Beginning Quote by Johnny Mathis

I was 5 years old when I first broke into my mother's records and played Nat King Cole, and sat alongside the stereo and…

— Gregory Porter

My dad was a country musician, so we had David Allan Coe and lots of other country music playing around the house all the…

— Vinnie Paul

I certainly knew who was there before me - Nat King Cole, Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, Billie Holiday - not only because that was…

— Leslie Uggams

I was in a Nativity play as a kid. Back then, I played the donkey.

— Tatiana Maslany

My first role was in a Nativity play. My mom was playing Mary, and I was crying backstage, so she brought me out as…

— Morena Baccarin

Most boys' first hero is their father. That was definitely true of my dad. He was a proud Irish American and he taught me…

— John C. Reilly

Janet Carroll and Robert Pine, Chris Pine's dad, were in my first play, and they were so astonishingly good, I felt it raised my…

— Stephen Karam

My dad was very influential with the music he exposed me to. He was really into blues and folk, so he'd play me guys…

— Frank Iero

I got into house music thanks to Dutch master mixer Ben Liebrand and my friends at school.

— Armin van Buuren

In New Mexico, my local church did a nativity play, and I was cast as Wise Man #3. Of course, Wise Man #3 had…

— Baron Vaughn

The first music I was ever exposed to was Irish folk music, like the Clancy Brothers. My father plays that and Christmas songs.

— Matt Dillon

My dad was my first influence. He played classical guitar and my uncle Ron played the blues.

— Jason Becker