--- title: "7 Started Local Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Started Local quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Started Local sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/cedric-bixler-zavala-10330_acoustic-guitar_it-all-started-in-a-local-park-in-el-pas_157782.jpg" --- > [It all started in a local park in El Paso called Madeleine Park. At a ditch, a very small ditch, that everybody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-bixler-zavala/it-all-started-in-a-local-park-in-el-paso-called-madeleine-park-at-a/) [Cedric Bixler-Zavala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-bixler-zavala/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/cedric-bixler-zavala-10330_acoustic-guitar_it-all-started-in-a-local-park-in-el-pas_157782.jpg) > [Last name ever first name greatest like a sprained ankle boy I aint nothin to play with started off local but thanks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drake/last-name-ever-first-name-greatest-like-a-sprained-ankle-boy-i-aint/) [Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drake/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/drake-44_sprained-ankle_last-name-ever-first-name-greatest-like_340172.png) > [Started off local but thanks to all the haters, I know G4 pilots on a first name basis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drake/started-off-local-but-thanks-to-all-the-haters-i-know-g4-pilots-on-a/) [Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drake/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/drake-44_bases_started-off-local-but-thanks-to-all-the_495424.png) > [I started off at a local newspaper called 'The Middle East Times,' which is no longer in existence. I remember one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-eltahawy/i-started-off-at-a-local-newspaper-called-the-middle-east-times-which/) [Mona Eltahawy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-eltahawy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/mona-eltahawy-4721_domestic-violence_i-started-off-at-a-local-newspaper-calle_980614.jpg) > [Basically, right before college I got into the Guinness book for my feet and started to do local commercials and little radio…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-mcgrory/basically-right-before-college-i-got-into-the-guinness-book-for-my/) [Matthew McGrory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-mcgrory/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/matthew-mcgrory-29656_book_basically-right-before-college-i-got-int_2139325.jpg) > [It was just me in my basement honing my skills, hearing songs on the radio and trying to manipulate them and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clinton-sparks/it-was-just-me-in-my-basement-honing-my-skills-hearing-songs-on-the/) [Clinton Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clinton-sparks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/clinton-sparks-32632_art_it-was-just-me-in-my-basement-honing-my_2485203.jpg) > [I started in local news in South Carolina, so viewers there supported me. We had a morning show that we put to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ainsley-earhardt/i-started-in-local-news-in-south-carolina-so-viewers-there-supported/) [Ainsley Earhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ainsley-earhardt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/ainsley-earhardt-4445_morning_i-started-in-local-news-in-south-carolin_2666702.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/started-local/#itemlist", "name": "Started Local Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It all started in a local park in El Paso called Madeleine Park. At a ditch, a very small ditch, that everybody used to go skateboarding in. It was me and Jim Ward and an acoustic guitar. 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