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TERRENCE HOWARD![]()
I used to want to be a backup singer. Not a lead singer, because I really can't sing.
JAMAICA KINCAID I can put my legs behind my head and sing 'Happy Birthday.' Because that's something tha...
EMMY ROSSUM![]()
I can sit and analyze everything and beat myself up and say you don't quite sing as good as you ...
VINCE GILL My dad, being a jingle writer, and my mom, being a jingle singer, they hooked me up with some people...
REEVE CARNEY I used to do a lot of comedy. I don't know what happened. I think it's my face.
EDDIE MARSAN![]()
During my days as a soccer player, my teammates used to call me 'Touch' because I have a tou...
CHAD LE CLOS Unless you use the vocoder the way Daft Punk use it, it is very limited. When they sing it's alm...
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I don't see myself as beautiful. I was a kid who was freckle-faced, and they used to call me ...
ROBERT REDFORD![]()
You've heard me call myself a bluesman and a blues singer. I call myself a blues singer, but you...
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MICHAEL WEATHERLY I used to do a lot of fencing in the theater and a lot of horse riding in the early days, so I'm...
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I wrote 'Ohio,' and it was really awesome to be able to share that with my fans because a lo...
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I used to hang out with grandfather all the time because he used to pick me up from school sometimes...
CHRIS ROCK I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously.
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My dad used to ignore me when I was a kid. He couldn't stand my voice, so he just used to ignore...
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My mom used to tell me when I was little, 'When it rains, it's God's manifestation - a b...
GABBY DOUGLAS I wanted to do 'Oh Shenandoah' because that's the town I was born in - as a tribute to m...
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When I was little, my dad used to call me 'Bandarella,' because I was a mess - a Bandar is a...
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At primary school, me and my best friend used to do D.I.Y. assemblies, and we'd do it as many ti...
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I've always used black girls on the runway, because I think they're beautiful. I don't n...
CARINE ROITFELD My parents used to call me 'The Little Frog,' because whenever they asked how I knew somethi...
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When I was younger, the red carpet used to terrify me because it's not about playing a part: you...
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TAYLOR SWIFT Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON Nobody's ever gonna accuse me of being a singer, but I can sing.
ALAN RUCK Yeah... I was a singer as a kid. I had a lot of stage fright, and what's happened with 'Idol...
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Meek Mill - my homies used to call me 'Meek Millions,' and at the time I didn't have no ...
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MARY GORDON![]()
My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats...
YANCY BUTLER It's a European art form, and you're used to seeing a certain type of person as a ballerina....
MISTY COPELAND My dad used to call me 'the human pretzel' because I was able to bend my body, and because m...
ERIN ANDREWS I guess I'm kind of used to it because it's always been that way for me.
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ASHLEY MONROE![]()
When I was in first grade, everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it's kind of a big n...
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When I first started making music, it was learning other people's songs and putting them onto fo...
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I did a few movies, but the word 'star'... I cannot compare to a star like Clint Eastwood. I...
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I'm light skinned, and I used to lean on that because that's something a lot of black people...
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People used to call her Debbie Reynolds' daughter. Now they call me Princess Leia's mother!
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AARON RODGERS I always used to say I'm definitely not a straight-ahead jazz singer, because then there's p...
GRETCHEN PARLATO It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill
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BILL O'REILLY I've learned that 'love' is used a lot in the States for everything: 'I love that bu...
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EDDIE ALBERT![]()
Work hard. I got tenure a year early. Junior faculty members used to say to me: 'Wow, what's...
RANDY PAUSCH![]()
And he was going to give me a song, because I'm a singer and I wanted to sing in everything.
SALLY KELLERMAN![]()
I think I don't sing as hard as I used to sing. I used to kind of hit the accelerator a lot back...
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My skin still crawls if you call me a movie star. I get embarrassed. I think, don't be ridiculou...
KATE WINSLET![]()
I used to make my grandparents pay a dollar to watch me sing 'Grease' songs and 'Somewhe...
ZOE KRAVITZ When I first started, the very first body of music I made when I got signed to Atlantic were songs w...
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In a sense it's a lot crazier when you're on the road and it's a lot less stable, but it...
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I used to always sing my way into the movies and the basketball games or whatever. I'd sing for ...
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KELLY ROWLAND I feel a connection to many songs that I won't sing because I don't think they are right for...
AUDRA MCDONALD My family has always called me 'Lay Lay,' and my dad used to always call me 'Dynamite Te...
LACEY CHABERT A lot of times, when you're the leading lady, you get to sing heartwarming songs and that's ...
LAURA BENANTI I dropped the 'Bundy' with my country music because I wanted it to be two separate things: T...
LAURA BELL BUNDY It's no surprise to me or the other Isley brothers that I can sing, because I used to sing all t...
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MICHAEL STRAHAN I am very close to my brother Ramesh Babu. When my father was away for shootings, my brother would t...
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ETTA JAMES When I was about 14 I remember thinking when it came to proposing to my future girlfriend, I'd m...
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LES DAWSON![]()
I started singing in church and I was probably around seven and I started singing anywhere that I co...
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CHARLIE HADEN![]()
I'm a writer first and a singer second. And then I started editing my own videos when I was 17, ...
LANA DEL REY![]()
I'm not like other writers. I'm not hung up on using my own songs. In fact, my sister Bunny ...
EL DEBARGE I'm not the best singer, but I like the way I sing my songs.
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What's happened at 85 is I've lost my appetite. I used to be a little hog when I was young. ...
JERRY LEWIS![]()
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TOMMY SHAW![]()
I don't do Jewish stuff because I don't want people to be left out. If I mention the Torah i...
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JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea.
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SAM ROCKWELL My mother gave me singing lessons; that was totally painful, because I couldn't do what she want...
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BEN KINGSLEY A lot of my friends are club people. It's not me. It's funny to represent that, because it&#...
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TERRENCE HOWARD
I used to want to be a backup singer. Not a lead singer, because I really can't sing. JAMAICA KINCAID I can put my legs behind my head and sing 'Happy Birthday.' Because that's something tha...
EMMY ROSSUM
I can sit and analyze everything and beat myself up and say you don't quite sing as good as you ... VINCE GILL My dad, being a jingle writer, and my mom, being a jingle singer, they hooked me up with some people...
REEVE CARNEY I used to do a lot of comedy. I don't know what happened. I think it's my face.
EDDIE MARSAN
During my days as a soccer player, my teammates used to call me 'Touch' because I have a tou... CHAD LE CLOS Unless you use the vocoder the way Daft Punk use it, it is very limited. When they sing it's alm...
GIORGIO MORODER
I don't see myself as beautiful. I was a kid who was freckle-faced, and they used to call me ... ROBERT REDFORD
You've heard me call myself a bluesman and a blues singer. I call myself a blues singer, but you... B. B. KING
When I was a teenager, my dad used to call me 'Hollywood' because I wore sunglasses all the ... MICHAEL WEATHERLY I used to do a lot of fencing in the theater and a lot of horse riding in the early days, so I'm...
BRIAN COX
I wrote 'Ohio,' and it was really awesome to be able to share that with my fans because a lo... JACOB WHITESIDES
Long before 'American Idol', people used to call me a diva. And I be like, 'Hold on, are... JENNIFER HUDSON
I used to hang out with grandfather all the time because he used to pick me up from school sometimes... CHRIS ROCK I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously.
ERINN HAYES My ma and pa are both very artistic, so I suppose it's in my blood. But my ma's the one who ...
GREY DAMON
My dad used to ignore me when I was a kid. He couldn't stand my voice, so he just used to ignore... ALISON GOLDFRAPP
My mom used to tell me when I was little, 'When it rains, it's God's manifestation - a b... GABBY DOUGLAS I wanted to do 'Oh Shenandoah' because that's the town I was born in - as a tribute to m...
CHARLIE HADEN
I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'... ELTON JOHN
When I was little, my dad used to call me 'Bandarella,' because I was a mess - a Bandar is a... PRIYANKA CHOPRA
At primary school, me and my best friend used to do D.I.Y. assemblies, and we'd do it as many ti... JESS GLYNNE
I've always used black girls on the runway, because I think they're beautiful. I don't n... CARINE ROITFELD My parents used to call me 'The Little Frog,' because whenever they asked how I knew somethi...
TALULAH RILEY
When I was younger, the red carpet used to terrify me because it's not about playing a part: you... ALEXANDRA MARIA LARA
When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. P... B. B. KING Whenever I sing 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' the way people sing along with me still excite...
BONNIE TYLER
I always wanted to know, and I always used to daydream, about what it would be like to stand on a re... TAYLOR SWIFT Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON Nobody's ever gonna accuse me of being a singer, but I can sing.
ALAN RUCK Yeah... I was a singer as a kid. I had a lot of stage fright, and what's happened with 'Idol...
KARA DIOGUARDI Most of the people you see me working for me are actually with me. And I'm proud to say that I&#...
MAXWELL
Meek Mill - my homies used to call me 'Meek Millions,' and at the time I didn't have no ... MEEK MILL
It's funny because a lot of people that know me as a dancer, don't know that I'm a singe... NAIMA ADEDAPO In my early life, I was a professional folk singer. I used to sing on the national television and ra...
MARY GORDON
My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats... YANCY BUTLER It's a European art form, and you're used to seeing a certain type of person as a ballerina....
MISTY COPELAND My dad used to call me 'the human pretzel' because I was able to bend my body, and because m...
ERIN ANDREWS I guess I'm kind of used to it because it's always been that way for me.
CARLY PATTERSON When my dad passed, there's a lot of sadness right below the surface, and I think there will be ...
ASHLEY MONROE
When I was in first grade, everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it's kind of a big n... RIVER PHOENIX
My mother's very proud of the name she gave me. She thought it sounded rhythmically better. It d... HOLLY MARIE COMBS Even writing verses from my first album, there were songs that I didn't use because I just felt ...
FLEUR EAST We're like old people now playing music. I'm so glad we stuck it out because it's a lot ...
THURSTON MOORE
When I first started making music, it was learning other people's songs and putting them onto fo... M. WARD
I did a few movies, but the word 'star'... I cannot compare to a star like Clint Eastwood. I... DON RICKLES A coach I had in Spain, Scott Roth, he used to call me Zinger. He would yell at me all the time, ...
KRISTAPS PORZINGIS
I'm light skinned, and I used to lean on that because that's something a lot of black people... CHANCE THE RAPPER
People used to call her Debbie Reynolds' daughter. Now they call me Princess Leia's mother! DEBBIE REYNOLDS
I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in Cali... AARON RODGERS I always used to say I'm definitely not a straight-ahead jazz singer, because then there's p...
GRETCHEN PARLATO It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill
JUDE WATSON
Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' had a lot of good songs. It's my range, so I use it ... AMY LEE When I die, I don't want my demise to be used as a political rally, and that's what happened...
BILL O'REILLY I've learned that 'love' is used a lot in the States for everything: 'I love that bu...
JUAN PABLO GALAVIS If I wasn't Eddie Albert's son, I'd be someone else's. It gave me a chance to do a l...
EDDIE ALBERT
Work hard. I got tenure a year early. Junior faculty members used to say to me: 'Wow, what's... RANDY PAUSCH
And he was going to give me a song, because I'm a singer and I wanted to sing in everything. SALLY KELLERMAN
I think I don't sing as hard as I used to sing. I used to kind of hit the accelerator a lot back... K. D. LANG
My skin still crawls if you call me a movie star. I get embarrassed. I think, don't be ridiculou... KATE WINSLET
I used to make my grandparents pay a dollar to watch me sing 'Grease' songs and 'Somewhe... ZOE KRAVITZ When I first started, the very first body of music I made when I got signed to Atlantic were songs w...
WYNTER GORDON
In a sense it's a lot crazier when you're on the road and it's a lot less stable, but it... FIONA APPLE
I used to always sing my way into the movies and the basketball games or whatever. I'd sing for ... AARON NEVILLE
People call me for the ballads. Apparently that's where I've been pigeonholed. But it's ... SIA
A lot of people will look at you and will fail to see your beauty because you're covered up and ... HALIMA ADEN
I do sing in the car. I actually sing Britney Spears songs in the car - me and a close friend of min... KELLY ROWLAND I feel a connection to many songs that I won't sing because I don't think they are right for...
AUDRA MCDONALD My family has always called me 'Lay Lay,' and my dad used to always call me 'Dynamite Te...
LACEY CHABERT A lot of times, when you're the leading lady, you get to sing heartwarming songs and that's ...
LAURA BENANTI I dropped the 'Bundy' with my country music because I wanted it to be two separate things: T...
LAURA BELL BUNDY It's no surprise to me or the other Isley brothers that I can sing, because I used to sing all t...
ERNIE ISLEY
My brothers used to call me Bob. They'd laugh at me, and I didn't get it. I'm 13 years o... MICHAEL STRAHAN I am very close to my brother Ramesh Babu. When my father was away for shootings, my brother would t...
MAHESH BABU Family life is tough, I'll say that for it. But in my case, I've mined the family. In a sens...
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III
When I'm performing for the people, I am me, then. I am that little girl who, when she was five ... ETTA JAMES When I was about 14 I remember thinking when it came to proposing to my future girlfriend, I'd m...
TINIE TEMPAH
Mind you, I've always been musical... Mother used to sit me on her knee and I'd whisper, ... LES DAWSON
I started singing in church and I was probably around seven and I started singing anywhere that I co... AVRIL LAVIGNE I came from being a singer going into jazz. And that's one of the things that polio did for me i...
CHARLIE HADEN
I'm a writer first and a singer second. And then I started editing my own videos when I was 17, ... LANA DEL REY
I'm not like other writers. I'm not hung up on using my own songs. In fact, my sister Bunny ... EL DEBARGE I'm not the best singer, but I like the way I sing my songs.
BENMONT TENCH
What's happened at 85 is I've lost my appetite. I used to be a little hog when I was young. ... JERRY LEWIS
When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a nickel to sit out on the front po... TOMMY SHAW
I don't do Jewish stuff because I don't want people to be left out. If I mention the Torah i... RITA RUDNER 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 used to break dance. I can do some good James Brown footwork. But now I think I've danced too ... SAM ROCKWELL My mother gave me singing lessons; that was totally painful, because I couldn't do what she want...
LINDA LAVIN
When you're singing, you're using extra muscles, and it requires a lot of exercise and breat... WILLIE NELSON My mom's a concert pianist, so she started teaching me when I was around seven. When I was eight...
BIRDY I am actually a big sissy, and growing up, I never used to watch horror movies. 'Bambi' gave...
DANIELLE PANABAKER
John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on st... BEN KINGSLEY A lot of my friends are club people. It's not me. It's funny to represent that, because it&#...
RANDY HARRISON A lot of people come work with me because I keep an open set, and people can visit. Julia Roberts us...
GARRY MARSHALL I hid my heart under my bed because my mother said if you're not careful someday somebody's ...
SHANE KOYCZAN
I used to do karaoke with Patrick Woolf in a karaoke box, and he would ring me up and say, 'Come... GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE If I feel like I've completely drained every ounce of energy out of me for this song, and I can&...
ELLA HENDERSON
