“I can imagine moving out to the seaside at some point. I like Brighton, my sister lives there. I'm a seaside boy and whenever I go there, I find myself writing songs about it.” WritingI CanMovingSongBoysImagineMy SisterWriting SongsMoving OutBrighton Author:Marc Almond
“I remember as a child I just would copy everyone else's handwriting, and now I have sort of a version of my sister's handwriting. And I feel like - sometimes I feel that way for my voice.” WayFeelsChildrenSometimesRememberVoiceVersionsCopiesMy SisterHandwriting Author:Cecile McLorin Salvant
“Before my sister, Sara, and I went to bed at night, my mom would show us books on Manet and other artists. Even then I was always really interested in how the women looked in the images.” BookShowsArtistNightMomBedMy MomMy Sister Author:Erdem Moral?oglu
“I was raised by all women. I had no men in my life; it was my mom, my sister, and my grandmother. I've never identified as a man. I've always either felt like a boy or something else. I feel really uncomfortable thinking that, technically, I'm supposed to be a man, because I don't feel like one.” ThinkingMenFeelsFeltBoysMomRaisedMy MomSupposed To BeUncomfortableGrandmotherMy SisterMy GrandmotherBe A ManLike A Boy Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“My sister is 16 and I tell her to take risks. Really explore and meet as many people as you can. Do as much as you can before reality kicks in. Have fun.” PeopleRealityFunCan DoRiskHaving FunKicksMy Sister Author:Taylor Kitsch
“I think I would have liked to have been a twin... Sometimes my sisters and I get mistaken for twins, and I always take it as a compliment.” ThinkingHas BeensSometimesComplimentMy SisterTwinsMistaken Author:Curtis Sittenfeld
“If I'm walking down the street and someone stops me and says, "Oh! A song that you wrote meant a lot to me, and I listened to it after I went to my sister's funeral," that's when it hits me.” IfsSongStreetsWalkingFuneralMy Sister Author:Moby
“From a young age, my parents always told me and my sister how important it was as a girl to be more than just a pretty face and I think we've carried that message through out our lives.” ThinkingImportantAgeFacesYoungGirlParentOur LivesMessagesMy SisterYoung AgePretty Face Author:Coco Rocha
“I was always around people who were in the business from the time I was an absolute baby. I grew up in New York City, and my parents, my sister, and I had a house on Fire Island, and they were part of a set of people that were all close and friendly, most of whom were involved in show business in one regard or another. So it was always familiar to me, and I kind of enjoyed it.” PeopleKindShowsHouseParentCitiesFireNew YorkBabyGrewInvolvedGrew UpAbsolutesRegardFamiliarEnjoyedIslandsFriendlyNew York CityMy SisterShow Business Author:Fred Melamed
“My mom took my sister and me to see Elvis [Presley] in concert when was, maybe 5 or 6, and I liked everything about it.” MomMy MomConcertsMy Sister Author:Billy Gibbons
“I would love to work with my sister in a movie one day - like play sisters or something like that, because we've never been on-screen at the same time together.” PlayTogetherOne DayScreensMy SisterTime Together Author:Elle Fanning
“I'm only thirteen, so I have role-models! But I've sort of experienced... my sister has always been my role-model because I've always seen her. She's been acting my whole life and she's grown up on film, so it's neat for me to get to travel around and do interviews, because I've always seen her doing it.” WholeFilmActingRolesModelsWhole LifeInterviewsRole ModelsMy SisterNeatThirteen Author:Elle Fanning
“My parents got my sister and I to go to church and have piano lessons. We were keen and they could see that.” ParentChurchLessonsPianoMy SisterPiano Lesson Author:Gordon Lightfoot
“I got to sing solo in the junior choir when I was 10 or 11 and won a competition, and my sister's piano playing improved to a certain level. One time my sister and I worked together. The first song we ever sang in High School was Rags to Riches by Tony Bennett.” FirstsSchoolTogetherCertainSongLevelsHigh SchoolCompetitionRichesPianoMy SisterOne TimeSoloJuniorsRagsChoirPiano PlayingRags To Riches Author:Gordon Lightfoot
“We didn't have a television, so we sat around the table, and me and my sisters and my mom would do these jobs, like, a penny for a piece, you know, these paper jobs. You know, what really saved me as a human today is my sisters and my mom.” KnowsHumansTodayJobsPiecesTelevisionMomPaperTablesMy MomSavedSatMy SisterPennies Author:Riccardo Tisci
“There was a loneliness because kids my age had video games, tennis. They traveled. They had beautiful clothes. I was wearing my sisters' old clothes that were adjusted on me, because we didn't have money to buy clothes. So that really made me go deep inside on my heart, because the only things I could have with me were my heart and my brain.” HeartMadeKidsAgeBeautifulGamesBrainLonelinessMy HeartClothesVideoTennisMy SisterTraveledDeep InsideOld ClothesBeautiful Clothes Author:Riccardo Tisci
“I was the last one of nine kids - eight girls and me last - and my sisters were going out. They were teenagers. And as they were getting ready, I would sit on the bathtub and watch them put on makeup and transform themselves - you know, putting on clothes and giggling about the boys they were going to meet and everything. So for me, that was an amazing thing - the fact of transforming themselves.” KnowsFactsKidsLastsGirlBoysWatchesReadyClothesEightNineTeenagerMakeupMy SisterGoing OutTransformingAmazing ThingsBathtubs Author:Riccardo Tisci
“I remember that my sisters gave me this beautiful, like, empty book for Christmas. And I would draw all these beautiful women. Most of the time it was mermaids and a Minotaur: half human, half animal. I used to be obsessed with Minotaurs when I was a child.” HumansChildrenBookBeautifulRememberUsedAnimalHalfDrawsEmptyUsed To BeObsessedMy SisterBeautiful WomenMermaidMinotaur Author:Riccardo Tisci
“My mom and my sisters were amazing; they always see the good in people. My mom, she doesn't know how to write and read much, but she's one of the most fantastic women I've met in my life.” PeopleKnowsWritingKnow HowMomMetsMy MomFantasticMy Sister Author:Riccardo Tisci
“When I was far away, when I prayed every night, I felt I was very near with my heart, with my brain, to my sisters and my mom.” HeartNightFeltBrainMomMy HeartMy MomMy SisterEvery NightFar Away Author:Riccardo Tisci
“In the beginning, I was very punk. I was very revolutionary. When they asked me to do Givenchy, I didn't want to do it. My friends pushed me. But the situation with my family was so bad financially. I really did it because, when they told me how much they would pay me, I saw that my sisters and my mom could have a better life.” WantPaySituationSawsMomMy FriendsMy FamilyMy MomRevolutionaryMy SisterPunkBetter LifeGivenchy Author:Riccardo Tisci
“At the beginning, I didn't see what Givenchy could give my career. It was like, "Okay, I'll do it for the money for a few years to help my mom and my sisters."” GivingYearsHelpingCareersMomOkayMy MomMy SisterGivenchy Author:Riccardo Tisci
“We're not unique in our family. We're more ambitious but we're not special. I'm not funnier than anyone else in my family; it's just that we wanted more than Raleigh, North Carolina, had to offer. If my brother wanted more than Raleigh had to offer, you would know his name. My sister Lisa has a really unique and different voice, but she doesn't want that. She's a fine writer, but never said, "I want a book. I want that kind of attention."” IfsKnowsWantKindSaidBookDifferentWantedNamesVoiceAttentionSpecialBrotherFineOffersUniqueMy FamilyOur FamilyMy BrotherMy SisterAmbitiousCarolinaNorth CarolinaDifferent VoicesRaleigh Author:David Sedaris
“I draw strength from spirit, from the divine light. I draw strength from the love my sister and I have for each other, from my nieces, Christina and Isabella, and the true friendships I have in my life that are based in being real with each other and mutual love and support.” RealLightSpiritSupportDivineDrawsMutualMy SisterBeing RealTrue FriendTrue FriendshipNieceChristinaMy NieceMutual LoveDivine Light Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos
“Early on, my emotional work had to do with feeling unheard and invisible. My parents divorce at six, when I was six, really affected me. We moved around and I was with my mom and my sister. I have learned, by the way, there were amazing gifts that came out of that. For one, I'm living my childhood dream. I feel very fortunate.” WayFeelsFeelingsDreamParentChildhoodEmotionalMomSixMovedMy MomDivorceInvisibleFortunateAffectedMy SisterI Have LearnedUnheardChildhood DreamsParents Divorce Author:Daphne Zuniga
“I ain't going to lie: I was happy, man. Me and my sisters and my brother was mad cool. We all did the music thing. My dad had the keys to the church, so we would go over there and jam. So I just want my kids to have fun the right way. I want their type of trouble to be, like, "Aw, Dad, I locked the keys in the car." I don't want to hear about, "Oh, my friend just got shot."” MenWayWantKidsLyingFunChurchTroubleCarBrotherKeysTypeDadShotsMy FriendsMadMy DadHaving FunMy BrotherMy SisterLockedRight WayJamHappy Man Author:Fetty Wap
“My mom, she got taken away from me when I was 14 years old. She is incarcerated. My sister was incarcerated. I was homeless. When my mom went away when I was 14... I was forced to live with my aunt. My aunt, she doesn't like rap music. She thinks rap music is the devil's music. Basically she said, "Yo, if you are going to do music you can't do it in my house."” IfsThinkingYearsSaidHouseTakenMomMusic IsDevilMy MomRapMy SisterHomelessAuntRap Music Author:Sean Kingston
“I was singing when I was five years old. My sister and I both had the talent from mom and dad, and she was in opera and I was into pop and uh, rhythm and blues, anything, I was about a four octave singer.” YearsFiveFourTalentMomDadSingingPopsSingersRhythmFive YearsMy SisterOperaMom And DadFive Year OldsRhythm And Blues Author:Carl Gardner
“I really do love the Muppets. My sister used to call them the Muffets. She'd be like, "Can we watch the Muffets?" So anything that reminds me of how adorable my sister was, I'm a big fan of.” BigsUsedWatchesFansMy SisterAdorableMuppet Author:Laura Benanti
“It's funny, the whole cooking thing came out of just a random thought of writing a cookbook with my mom and my sister for fun.” WritingWholeFunMomCookingMy MomMy SisterCookbookRandom Thoughts Author:Trisha Yearwood
“I remember, once, my sister used to tell me that they found me in the trash-can when I was younger, so one time I pushed my sister into a trash-can - I put it over her head and pushed her down the street. And then after that, we been close ever since.” RememberUsedFoundStreetsMy SisterOne TimeTrashTrash Cans Author:Vince Staples
“My brothers used to beat me up, but I used to fight my sisters 'cuz I couldn't hit them back, so I had to find specific severe ways to punish them.” WayUsedFightingBrotherBeatsMy BrotherMy SisterSevereCuz Author:Vince Staples
“My sister is 4 years older than me and I've always looked up to her, she was the girl I always wanted to be.” YearsWantedGirlMy Sister Author:Aeriel Miranda
“It's always great to have a family member who knows exactly what you're going through in every way, shape, and form, and I'm blessed to have that in my sister.” KnowsWayFormShapesMembersBlessedMy SisterFamily Members Author:Frankie J. Grande
“My whole family is in the arts some way or the other. My father was a cellist in a symphony outside Chicago that was a side-job, he was a scientist. My mother was a dancer in New York. She was next-door neighbors with Dorothy Loudon and they moved to New York together. Mom was a dancer in New York for several years before she got married. My sister was a classical pianist. And my brother was a partier. So it all just seemed to work.” WayYearsArtWholeTogetherJobsMotherNextFatherSidesDoorsNew YorkBrotherMomMarriedScientistMovedNeighborMy BrotherDancerChicagoMy SisterSymphonyPianistWhole FamilyNext Door NeighborsCellists Author:Jason Graae
“The family that raised me are awesome people and they are my mother and my father and my brother and my sister. I've never viewed them as these "strangers" that took over. It's never been this crazy, dramatic, Lifetime-movie situation. It's been chill.” PeopleMotherFatherSituationCrazyBrotherLifetimeRaisedStrangerDramaticMy BrotherOver ItMy SisterChill Author:Angel Olsen
“Once I've accepted a role, I'll let my parents and my sisters read it because they find it entertaining.” ParentRolesAcceptedMy SisterEntertaining Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“My mother was an extraordinary theater actor in Canada, and when I would finish school, I would go to the theater. I would do my homework, we would have dinner there, she would do her play, and then me and my sister would go home. So I grew up in it that way.” WayPlayHomeSchoolMotherActorsGrewGrew UpTheaterExtraordinaryDinnerCanadaMy SisterHomework Author:Kiefer Sutherland
“And the rules were so clear, you could not deviate from that all. And I think it especially damaged my sisters because there was nothing they could do to get my father's attention, to win his approval. They could not play sports. They could not do these other things. They could not be tough. They could not be macho. And so I think they suffered just from sheer neglect if nothing else.” IfsThinkingPlayFatherWinningSportsAttentionClearToughNeglectMy SisterApprovalSheerMachoDeviate Author:Terry Gross
“All my brothers and sisters have stories about Dad like this. I remember, when my sister was about to beat him in checkers for the first time, he knocked the board over.” FirstsStoriesRememberBrotherDadBeatsFirst TimeBoardsMy BrotherMy SisterBrothers And SistersRemember WhenCheckers Author:Terry Gross
“I still visit my village quite often, as my parents and one of my sisters live there, but also I feel the village is more of an isolated, unreal part of me.” FeelsStillsParentVillageMy SisterIsolatedUnreal Author:Volker Bertelmann
“I was raised in a religion that I never felt embraced me. That wasn't her fault. I had this amazing childhood. My mother is of her generation. If I'm going to ask her to accept me exactly as I am, I have to give her the same. She has read part of the book, but my sisters told her which chapters not to read!” IfsGivingBookMotherAsksFeltAcceptingGenerationsChildhoodFaultsRaisedMy SisterChaptersAccept Me Author:Leslie Jordan
“I think family dynamics are definitely very interesting. And in my case my sister did get married. She gave my parents a grandchild.” ThinkingParentInterestingCasesMarriedMy SisterGrandchildrenVery InterestingDynamics Author:Aasif Mandvi
“My sister's asthmatic. In the middle of an asthma attack she got an obscene phone call. The guy said, "Did I call you or did you call me?"” SaidGuyMiddlePhonesCall MeMy SisterPhone CallsObsceneAsthmaFunny Sister Author:John Mendoza
“There are absolutely no problems between me, my dad and my sister. Obviously I grew up with just my mum, but my relationship with my dad is just fine.” ProblemFineGrewDadGrew UpMy DadMy SisterMumNo Problem Author:Norah Jones
“Also, any older song, especially any World War II songs remind me of Mama. She goes around the house either whistling or singing all the time. It drives my sister Alice crazy when we're playing games and Mama does that while it's Alice's turn!” WorldDoeWarSongTurnsGamesHouseCrazySingingWar Of The WorldsMy SisterWorld War IiWorld War IMamaPlaying GamesWhistling Author:Reba McEntire
“I was a boy in the ads I did as a child. My sister was the girl, and I was the boy. I had short hair and I was in overalls and I was giving flowers to my sister Daisy, who fit their model of what a girl was supposed to look like.” GivingLooksChildrenGirlBoysFlowerHairFitModelsMy SisterAdsDaisiesShort HairOveralls Author:Rose McGowan
“I still retain a bit of a child's focus on things, so we [with my sister] figure if we're going to write books, our best shot is to write children's books, because we relate pretty readily on that level.” IfsWritingChildrenStillsBookBitsLevelsFocusFiguresShotsRelateMy SisterChildren's BooksBest Shot Author:Bob Weir
“My mother and I are more than best friends; we are partners in crime. After she and my father, Quincy Jones, separated when I was 10 years old, my sister, Kidada, who was 12, went to live with our dad, and I stayed with my mother.” YearsMotherFatherCrimeDadPartnersMy SisterPartners In Crime Author:Rashida Jones
“As a kid growing up, the most simple things would make me so, so excited. I remember the first time my dad got a let-out couch; you could sleep in it like a bed and my sister and I just thought that was so magical.” FirstsKidsRememberSleepSimpleGrowing UpGrowingDadBedFirst TimeMy DadExcitedMy SisterCouchesSimple ThingsKids Growing Up Author:Keke Palmer