“I remember the first time I was booked into a jazz club. I was scared to death. I'm not a jazz artist. So I got to the club and spotted this big poster saying, 'Richie Havens, folk jazz artist.' Then I'd go to a rock club and I'm billed as a 'folk rock performer' and in the blues clubs I'd be a 'folk blues entertainer.'” FirstsBigsRememberArtistRocksHavensFirst TimeJazzFolksScaredClubsPerformersEntertainersPosters Author:Richie Havens
“When you get that opportunity to be honest and open with somebody, for the first time, and share things about yourself that you haven't been able to share before, that you might be scared of or ashamed about, that's really exhilarating, and I think that's something that people will really identify with.” PeopleThinkingFirstsMightAbleOpportunityShareHonestHavensFirst TimeScaredBeing HonestAshamedAbout YourselfExhilarating Author:Marc Webb
“With a role like Hedda Gabler, which is incredibly complicated, you often feel that you haven't even scratched the surface the first time around, so you relish the opportunity to do it again, particularly with an ensemble of actors and the company we assembled. But when you do that in films you somehow have to make some attempt to uncross people's arms and you have to justify why you're doing it.” PeopleFeelsFirstsFilmActorsOpportunityCompanyRolesHavensArmsFirst TimeComplicatedSurfaceJustifyRelishEnsemble Author:Cate Blanchett
“Albom with Trent Willmon is the first project that I haven't had to scrap money together for. The is the first time I've used any outside songs at all; until now it's only been stuff that I've written. This is also the first album of mine that's had any co-writes on it, as well. It's a big step, coming off of anything we've ever done before.” WritingFirstsWellsDoneBigsTogetherUsedSongStuffStepsWrittenHavensMinesProjectsFirst TimeAlbumsScrap Author:Curtis Grimes
“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
“Iraq, for the first time, gives al Qaeda and its allies contiguous safe-haven territory to train and launch attacks into the Levant. First into Jordan and Syria, and then into Lebanon, and virtually and ultimately into Israel and probably Egypt too. It also gives them haven to eventually work their way toward Turkey and into the Arabian Peninsula.” WayGivingFirstsHavensSafeFirst TimeTrainIraqIsraelAlsTerritoryAlliesSyriaEgyptTurkeysJordanAl QaedaLebanonSafe HavenArabianPeninsulas Author:Michael Scheuer
“I just don't really get to watch a lot of movies, like recently at least I haven't been able to but I did watch The Exorcist for the first time ever, recently, and it didn't scare me like I thought it was gonna scare me.” FirstsAbleWatchesHavensFirst TimeScareExorcist Author:Melanie Martinez