“The only time I made money was when I licensed my own solo guitar record, which sold maybe seven copies.” MadeMy OwnRecordsSevenGuitarCopiesSoloOnly Time Author:Sasha Frere-Jones
“I was sitting on my own in a restaurant, when I saw a beautiful woman at another table. I sent her a bottle of the most expensive wine on the menu. She sent me a note: "I will not touch a drop of this wine unless you can assure me that you have seven inches in your pants." So I wrote back: "Give me the wine. As gorgeous as you are, I'm not cutting off three inches for anyone.” GivingBeautifulThreeMy OwnSawsCuttingSittingGive MeTablesWineNotesSevenRestaurantsExpensiveBottlesPantsInchesGorgeousBeautiful WomenMenusCutting Off Author:Akhil
“For twenty-seven years I was witness to the spiritual deterioration of my own father, watching day after day how everything human in him left him and how gradually he turned into a grim monument to his own self.” YearsHumansSelfSpiritualFatherLeftMy OwnTwentiesSevenRussiaWitnessSeven YearsMonumentGrimDeterioration Book:Only One Year Source: Only One Year
“I was one of seven, and we took a lot of road trips - long road trips. And this was before iPhones and iPads and DVD players in cars. I remember how novel it was when I got my own Walkman so I could listen to music.” LongRememberMy OwnNovelPlayerCarSevenListening To MusicIphoneDvdsRoad TripIpadsLong Road Author:Amy Adams
“The wanting was a wilderness and I had to find my own way out of the woods. It took me four years, seven months, and three days to do it. I didn't know where I was going until I got there.It was a place called the Bridge of the Gods.” KnowsWayYearsThreeMy OwnFourMonthsSevenWoodsBridgesWildernessFour YearsSeven Months Book:Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found Source: Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found