“When I was a kid, I'd spray paint my hair, cut clothes up.” KidsCuttingHairClothesPaintSprayHair CutSpray Paint Author:Rita Ora
“I was like a total cliched '80s child. I had Barbies, obviously, as well as My Little Ponies and Cabbage Patch Kids, but I used to destroy them. I used to draw all over their faces and cut off their hair.” WellsChildrenLittlesKidsFacesUsedCuttingHairDraws80sPatchesBarbiePoniesCabbage Author:Natalie Portman
“My mom would put me in these preppy little suits and slick my hair to the side. I have these baby pictures of me where I'm this little preppy kid with a sweater tied around my neck.” LittlesKidsSidesHairBabyMomMy MomSuitsNecksTiedSweatersSlickPreppyBaby Pictures Author:Alexander Wang
“I wasn't a jock in school, and by the 10th grade, when I was in boarding school I was carrying water buckets for the girls' hockey team. I was the kid with long hair and glasses and acne trying to learn how to play guitar and piano in the music center. I was not an athlete past the age of 13 or 14 when they start throwing the ball really fast.” TryingLongPlayKidsAgeSchoolPastGirlWaterTeamHairBallsGuitarGlassesAthletePianoGradesHockeyThrowingBucketsJocksLong HairAcneHockey Team Author:Michael Weatherly
“There was a point - when I was a kid - where I said I wanted to be like Luke Skywalker, with blond hair and blue eyes. My mom right there told me to never be ashamed of who I am.” SaidEyeKidsWantedHairMomBlueMy MomWho I AmAshamedBlue EyesLuke Author:Chaske Spencer
“If you were a single mom, there's no way to support yourself and your kids by working in a hair salon. It's about a woman who decides to go and do what was considered a man's job, but was treated quite horribly for it and decides she has to fight for her rights when everyone thinks she should just shut up and take it.” IfsThinkingMenWayShouldKidsJobsFightingSupportRightsHairMomTreatedShut UpSingle MomSalons Author:Charlize Theron
“You forget how many people watch TV until you come into a town like this. Everybody knows you, and I'm always humbled, especially when there are 500 little kids who all have their hair done like yours and want to be designers.” PeopleKnowsWantLittlesDoneKidsArtistForgetWatchesTvsLike YouHairTownsDesignerLittle Kid Author:Genevieve Gorder
“I'm around my kids every day. I'm regular. We're a regular family. My wife cooks, she washes clothes, I read books, I pump my own gas, I get my own hair cut.” BookKidsMy OwnCuttingWifeHairClothesMy WifeCooksGasPumpsHair Cut Author:Tracy Morgan
“Life's dirty. Life's unclean you know. It's birth, it's sex, it's the intestinal tract. One big squishy, unsanitary mess. It never gets any cleaner either. You know, dust to dust, worms crawl in, worms crawl out, right Even though we know that, we still walk the walk, we still live the life. We're like a bunch of little kids. Little kids, you know, we jump in this big old pond of mud and we're slapping it all over our face, rubbing our hair all down our backs and we're making these glorious, gooey, mud pies. That's us.” KnowsLifeLittlesStillsBigsKidsFacesSexWalksHairBirthBunchDustMessLive LifeDirtyGloriousPieMudWormsLittle KidPondsCleanersSlappingDust To DustMud Pies Author:Andrew Schneider
“I grew up on a Christmas tree farm with all this space to run around, and the [freedom] to be a crazy kid with tangled hair.” RunningKidsSpaceTreeCrazyHairGrewGrew UpFarmsTangledChristmas TreeTangled Hair Author:Taylor Swift
“Becoming an actor wasn’t a choice – it was something I was forced into. At 3, you can’t make those choices... I supported my family, and if I got fired or missed an audition, I’d be punished as if I’d messed up in school. I was starved, because they wanted to keep my weight at a certain place; my hair was bleached – that was my life. I wasn’t allowed to play with kids on my block or ride a bike or play ball, in case I got a scratch – I wasn’t even allowed to be bar mitzvahed because I couldn’t attend enough lessons.” IfsEnoughPlayKidsWantedSchoolCertainChoicesActorsCasesHairBecomingLessonsMy FamilyWeightBallsBarsBlockAuditionsBikeScratchesMessed UpBar Mitzvah Author:Corey Feldman
“When I was a little kid I wanted to be Face. I thought, cos I had blond hair and he did too, that when I grew up I'd look like him.” LooksLittlesHumorKidsWantedFunnyFacesHairGrewGrew UpLittle Kid Author:Noel Fielding
“Naturally as a kid, I was inspired by Sting. I remember seeing him with the blonde hair, the neon tights, and the painted face.” KidsRememberFacesSeeingHairInspiredBlondeNeonTightsBlonde HairPainted Faces Author:Jeff Hardy
“There are a lot of people walking around with long hair now and some trendy middle class kids in pretty clothes. But nothing changed except that we all dressed up a bit, leaving the same bastards running everything.” PeopleLongRunningKidsBitsClassMiddleChangedHairWalkingClothesLeavingMiddle ClassDressed UpLong HairTrendy Author:John Lennon
“I've done everything from cater, wait tables, pre-school teacher, painting, to being Cinderella, Elmo, a clown, nanny, selling hair... I would do kid's parties and entertain and do magic and paint faces and balloon animals. The highlight of my life.” DoneKidsSchoolFacesWaitingAnimalPartyTeacherMagicPaintingHairTablesPaintSellingClownHighlightsBalloonsSchool TeachersNanniesElmoPre School Author:Diora Baird
“Body hair. You know when you're swimming as a kid and you want to crawl on your dad? None of us went anywhere near him. 'My god, a beaver! Everyone out of the pool!” KnowsWantBodyKidsHairDadSwimmingPoolYour DadBeaversBody Hair Author:Jon Stewart
“I can see getting married and having a family, because it is the next thing on the agenda. You can only do this for so long. I'm old, and my friends all have kids. And I'm single, still blow drying my hair!” LongStillsI CanKidsNextHairMarriedMy FriendsBlowAgendasGetting Married Author:David Spade
“My mother was a woman. A black woman. A single mother. Raising two kids on her own. So she was dark skinned. Had short hair. Got no love from nobody except for a group called the Black Panthers. So that's why she was a Black Panther.” TwoKidsMotherBlackDarkGroupsHairBlack WomenNo LoveSingle MotherPanthersShort HairBlack PantherDark Skinned Author:Tupac Shakur
“With the first kid, you micromanage it, making sure there's no hair out of place when it goes off to school. But by the third kid, it's more like, "Oh, you want to wear a splatter-painted, Hard Rock Café T-shirt for seven days in a row and not brush your hair? Go for it. Be who you want to be."” WantFirstsHardKidsSchoolRocksHairThirdsSevenShirtsBrushesT ShirtSeven DaysHard Rock Author:Annie E. Clark
“I have a sister who is a dancer and dance teacher. We grew up dancing together. I wanted to become a ballerina when I was a kid, so she and I were always at ballet conservatories and going to school with our hair in buns.” KidsWantedSchoolTogetherTeacherHairGrewGrew UpDancingDancerBalletBallerinaBunsConservatoryDance Teacher Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“I was 13. And on my own for about 10 months, but those were long months. My stepdad wanted me out of his hair and tried to put me in a home, a hospital kind of place for kids with drug problems, which I absolutely did not belong in. So I left that place and struck out on my own...” KindLongProblemHomeKidsWantedLeftMy OwnHairMonthsDrugHospitalsStepdads Author:Rose McGowan
“Remember I came to Albuquerque to do a hair and makeup test and wardrobe fitting; you guys were already shooting. It's tough when the movie's already started and you kind of show up. You're the new kid on the block. I walked onto the set and Tommy [Lee Jones] was about to do the scene. I just kind of walked up to him. I was shaking, but I just gave him this big hug and he just had nothing to say. He was like, 'Gotta go to work now.' I had a great time working with him."” KindShowsBigsKidsRememberGuyHairSceneToughTestsBlockShootingMakeupHugShakingFittingWardrobeGreat TimesHad A Great TimeHair And MakeupAlbuquerque Author:Charlize Theron
“There's a reason that girls cut off all their Barbie doll's hair and dye it and do things like that. I destroyed my Barbie dolls, and I know other girls did as well. And that's kind of the way they see kids movies and child actors in kids movies, as something that you've moved on from. It's babyish.” KnowsWayWellsKindChildrenReasonKidsGirlActorsCuttingHairMovedDestroyedDollsThat GirlMoved OnOther GirlBarbieChild ActorsBarbie DollsKids Movie Author:Mara Wilson
“Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear. We could do great things with our hair. We had protest badges that read "I belong to the Blank Generation." It was such a great time to be a kid.” KidsWonderfulGenerationsHairClothesGreat ThingsProtestPunkBlankGreat TimesBadges Author:Boy George
“I went from having the healthy hair that you have as a kid, to completely destroying it and frying it, and then actually having really healthy thick hair that I was proud of again. I just put an emphasis on what shampoo and conditioner I use.” UseKidsHairProudHealthyDestroyingThickEmphasisFryingShampooThick Hair Author:Blake Lively
“It's been really fun to see with each album when I change to see the fans of the show emulate my style and with the first record a lot of the kids in the crowd were wearing neck ties like I was and now you'll see a lot of girls with pink hair. It's cool, it's actually really neat.” FirstsShowsKidsGirlFunRecordsFansStyleHairAlbumsCrowdsTiesNecksNeatEmulatePink Hair Author:Avril Lavigne
“I want a guy who is masculine, good with his hands, and able to build stuff and who has survival skills. Facial hair is a big turn-on... I like a stronger, more physically imposing man - like a lumberjack.” MenWantHandsBigsKidsAbleGuyTurnsStuffNew YorkHairTypeSkillsSurvivalStrongerHanging OutMasculineTurn-onImposingHipsterFacialSurvival SkillsFacial HairI Want A Guy Author:Chloe Sevigny
“Since I was a child, I hated having to deal with my hair. I hated having to change my clothes. As a kid, I had a sailor shirt and the same old corduroy pants, and that's what I wanted to wear everyday.” ChildrenKidsWantedDealsHairClothesEverydayHatedShirtsPantsSailorCorduroy Author:Patti Smith
“I would love to continue in music, with writing... but I am not the kind of person who will hang around if I start to become irrelevant. If that happens, I will bow down gracefully, raise my kids, and have a garden. And I am going to let my hair go gray when I am older. I don't need to be blonde when I'm 60!” IfsNeedsWritingKindPersonsHappensKidsHairGardenRaisesGrayBowsIrrelevantBlonde Author:Taylor Swift
“Or perhaps a widow found him and took him in: brought him an easy chair, changed his sweater every morning, shaved his face until the hair stopped growing, took him faithfully to bed with her every night, whispered sweet nothings into what was left of his ear, laughed with him over black coffee, cried with him over yellowing pictures, talked greenly about having kids of her own, began to miss him before she became sick, left him everything in her will, thought of only him as she died, always knew he was fiction but believed in him anyway.” KidsFacesNightFoundLeftEasyBlackFictionMorningGrowingMissingChangedSweetHairBedEarsSickDiedCoffeeChairsLaughedEvery NightCriedEvery MorningWidowsSweatersHaving KidsBlack Coffee Author:Jonathan Safran Foer