“My mom has obviously had a powerful influence on my life and her voice can describe certain things that I couldn't see in myself.” CertainVoicePowerfulInfluenceMomMy Mom Author:Common
“My mom has never been a big meddler and isn't like extremely opinionated or at least just doesn't voice it to me. She's sort of let me come into my own by myself and I think that's just a testament to what my parents did in terms of raising us.” ThinkingBigsParentVoiceTermMy OwnMomLet MeMy MomTestamentOpinionated Author:Mandy Moore
“When I was growing up, my mom told me every story that was happening to her. Most of the stories that come to me are through a female voice in my head. My stories seem to naturally be about females.” StoriesSeemsVoiceGrowing UpGrowingMomHappeningsFemaleMy MomVoices In My HeadFemale Voice Author:Natalie Portman
“I would mimic what I saw in Grease and Guys and Dolls in front of my mom's mirror and I would practice voices and songs. When you put me alone in a room, that's what I would do.” GuySongVoiceRoomsPracticeSawsFrontsMomMirrorsMy MomDollsMe AloneGrease Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“I almost lost my best friend to anorexia. I am lending my voice as an entertainer, a mom, and a friend because I want to bring great awareness to this cause.” WantLostCausesVoiceAwarenessMomMy Best FriendEntertainersAnorexiaLendingLost My Best Friend Author:Sara Evans
“I believe life is about balance. My mom was brilliant, yet manipulative. Beautiful, but had more voices in her head than the Wu-Tang Clan. Loves her kids, killed her last husband. I say last husband because you don't get another one after that.” BelieveKidsLastsBeautifulLife IsI BelieveVoiceMomBalanceHusbandMy MomBrilliantClansManipulativeWu Tang Clan Author:Christopher Titus
“I went to see 'Phantom of the Opera' with my grandma and my mom when I was very little. The stage, the voice, the music?... Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been a massive inspiration to me for some time - the storytelling, that deliciously somber undertone in his music.” LittlesHas BeensInspirationVoiceStageMomMy MomStorytellingMassiveOperaComposerGrandmaPhantomsAndrewMy GrandmaSomber Author:Lady Gaga
“I literally fell into this business. I never came down one day and said, "Atticus' thought of the day...I want to be an actor!" My mom and I would always read story books out loud together and I loved doing character voices and playing with my voice.” WantSaidBookCharacterStoriesTogetherActorsVoiceMomOne DayMy MomLoudThought Of The DayStory Book Author:Atticus Shaffer
“Sadly I don't sing. I missed it for a long time, but my daughter Emma said something wonderful when I was feeling blue one day: "Mom, you've just found a different way of using your voice, and that's with your books." In a way, she's right. It's just a different way of expressing what I feel about music, individuality, art and all the things I've always loved.” WayFeelsLongArtSaidBookDifferentFeelingsFoundVoiceWonderfulMomOne DayLong TimeDaughterBlueIndividualityDifferent WaysMy DaughterEmmaFeeling Blue Author:Julie Andrews
“I was inspired a little while before The Voice to dye my hair half black half blonde by Cruella De Vil of 101 Dalmatians. One day I was watching it and I told my mom I was going to dye my hair like Cruella's, and she thought I was joking. I came home from the salon, and she didn't talk to me for a few days!” LittlesHomeBlackVoiceHalfHairMomOne DayInspiredMy MomBlondeTalk To MeSalonsDalmatians Author:Melanie Martinez
“I was out there meeting with a lot of working moms and whenever I would gather a group of women, there was always a voice that was unfamiliar to me, and it was the voice of a military spouse, oftentimes a woman, oftentimes working, many times in a position where they've had to move every two or three years, where their kids have had to change school multiple times, people dealing - families dealing with multiple deployments, dealing with the stresses of reconnection.” PeopleYearsTwoKidsSchoolMovingThreeVoiceGroupsMilitaryPositionMomStressMeetingsThree YearsMultipleSpouseUnfamiliarDeploymentWorking ManWorking MomMilitary Spouse Author:Michelle Obama
“When my mom ran for the Senate, my dad was there for her every step of the way. I can still hear her saying in her beautiful voice, 'Why should women have any less say than men, about the great decisions facing our nation?'” MenWayShouldStillsI CanBeautifulFatherNationsVoiceDecisionStepsMomDadMy DadMy MomRanSenateEvery StepBeautiful Voice Author:Mitt Romney
“'The Voice' has lots of singers who fit the 'Idol' mold of young, innocent ingenues with psycho stage moms. But it also has long-suffering adult pros, with a whiff of thirtysomething despair in their voices. That adds an edge of realness.” LongYoungSufferingVoiceStageMomFitDespairAdultsAddEdgesSingersInnocentIdolsMoldPsychoRealnessLong Suffering Author:Rob Sheffield