“I think 'Horace Silver' was actually the first live jazz group I ever heard back when I was a kid in St. Louis. So along with most players of my generation, I have a real affection for the music of 'Horace Silver.” ThinkingFirstsRealKidsPlayerGenerationsHeardGroupsJazzAffectionSilverMy GenerationBack When Author:David Sanborn
“Since I was eight years old, I went to Trinity. I mean, I listened to Reverend Wright since I was a kid and I always heard him preach sermons of love and inspiration.” YearsMeanInspirationKidsHeardEightSermonsTrinityReverendsLove And Inspiration Author:Will Ferrell
“Do you remember when we were kids and played that game 'Telephone'? It was like that. The first time I heard about it, someone said he'd been shot 17 times.” FirstsSaidKidsRememberGamesHeardShotsFirst TimeTelephonesRemember When Author:Carson Daly
“I've heard stories about me as a kid. My dad got me a T-shirt that said "here comes trouble," and when I ask my mom what I was like, she just sighs with this weary tone and says, "Oh, you were really busy."” SaidStoriesKidsAsksTroubleHeardMomDadMy DadBusyMy MomShirtsToneWearySighT Shirt Author:Kristin Bauer van Straten
“I have a very young brother and sister, and if you can get a kid singing the words to a song after they heard it for the first time, it's a hit.” IfsFirstsKidsYoungSongHeardBrotherSingingFirst TimeBrothers And SistersYoung Brother Author:Adam Levine
“I tend to believe that computers are drawing kids -- and adults -- away from reading purely because they provide an alternative, vast source of spare-time amusement and entertainment. I recently heard a frightening statistic: there are less than one million true readers in this country (those who read every day instead of one book per year on a beach). Terrifying.” YearsBelieveBookCountryKidsReadingMillionsHeardSourceReaderComputerAdultsEntertainmentDrawingAlternativesBeachFrighteningSparesAmusementSpare Time Author:Tim Lebbon
“I guess you heard about this; the U.S. Olympic Committee is coming under fire after it was revealed that the uniforms for Team USA to be worn in the opening ceremony were made in China. Turns out they were made by some of the same kids who could beat us in gymnastics. That's the worst part.” MadeKidsFunnyTurnsFireHeardTeamWorstBeatsChinaOpeningUsaWornUniformsOlympicsCommitteesCeremonyGymnasticsLondon OlympicsMade In ChinaOpening Ceremony Author:Jay Leno
“When I was a kid you always heard about the Israeli army and you always heard about this tiny little country and how everyone around them wants them gone, and every time somebody comes after them they take care of business. And so as a Jewish kid you were proud of that.” WantLittlesCountryCareKidsGoneHeardProudArmyTake CareTinyIsraeliIsraeli Army Author:Adam Sandler
“Take a bunch of little kids to the beach and they all make art. Adults are too stupid to call it art, but it is art. They'll use their imaginations, make drama, make up characters, make pictures in the sand, they'll make up songs that no one's ever heard before. All kids, I think, are creative, but they get it pounded out of them in school.” ThinkingLittlesArtCharacterUseKidsSchoolSongImaginationCreativeHeardStupidDramaAdultsBunchBeachSandLittle Kid Author:Buffy Sainte-Marie
“I always was trying to make people laugh as a kid. I was a big fan of Carol Burnett and Gilda Radner. I watched them and I remember feeling as a child, when I heard the laughter they got, a little jealous that they made someone laugh like that.” PeopleTryingChildrenLittlesMadeFeelingsBigsKidsRememberLaughingHeardFansLaughterJealousMaking People LaughCarols Author:Leah Remini
“I learned an invaluable lesson from a kid in Argentina when we were playing Buenos Aires in 2002. I came out of the hotel and this 16-year-old-boy asked me to sign his copy of my Six Wives of Henry VIII album. As I was signing it I asked him 'what does a 16 year-old like about this old music?' and he looked at me, quite hurt, and said, 'it might be old to you, Mr Wakeman, but I only heard it for the first time last week. When you hear something for the first time, it's new.' I've never forgotten that.” YearsFirstsDoeSaidMightKidsLastsHurtBoysWifeHeardWeekLessonsSixFirst TimeForgottenAlbumsHotelCopiesSigningInvaluableArgentinaOld MusicHenry ViiiBuenos AiresHenry V Author:Rick Wakeman
“I was big into mythology when I was a kid - Arthurian legends and Greek mythology, that was kind of my passion. I hadn't heard of the books, but I was told they were very popular amongst the kids, so I got a hold of them and read them. I totally got it!” KindBookBigsKidsPassionHeardMythologyGreekLegendsGreek MythologyMy PassionVery PopularArthurian LegendGreek Myth Author:Steve Valentine