“After 'Sports' came out in the fall of 1983, everything changed for me. Four of the album's singles became top-10 hits, and by the end of June in 1984, the album was No. 1 on the Billboard chart. It was quite a ride, and for the first time I had enough money to live the way I wanted.” WayFirstsEndsEnoughWantedFallSportsFourChangedFirst TimeAlbumsJuneHad EnoughSinglesBillboardsTop 10 Author:Huey Lewis
“I was seven years old the first time I saw Michael Jackson. That changed everything.” YearsFirstsSawsChangedFirst TimeSevenSeven Years Author:Robin Thicke
“The first time I was in his office was when they called me in to tell me they had changed my name. I had a feeling that if I'd gone along with the name they'd chosen, I'd never be seen again. I'd be swallowed up by that name, because it was a false name: Kit Marlowe.” IfsFirstsFeelingsNamesGoneChangedOfficeFirst TimeChosenMarlowe Author:Kim Novak
“The first time I ask him, have you had your cheekbones raised, have you had your nose changed? He denied it all. I was asking him to compare his face with what it looked like years ago.” YearsFirstsFacesAsksLiteratureChangedFirst TimeYears AgoAskingRaisedCompareNosesDeniedCheekbones Author:Martin Bashir
“What I've heard from younger women and women my age is that the albums changed their lives or it was the first time they had heard feminism that they could relate to. So that's great.” FirstsAgeHeardFeminismChangedMen And WomenFirst TimeAlbumsRelate Author:Kathleen Hanna
“The first time I heard Bob Dylan, I was in the car with my mother listening to WMCA, and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody'd kicked open the door to your mind.” WorldWayMindFirstsMeanWholeBodyFacesMotherSongSoundVisionDoorsHeardAchieveRocksTalentCarChangedListeningShotsFirst TimePopsIntellectYour BodySingersWhole WorldBrokeLimitationRock N RollBobNew WaysDylanSnaresPop Song Author:Bruce Springsteen
“It drives me crazy to do readings of my books, because if I read anything I've written in the past, I'd like to almost rewrite everything. If I could, I'd completely rewrite Fargo Rock City, and every sentence would be just slightly different. In all likelihood, most of them wouldn't be any better. Some of them would just be changed back to whatever form they used to be, before I second-guessed myself the first time.” IfsFirstsBookDifferentWould BePastFormUsedReadingCitiesWrittenCrazyRocksChangedFirst TimeSentencesUsed To BeIf I CouldLikelihoodDrive Me CrazyFargo Author:Chuck Klosterman
“Something had changed in me, even if I didn't know what it was just yet. All I could think was that I felt alive for the first time.” IfsThinkingKnowsFirstsFeltAliveChangedFirst Time Book:Dreamland Source: Dreamland
“I just go into the studio, look at the lyrics for the first time when I put them on the piano, and go. If I haven't got it within 40 minutes, I give up. It's never changed, the thrill has never gone, because I don't know what I'm going to get next.” IfsKnowsGivingFirstsLooksNextGoneMinutesHavensChangedGiving UpFirst TimeStudiosPianoThrill Author:Elton John
“You can meet people who are really beautiful. Then, when you see them angry for the first time, all of a sudden they're not beautiful anymore. They didn't just step into the other room and have plastic surgery; they're still the same physically. It's just that something inside of them has changed. They're no longer attractive.” PeopleFirstsStillsBeautifulRoomsStepsChangedFirst TimeAngryAttractivePlasticSurgeryPlastic SurgeryReally Beautiful Author:Rob Lowe
“I feel like that [the role in Star Trek] is a prime example of, yeah, I got that role and it was awesome, because it changed a lot for me professionally, but then creatively, it became a whole other thing, with J.J. [Abrams] and Chris [Pine] and the people I got to know. Now I just feel like it's our jobs to be open and to keep moving stuff forward. I don't know what that means. This is the first time in a long time that I have no idea what's happening next. As scary as that is, and as anxiety-provoking as that can still be, it's also really exciting.” PeopleKnowsFeelsFirstsMeanLongStillsIdeasWholeJobsMovingNextStarsStuffRolesExampleChangedAnxietyLong TimeHappeningsFirst TimeExcitingYeahScaryNo IdeaPrimeProvokingKeep MovingAbram Author:Zachary Quinto
“The first time I watched [Keith] Olbermann, his opening monologue, I completely changed the way I approached my radio show.” WayFirstsShowsChangedFirst TimeRadioOpeningMonologuesKeith Author:Jay Mohr
“I went to London Fashion Week for the first time, after I got the job [on The Collection ], and it completely changed the way I perceived it. I thought, "This is a far bigger operation than I ever expected, and it has far more worth than I ever gave it before." It definitely changed my view of the fashion world.” WorldWayFirstsJobsViewsWeekFashionChangedFirst TimeBiggerLondonExpectedOperationsCollectionsFashion WorldFashion Week Author:Tom Riley