“I used humor to avoid being picked on as a kid. Or I would try and make my parents laugh, so I wouldn't get in trouble. But as a kid, I would watch Flip Wilson and I would memorize his whole routine, listen to Bill Cosby's records constantly, Steve Martin, Carol Burnett, Lucille Ball. I just drank that stuff up and loved it.” TryingWholeKidsUsedStuffParentWatchesLaughingRecordsTroubleBallsBillsRoutineDrankFlipWilsonCarols Author:Wendi McLendon-Covey
“I don't know how I made those movies. I went out every single night, I smoked pot every single day. I drank. We did everything, but I never became a drug addict or an alcoholic. Other friends are dead, many of them. So many people in this retrospective...in Female Trouble, almost everyone is dead.” PeopleKnowsMadeNightKnow HowTroubleDrugFemalePotAddictAlcoholicsDrankDead ManDrug AddictRetrospective Author:John Waters
“Let's put it this way: I did not get in trouble every time I drank, but every time I got in trouble, I'd been drinking” WayTroubleDrinkingDrank Book:Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir Source: Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir
“I never really had stage nerves but I did have had trouble getting up to the right energy level. For a long time I drank. I drank up until 1982 and then I gave up alcohol.” LongEnergyLevelsTroubleStageLong TimeAlcoholNervesDrankGave UpEnergy Levels Author:Gordon Lightfoot