America Quote by Nigel Kennedy

I had toured around England endlessly throughout my teens, but when I came to the U.S. to perform on Broadway, that was a huge…

— Julie Andrews

I never really paid much attention to music that was going on in the UK. I was always looking towards the States for my…

— Albert Lee

Growing up I studied classically and did lots of shows in school.

— Idina Menzel

I'm very torn. I write about living in England, but I spent so much time in Florida, and so many of my musical influences…

— Mark Morrison

I had no aspirations to be part of American cinema... I was really a Europe-based person, and those were the films I was inspired…

— Jacqueline Bisset

As a kid, before I got into music, I did all the drama classes, went to theater camp in the summers, so it wasn't…

— Carrie Brownstein

Well, I've always thought that my career was in England, really. I used to do more in the theatre, and I felt that I…

— Albert Finney

I was into playing American music, especially the blues.

— Mark Knopfler

The first four years, I worked exclusively in the theater. I did a great deal of different types of acting - avant garde and…

— Denis Lawson

It was very interesting in my world, because I grew up as a fan and I did not know that there was a thing…

— Lionel Richie

When I was younger, all I wanted to do was be a singer, and then I got into a great acting class in New…

— Chaley Rose

I came out to America just before I turned 19, got my first audition, and booked it.

— Danielle Macdonald