a good showing. I still know a lot of people at C... COREY PARKER I didn't go out shooting for anybody in particular because I shot for everybody unparticular. I ... LUPE FIASCO It was hard because some of our guys were pumped and ready to wrestle but then they had to have to s... DANIEL CRAMBLETT Five years ago, I wouldn't have had the courage to talk about my 'situation'. But thanks to ISFMWSLW... BOB DANIELS Dario is certainly going to be very, very strong on the road courses as Tony will. I've certainly go... DAN WHELDON We had some personal records today and we had some other records who were right on average. I think ... DENNY CHALK And the thing about me is, I have a lot of mellow songs, because they're the easiest for me to w... PRISCILLA AHN When they look back on me I want 'em to remember me not for all my wives, although I've had ... JERRY LEE LEWIS I got to work with my wife, Lena Olin, for the first time, which was great. I thought it might be di... LASSE HALLSTROM My dad was a really good surfer, and by the time I was 10, he was dragging me out on some good days ... XAVIER RUDD I did a lot of my school on set. Some years I went to a private school for a couple of hours, and th... CANDACE CAMERON BURE I'd say the majority of my friends are Australians, although I have some good American friends, ... BELLA HEATHCOTE Here's what I'll say: some toys should be movies, and some toys should not be toys, and I... ALEX KURTZMAN I know I'm not Freddie Mercury or Ann Wilson, and that's okay. You don't have to be a gr... TAYLOR HAWKINS Because I am afraid of commitment. This movie certainly has some bearing and is some reflection of m... GARRY SHANDLING Well, I certainly wouldn't give [advice] to the girl that has tried to get me tossed out of this pla... RACHEL E. CARTER Going on unemployment was a total low point for me, but it was also the point when I promised myself... PAUL DOWNS COLAIZZO With commentating, I've had a chance to show the humorous side of my personality that I didn'... JOHN MCENROE I have to give my family credit for putting up with the racket, because as some of you may know, its... MAX WEINBERG I take all of my life lessons, which some people might call 'mistakes,' and apply them to my... KIMBERLY CALDWELL The only way I know how to deliver is to focus; some people can turn it on or off - I'd rather s... ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE Wow I passed a lot of trucks. It's tough to pass, but it's exciting to make some passes here too. Fr... TED MUSGRAVE I didn't know I was cool, but I was very flattered that some of the younger comedy writers came ... BOB NEWHART We just did a show in Providence, Rhode Island, and we got three puppy shots before we even got on t... JERRY LAWLER I wanted to get involved in some theater group. I came down and tried out and they accepted me. DIANE DEAN I think you could find some waves on the west side of Denmark, but I never tried it. LARS MIKKELSEN Films don't always tell a story; some films can achieve effect just by being razzle-dazzle or ro... ROBERT REDFORD I consider myself true, which, I know, some people look at as radical, but I enjoy the normalcies of... CANDIS CAYNE I'm not going to talk about Picasso. I have done my duty to those memories. I have had a great c... FRANCOISE GILOT Kids instinctively know - although they will argue to the contrary - that they really are not mature... ZIG ZIGLAR I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so ... DAN BROWN I'm the guy who's started businesses, I've been a small business owner. I've employe... PAT TOOMEY I didn't know much about him, and I thought that some of what I heard was maybe hype. But he's not j... JEFF PENDERGRAPH Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I ... JOHN LENNON Mostly I want to talk positive; I wanna talk about a bunch of great kids that I coached and made me ... JOE PATERNO If I were John Bolton, I'd take great consolation in the words of my principal supporter on the ... MARK SHIELDS I'd like to talk to him, but just about being the best tight end I can be, ... I know he did some gr... HEATH MILLER I'd much rather talk about guitar playing. I hate it when people ask me about my lyrics. I alway... JAMES HETFIELD I think rock 'n' roll would become exponentially, considerably more difficult to perform pas... ADAM CLAYTON Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which... ALEXANDER ALEKHINE We did not talk directly about Highland Park. Quite honestly, the folks that came out here were not ... MATT KRAMER People can have so many ill-conceived ideas about me based on the parts that I play. I've had gu... JENNIFER JASON LEIGH After 35, I felt like I'd been in these relationships; some were great, some weren't so grea... ESSENCE ATKINS I can understand how some people might resent me for having the audacity to continue playing music, ... DAVE GROHL He used a lot of words. He tried to be very specific and descriptive, which is something I try to be... CRAIG FINN People think I'm consuming all the time, based on my Instagram feed, but I know how to eat and h... CHRISSY TEIGEN When 'Men's Health' reached out and said, 'Will you be on the 'Today Show' a... AARON SCHOCK People know my lyrics; they know the stuff I've written, and it's all about life, love, happ... KASKADE That certainly is one approach to take. My own is to acknowledge the inner child and try to work wit... JAMES E. GUNN Just hanging out and spending time with my girlfriend would be enough for me, if she wants to get me... BRANDON FRYE The acting part of me is not me. The music side is who I really am and what I want to talk about. It... LUCY HALE
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TONY ROBBINS I'm a minor player in my own life story. TONY WILSON The desire for self-improvement is vital. There is no point in pushing children; they need to be the... TONY BUZAN For small business people, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the... TONY ABBOTT I went to parochial grammar school, and I give thanks to the Catholic training because of course, th... TONY ORLANDO Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military po... TONY SNOW The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets... TONY BLAIR If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves ... TONY SNOW If recycling is the future, then we must focus our efforts on mitigating negative impacts to our com... TONY CARDENAS Honestly, the best skater that I've seen who raps is Tyler, The Creator. He really can skate... ... TONY HAWK When you break your pelvis, you can't do a whole lot. It took me about six weeks to be able to g... TONY HAWK You just have to adapt, and you have to realize where people are going to actually play their games.... TONY HAWK I jumped between two seven-story buildings in Los Angeles, launching from one rooftop to the other w... TONY HAWK I love the fact that there is now a skate park in almost every city, but it will always have a rebel... TONY HAWK If I can stand up when I'm 80, I'll be happy to cruise around on a skateboard. If I feel lik... TONY HAWK Don't be afraid of girls. That is my big regret. Knowing what I know about girls, I should have ... TONY HAWK I changed high schools three times because my parents moved. I had one friend my freshman year named... TONY HAWK My youngest son's pre-school class was recently asked what their dads do for work. The responses... TONY HAWK I love snowboarding, but I would never want to do it competitively or at a professional level. Snowb... TONY HAWK I wanted to promote skateboarding as much as possible through different media. TONY HAWK The pro skaters I know are responsible members of society. Many of them are fathers, homeowners, wor... TONY HAWK I believe that people should take pride in what they do, even if it is scorned or misunderstood by t... TONY HAWK I was skating with friends in my neighborhood, and then eventually I was invited to go to the skate ... TONY HAWK If you look at the success of snowboarding in the Winter Games and how that's brought a more you... TONY HAWK Technology has allowed me to reach my fans directly. Social media: it has been a complete revolution... TONY HAWK I was nerdy and really into computers. I was a good student until my senior year, when I started tra... TONY HAWK I won't quit skating until I am physically unable. TONY HAWK If you have a game with your name on it, you have to learn how to play. TONY HAWK There is no such thing as failure. There are only results. TONY ROBBINS Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident bec... TONY JAA Want to learn to eat a lot? Here it is: Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to ea... TONY ROBBINS A single human brain has about a hundred million nerve cells... and a computer program that throws l... TONY HOARE