“I first came to London as a musician, and when my group broke up, I did 'Guys and Dolls' at the Watford Palace theatre. After that, Ned Sherrin found me and brought me to the West End to do one of his shows. The work went from strength to strength, so I thought: 'This is where the world wants me; I'll stay.” WorldWantFirstsEndsShowsGuyFoundGroupsMusicianWestLondonTheatreBrokeWant MePalacesDollsBroke UpWest End Author:Clarke Peters
“I'm quite ignorant about fashion and I'm colourblind, so it's all a tad tricky. My only knowledge of that world comes through Christopher Bailey, whom I first met in 2008 when I did a campaign for Burberry that featured musicians, artists, actors and sportsmen.” WorldFirstsArtistActorsFashionMetsMusicianCampaignsIgnorantTrickySportsmanBurberry Author:Eddie Redmayne
“I had all the usual ambition growing up. I wanted to be a writer, a musician, a hockey player. I wanted to do something that wasn't nine to five. Acting was the first thing I tried that clicked.” FirstsWantedActingGrowing UpFiveGrowingPlayerAmbitionMusicianNineHockeyUsualHockey Player Author:Michael J. Fox
“Whenever I felt happy about having discovered something, the first encounter, not only with the public, with other musicians, with specialists, etc, was that they rejected it.” FirstsFeltMusicianEncountersEtcRejectedSpecialists Author:Karlheinz Stockhausen
“The musicians recommend that I sing a sing the way it is written the first time and then start to look for other notes that aren't in the melody.” WayFirstsLooksWrittenMusicianFirst TimeNotesMelody Author:Margaret Whiting
“I took some lessons as a kid but trained myself by ear. I did it the way jazz musicians used to learn years ago, which is to play records and slow them down to figure out the notes. At first I tried to imitate Red Garland, who was my favorite jazz pianist.” WayYearsFirstsPlayKidsUsedRecordsFiguresLessonsMusicianRedYears AgoEarsJazzNotesMy FavoriteJazz MusicPianistJazz MusicianGarlands Author:Donald Fagen
“I remember when A love Supreme was released - I heard it at a friends house. ... Man it was incredible. That record sounded different than the rest. I was trying to gather my spirituality together, trying to get an understanding of life ..... I felt Coltrane was the first musician who made a transition from one side to the other.” MenTryingFirstsMadeDifferentTogetherRememberSpiritualityHouseFeltUnderstandingSidesRecordsHeardMusicianIncrediblesSupremeTransitionRemember WhenColtrane Author:Maurice White
“In 1992 I was doing one of my first ever tours and I was in Heathrow airport and I saw these middle-aged musicians who had clearly been on tour for decades, and they all looked haggard and unhappy and unhealthy. I vowed to myself that I would never be that person. Flash forward 20 years and I found myself in Heathrow looking haggard and unhappy and unhealthy. I decided I would rather spend my time staying home working on music and making dinner with friends, instead of spending six months in a hotel in a state of depressing suspended adolescence.” YearsFirstsPersonsStatesHomeFoundSawsMiddleMonthsSixMusicianDecidedDinnerSpendingDecadesUnhappyMy TimeHotelStayingFlashDepressingAdolescenceSix MonthsAirportsUnhealthySuspendedMiddle AgedHaggardDinner With Friends Author:Moby