“I grew up in the '80s where there's a lot of these kind of post-apocalyptic, post-comet, post-whatever it was, so that always captured my imagination a lot as a little kid, that idea of getting access to secret places and being able to roam around where you're not supposed to.” KindLittlesIdeasKidsAbleImaginationSecretGrewGrew UpAccessPosts80sLittle KidMy ImaginationCapturedApocalypticCometsPost ApocalypticSecret Places Author:Gillian Flynn
“I think anyone that grew up in the '70s and '80s grew up with Bob Barker and Wink Martindale and I think that was just always... when you were a game show host, you were the man of the hour.” ThinkingMenShowsGamesHoursHe ManGrewGrew UpHostBob80sGame Shows Author:Guy Fieri
“I think I've made some pretty decent films in the '80s and '90s.” ThinkingMadeFilmDecent80s80s And 90s Author:John Frankenheimer
“I've been a Nick Cave fan since the early '80s when he was part of The Birthday Party thing singing Australian self-destructive rock band and I've always followed his work and loved it.” SelfPartyFansRocksBandSingingDestructiveCaves80sAustralianSelf DestructiveRock BandsBirthday Party Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“If I had been living through the '80s, I probably would've gotten into a lot more trouble than my parents.” IfsParentTrouble80s Author:Julianne Hough
“I grew up in the '80s and '90s listening to Public Enemy and Mobb Deep and the Smashing Pumpkins. I don't even know what it was like in the '60s - I wasn't alive then - so the Mayer Hawthorne sound is taking what I can learn from the classics, and blending it with my hip-hop DJ and producer background and punk-rock bands that I played in as a kid.” KnowsI CanKidsSoundEnemyAliveRocksListeningGrewBandGrew UpHip HopBackgroundsProducersHipsHopsPunk80sPunk RockDjsPumpkinRock BandsSmashingPublic EnemiesMayerHawthorne80s And 90sSmashing Pumpkins Author:Mayer Hawthorne
“I really love rap music. I grew up in the '80s and '90s with Public Enemy, N.W.A., LL Cool J - I'm a hip-hop encyclopedia. But I got kind of frustrated with the chauvinistic side of rap music, the one that makes it hard to write songs about love and relationships.” WritingKindHardSongSidesEnemyGrewGrew UpHip HopRapHipsHopsFrustrated80sEncyclopediaRap MusicLove And RelationshipPublic Enemies80s And 90s Author:Mayer Hawthorne
“I think all of us thought that by the '70s, at the latest the '80s, all the world's problems would be solved and everyone would be getting along fine. And instead we saw that Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated that year, Robert F. Kennedy died. We saw that it was going to be a lot more difficult than I think we had thought.” ThinkingWorldYearsProblemWould BeDifficultSawsFineKingsDied80sLutherGetting AlongRobert F Kennedy Author:Janis Ian
“When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and master of the family. As late as the '70s and '80s when we were fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment, states like Louisiana still had a head and master law.” MenStillsStatesSchoolLawFightingRightsHe ManMastersEqualLateAmendmentsShocked80sEqual RightsLouisianaLaw SchoolLegal SystemEqual Rights Amendment Author:Patricia Ireland
“It was a really interesting time in New York in the late 70s and early 80s, and the music scene was really, really interesting because you didn't have to be a virtuoso to make music, it was more about your desire to express things.” DesireInterestingNew YorkSceneLateStandards80sReally InterestingInteresting TimesVirtuoso Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I came to the United States in the early '80s and was welcomed with open arms and given the opportunity to pursue my dreams. God has been very kind to us. My family and I are fortunate enough to be successful and we feel a tremendous responsibility and obligation to give back to our great country.” GivingFeelsKindHas BeensCountryStatesEnoughDreamOpportunityGivenUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesSuccessfulArmsMy FamilyObligationPursueFortunateBeing Successful80sGiving BackGreat CountryOpen Arms Author:Naveen Jain
“In the '70s and '80s there was an attempt in K-12 to teach science through art or art through science. The challenge today is how do you build the ethos of art and design into the academy of science.” ArtTodayChallengesTeachDesign80sAcademyEthos Author:John Maeda
“It's hard enough to go through puberty. Everyone's embarassed about their youth, but if just happens that the '80s were particularly disgusting. Flock of Seagulls is not cool.” IfsHardEnoughHappensYouthDisgusting80sFlocksPubertySeagull Author:Alyssa Milano
“My work since the late '80s specifically questioned what was presented as the "natural" order of things in the history of post war NY painting.” WarOrderNaturalPaintingLatePosts80sNatural OrderPost War Author:Deborah Kass
“In the '80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think having the shock of your mum and dad dying humbles you slightly.” ThinkingImportantMomentsGivenDyingDadBandMy FamilyShockMum80sYour MumMum And Dad Author:Gary Kemp
“There's always some promoter having an '80s night, saying, We'll supply the band. All you can drink.” NightDrinkBand80sPromoters Author:Nik Kershaw
“And when I was a kid being an actor was not cool. I'm thirty now and when I was a kid in the 80s that wasn't a cool thing to be.” KidsActorsThirty80sCool Things Author:Vincent Kartheiser