“I was staying with my sister and messing around with the guitar every day for my own amusement. Then she took me around and introduced me to Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter, and the first time I saw that onstage, it inspired me to play. I thought that was the world.” WorldFirstsLittlesPlayWaterMy OwnSawsFirst TimeInspiredGuitarStayingMy SisterAmusementJimmyRogerMuddy Author:Otis Rush
“The first time I played a PGA Tour event at Tucson was 1975. I came off the course on Sunday feeling very good about myself. I'd finished at even par, and I knew I could play even better if I worked at it.” IfsFirstsPlayFeelingsCoursesEventsFirst TimeVery GoodFinishedSundayTucson Author:Gary McCord
“The first time I remember women reacting to me was when we were filming Hud in Texas. Women were literally trying to climb through the transoms at the motel where I stayed. At first, it's flattering to the ego. At first. Then you realize that they're mixing me up with the roles I play - characters created by writers who have nothing to do with who I am.” TryingFirstsPlayCharacterRememberRealizingRolesEgoFirst TimeWho I AmClimbsTexasFlatteringMixingReactingMotels Author:Paul Newman
“The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there's no ball, there's no game. Bullies hate that. So they'll either behave so they can play with you or they'll go bully someone else.” WayFirstsPlayHomeHateGamesFirst TimeBallsBehaveBully Author:Seth Godin
“Richard [Griffiths] was by my side during two of the most important moments of my career. In August 2000, before official production had even begun on Potter, we filmed a shot outside the Dursleys', which was my first ever shot as Harry. I was nervous and he made me feel at ease. Seven years later, we embarked on 'Equus' together. It was my first time doing a play but, terrified as I was, his encouragement, tutelage and humor made it a joy. In fact, any room he walked into was made twice as funny and twice as clever just by his presence.” FeelsYearsFirstsMadeTwoImportantPlayMomentsFactsTogetherJoySidesRoomsCareersShotsFirst TimeEncouragementSevenProductionsCleverNervousMade ItEaseOfficialsTerrifiedSeven YearsPottersAugustImportant MomentsTutelage Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“No matter where we're born, which countries we're raised in, what cultures we come from, there are some universal experiences we all have as children. We all kind of start the same. We want the love of our parents, companionship, friends, we want to have fun, to play, and we're all hurt the first time we learn that the world is far from perfect place - it's the start of a series of epiphanies and realizations that is what growing up is all about.” WorldWantFirstsKindChildrenCountryMatterPlayCultureFunParentBornHurtPerfectGrowing UpGrowingFirst TimeUniversalSeriesRaisedAll KindsRealizationHaving FunCompanionshipEpiphany Author:Khaled Hosseini
“Two Chinamen visiting Europe went to the theatre for the first time. One of them occupied himself with trying to understand the theatrical machinery, which he succeeded in doing. The other, despite his ignorance of the language, sought to unravel the meaning of the play. The former is like the astronomer, the latter the philosopher.” TryingFirstsTwoPlayScienceLanguageIgnoranceFirst TimeEuropePhilosophicalPhilosopherTheatreDespiteFormerLatterMachineryVisitingTheatricalAstronomers Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“It's a little bit odd. The first time you do the play, you kind of throw yourself into it, trying to get the most out of all the individual moments. Then, a few hours later, you're still there, wondering what you could possibly do differently than what you just did a couple hours ago.” TryingFirstsKindLittlesStillsPlayMomentsIndividualBitsHoursWonderCoupleLittle BitFirst TimeOdd Author:Michael Shannon
“I came to New York for the first time with Peter Buck at age 19. We spent a week living out of a van on the street in front of a club in the West 60s called Hurrah. It's where Pylon played. I saw Klaus Nomi play there. And Michael Gira's band before he did Swans-they all wore cowboy boots and were so cool and had great hair. I was so jealous.” FirstsPlayAgeSawsWeekStreetsFrontsNew YorkHairBandFirst TimeWestClubsJealousBootsPeterCowboyVansBucksSwansCowboy BootGreat Hair Author:Michael Stipe
“I love the fact that there's an evolution in your understanding and the difference between the first time you play the role and last time you play the role - there's an incredible arc and that's wonderful.” FirstsPlayFactsLastsUnderstandingDifferencesRolesWonderfulEvolutionFirst TimeIncrediblesLast TimeArcs Author:Audrey Tautou
“Any good director creates a playground. That's what they do. They hire the right actor, open the door and let them play because stuff will happen, right then and there. The audience wants to believe that what's going on is happening for the first time, ever. That's what acting is. That's what good scene writing is.” WantWritingFirstsBelievePlayHappensActorsStuffActingAudienceDoorsSceneDirectorsHappeningsFirst TimePlaygroundsGood Directors Author:Martin Landau
“Well, it grow together. It's like, first time I try to write a song is the first time I try to play the guitar. And so I can write a song without the guitar. But it really grow together. I really like stay with my guitar. But it just happen, is the inspiration come through man. Because, I personally, it look like, could I write a whole heap a tune, it look like. But I pick special tune to write. Cause a man can think of plenty things. Yuh know wah ah mean.” ThinkingKnowsMenWritingTryingFirstsWellsLooksMeanI CanPlayWholeInspirationHappensTogetherSongGrowsCausesSpecialPicksFirst TimeGuitarPlentyTunesSongwriting Author:Bob Marley
“I did a production of 'Journey's End,' an RC Sherriff play about World War I, at the Edinburgh Festival. I was 18 and it was the first time that people I knew and loved and respected came up to me after the show and said, 'You know, you could really do this if you wanted to.'” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldFirstsSaidWarEndsPlayShowsWantedJourneyFirst TimeProductionsWar Of The WorldsWorld War IFestivalsEdinburgh Author:Tom Hiddleston
“When I was very small, I had that first-time-you-see-a-play experience, which immediately made me want to act, because it seemed like this incredible outlet for something I was already doing fairly compulsively anyway, which was putting on hats and costumes and doing funny voices. It was a very natural compulsion for me.” WantFirstsMadePlayVoiceNaturalFirst TimeIncrediblesHatsCostumesOutletsCompulsion Author:Edward Norton
“Well, it was interesting because when I was going to do it the first time in my head was Leonardo DiCaprio [for Chris] and Marlon Brando was going to play the character that Hal Holbrook eventually played. But then when it wasn't to be and there was no promise that it ever would be I think some part of me didn't want to attach specifics to it anymore - actors or anything else - because I wanted to see it made that much more badly.” ThinkingWantFirstsWellsMadePlayCharacterWould BeWantedActorsInterestingPromiseFirst TimeLeonardoBrandoSpecifics Author:Sean Penn
“Growing up, I didn't know very much about my heritage and the Soviet Union and things of that nature. But when I saw the Soviet Union play hockey for the first time, to me, it was profound.” KnowsFirstsPlayGrowing UpSawsGrowingFirst TimeUnionsProfoundHockeyHeritageSovietSoviet Union Author:Gabe Polsky
“I now began for the first time to envy those young cubs at the university who had fine scholars to tell them what was what; professors who had devoted their lives to mastering and focusing ideas in every branch of learning; who were eager to distribute the treasures they had gathered before they were overtaken by the night. But now I pity undergraduates, when I see what frivolous lives many of them lead in the midst of precious fleeting opportunity. After all, a man's Life must be nailed to a cross either of Thought or Action. Without work there is no play.” MenFirstsIdeasPlayActionYoungNightOpportunityFineFirst TimeCrossesUniversityEnvyTreasurePityBranchesMidstProfessorsScholarDevotedFleetingFrivolousLead InCubs Author:Winston Churchill
“I played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.” KnowsFirstsMayPlaySeeingFirst TimeEveryday Author:Joe DiMaggio
“New York became the first state to ban talking on hand-held cell phones while driving. First-time violators could receive a fine of $100, with an additional mandatory six-month jail sentence if your ringer plays a Latin-themed novelty song.” IfsFirstsStatesPlayHandsSongTalkingNew YorkFineMonthsSixFirst TimePhonesSentencesDrivingCellsLatinJailSix MonthsNoveltyCell PhoneBans Author:Jon Stewart
“A friend of mine had his own theatre company, and he jumped me in like I was in a gang. And once I came in, it was just that simple. For the first time in my life, I felt, 'This is a career, this is a life that I think I can grow old doing.' It was love at first sight. I loved being on stage and reading these plays. It was great.” ThinkingFirstsI CanPlayReadingGrowsFeltSimpleCompanyCareersStageMinesFirst TimeSightTheatreLove At First SightGang Author:David Alan Grier
“Well David "Fathead" Newman was my first experience with improvisation. When I saw him play for the first time I realized that there is an importance of spontaneous music being made on the spot. It was so soulful and singing through his horn. So that's how I was inspired early on.” FirstsWellsMadePlaySawsMusic IsSingingFirst TimeImportanceInspiredI RealizedSpotsSpontaneousHornsImprovisationSoulfulNewman Author:Roy Hargrove
“I think when I started acting it was the first time I got the freedom of expression. I was able to express certain emotions and feelings that I could put into other characters, so it was a good way for me to run away from ho I personally was. I could be a ninja, I could be a pirate or I could be in a play y'know.” ThinkingKnowsWayFirstsPlayCharacterFeelingsRunningAbleCertainActingEmotionExpressionFirst TimeRunning AwayPirateGood WayFreedom Of ExpressionNinja Author:Adam Beach
“Musically, there's probably nothing better than, after spending weeks or months of grinding on a lyric or a song, when you play a good song from beginning to end for the first time - there's a moment there where all the pain and suffering is worth it.” FirstsEndsPlayMomentsPainSufferingSongWeekMonthsFirst TimeSpendingWorth ItPain And Suffering Author:Five for Fighting
“I was a lusty kid who loved Tennessee Williams. Sexy plays. [For musicians] there are so many that it's hard just to say one. Certain things, like the first time you hear A Love Supreme, you're floored. It takes whatever you were listening to and blows a hole in it.” FirstsHardPlayKidsCertainListeningMusicianFirst TimeBlowSexySupremeHolesTennessee Author:Annie E. Clark
“It never really interested me in the past but, for the first time, I wanted to make a pop record. I thought a good way of doing it would be to make songs that didn't really make sense to me as songs; songs that I couldn't just sit down and play in front of someone and then get them to play over it.” WayFirstsPlayWould BeWantedPastSongRecordsFrontsFirst TimeDown AndPopsMake SenseOver ItGood Way Author:Dan Bejar
“And it took to "The Devil Wears Prada" to play someone tough, who had to make hard decisions, who was running an organization, and sometimes that takes making tough decisions for a certain kind of man to empathize. That's the word - empathize. Feel the story through her. And that's the first time anybody has ever said that they felt that way.” MenWayFeelsFirstsKindSaidSometimesHardPlayStoriesRunningCertainFeltDecisionDevilToughFirst TimeOrganizationTough DecisionsHard DecisionPradaMaking Tough DecisionsDevil Wears Prada Author:Meryl Streep
“When we first started and started hitting new places for the first time, you kinda didn't know, because we were new. Sometimes we played tiny little clubs and sometimes we'd play a larger place.” KnowsFirstsLittlesSometimesPlayFirst TimeClubsTinyHittingNew Places Author:John Petrucci
“Understand that writing is like an athletic activity. To play tennis well, you expect to keep practicing, but for some reason with writing, you think you should come out fresh the first time.” ThinkingShouldWritingFirstsWellsReasonPlayActivityFirst TimeTennisAthletic Author:Natalie Goldberg
“I have this awareness that the more dynamic the situation is, the more on guard I need to be that the dynamic isn't controlling the situation. I found that myself in the Galapagos. For the first time in my life I was around very exotic animals, colorful, beautiful, and immediately present, all around. Birds, turtles, iguanas, seals. I was being seduced by their exoticism, I was taking pictures.The pictures weren't well lit, there was no moment in play, there was no depth to the pictures. I was just gawking with my camera at something I'd never seen before.” NeedsFirstsWellsPlayMomentsBeautifulFoundAnimalSituationAwarenessBirdFirst TimeCamerasDepthLitExoticSealsColorfulTurtlesTaking PicturesIguanasExotic Animals Author:Sam Abell
“Tommy Nohilly, who plays Tubby [ Valley of Violence], he came down to see the movie for the first time and I was like, "You've got to come just to see people react to your [big scene]." I knew that would go well, but it's satisfying to me when he's sitting there and it actually does.” PeopleFirstsWellsDoePlayBigsViolenceLike YouSceneSittingFirst TimeValleysSatisfying Author:Ti West
“I could be a comedian. I could be a gangster. I could play all of those parts, even for the first time... I'm versatile.” FirstsPlayFirst TimeComedianGangstersVersatile Author:Lil Boosie
“I did five episodes of Townies as Jenna Elfman's boyfriend. I was a guest star, but it was the first time I really got to play laughs in front of a sitcom audience.” FirstsPlayStarsAudienceLaughingFiveFrontsFirst TimeGuestsEpisodesSitcomGuest Stars Author:Eric McCormack
“If we play to first time Blink 182 listeners, it's good they are listening to us and not the Backstreet Boys. Old Fans or new fans, it's all the same to us.” IfsFirstsPlayBoysFansListeningFirst TimeListenersBlinkBackstreetBackstreet BoysBlink 182 Author:Travis Barker
“The first time I played golf was in Flushing Meadows, Queens, when I was about 16 or 17. They had an 18-hole pitch-and-putt. My buddies and I would hop the fence and sneak on and play.” FirstsPlayFirst TimeGolfHolesQueensHopsFenceBuddyMeadowsSneakFlushing Author:Ray Romano
“When you're in a young band for the first time, geographically you're in the same place and you tend to go out and socialize. You play more shows, you spend more time together. You're a unit. As you grow older, inevitably you develop a life outside the band. I think it would be tragic if you didn't.” IfsThinkingFirstsPlayShowsWould BeTogetherYoungGrowsBandFirst TimeTragicMore TimeUnitsTime Together Author:Robert Smith