Afghan Quote by Azita Ghanizada

My parents were quite strict; we couldn't just listen to whatever music we wanted. It was very much like they monitored what we listened…

— Laura Mvula

Growing up, I wasn't allowed dolls, and my brothers weren't allowed guns. I inherited my brothers' clothes. I was never dressed in pink, and…

— Natascha McElhone

We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.

— Paul McCartney

Radio, newspapers, they were normal parts of my life. In those days, you had to go somewhere to watch television and leave something to…

— Robert Redford

Growing up, others girls wanted to dance and help their mums with the cooking. I liked to play soccer with the boys. Or I'd…

— Ali Larter

Growing up, my grandmother did not want worldly music in the house. Then when I went out to California, I started listening to Spanish…

— Maya Angelou

In the 1970s, girls didn't do anything. It wasn't their fault. For me and the other working-class girls I hung around with, our route…

— Viv Albertine

People's interest in glamour and clothes and nylon stockings and all those things were, when I was a little boy, the sort of world…

— Colm Toibin

I would have hated to been locked into music for the last 20 years and not been able to have a family.

— Anonymous

I'd like young girls to be able to listen to my music and take something positive away from it.

— Jorja Smith

Girls' Generation was an important and precious time for me.

— Jessica Jung

All I ever wanted, from maybe the age of 13, was to be on television.

— Simon Amstell