I Started Quotes

2738 quotes by 2184 authors

When I started writing Tales of the City I was one year away from being a mental illness. It wasn't until 1975 that the American… — Armistead Maupin
I started playing jazz by slowing down Tal Farlow records and analyzing his runs — Lenny Breau
The only thing I ever really wanted was a Strat .. I started playing guitar after seeing Jimi Hendrix on TV the day he died...then… — Yngwie Malmsteen
When I started to play with my fingernails, it was not just for volume. The most important thing was giving the guitar different colors in… — Andres Segovia
... We borrowed it all from Coltrane. I started encouraging everybody in the band to listen to John Coltrane - 'Check it out, see what… — Phil Lesh
When I decided to launch my first knitwear line, it was because I saw a void in the basics category. The editors were always looking… — Alexander Wang
I just started trying to figure out how to write [something] which was unlike anything anybody had ever seen, and once I felt like I… — James Frey
I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some… — Kate DiCamillo
I actually only started listening to house music around the time I started making it. I got hooked both to making music and to house… — Avicii
I used to think that animation was about moving stuff. In order to make it really great, you bounce it, squash it, stretch it, make… — Glen Keane
We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don't believe it's… — Robert Caro
I started playing baseball and soccer. Those were my sports on the streets and in school when I was growing up. I didn't even start… — Earl Monroe
Listen, I've been sick ever since I started working here, but today I'm well and I won't be in anymore. — Tom Robbins
I started on an Apple II, which I had bought at the very end of 1978 for half of my annual income. I made $4,500… — Bill Budge
I have been dairy free for several years, and I started because I felt it was going to reduce my allergies, which it did, and… — Fran Drescher
I consciously started to live simply when I started to become conscious. — Duane Elgin
The day I stopped worrying about stats is the day I started winning — Shaquille O'Neal
Brooklyn is where I primarily developed. I had an opportunity to make records and perform in clubs here and there, and I started networking with… — Busta Rhymes
I started growing my hair in December '89. I was seventeen. I signed my record deal and said I ain't combing my hair no more.… — Busta Rhymes
American Splendor is just an ongoing journal. It's an ongoing autobiography. I started it when I was in my early 30s, and I just keep… — Harvey Pekar

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