The ones the listeners loved most of all in those early years were the four Lennon girls who became the whole nation's little sisters.
We really were a very musical family. Father managed to buy us a small pump organ, and I just loved this instrument.
When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union, and the country was still wild and harsh.
Making music is what drives me - not awards, not Internet fame, not even exorbitant amounts of money. My fans call themselves 'Aadeez,' and they are the most loyal lot. I make my music for them. I love them.
I never thought about making music because it has to be a hit. There are so many better singers out there who are better trained in music, but I am probably the chosen one... I have not discovered any formula for staying relevant.
I am not obsessed with social media fame, but I do think that it's a great tool by which I can stay in touch with my fans.
I have a crazy work schedule, I don't eat good food, and I often work through nights, but I am just doing what I love.
When I am not recording, I do live shows or am at home catching up on shows which I regularly watch. But there will always be some music around me.
I learnt to sing in Bengali, my mother tongue, then went on to sing in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati and every possible Indian language.
I'm not a person who comes with bodyguards. I'm a simple jhola-kurta kind of girl. So people treat me as a buddy.
Fortunately, it doesn't seem to have made a lot of difference to my audience that I'm as bald as a billiard ball!
A studio is like a meditation room where music is created. And a live performance is the place where the creation of the studio is taken ahead. I love both.
Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for.
Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not.
Americans work a long away ahead of themselves because of the size of the place. To make any impact at all you have to promote yourself with live performances ages before a release.
We have temporarily suspended our season in response to the coronavirus pandemic. This hiatus will last at least 30 days and we intend to resume the season, if and when it becomes safe for all concerned.
Adam Silver (as NBA Commissioner) - March 2020
1I know my talent when it comes to acting. But will I get the opportunity to showcase? That fear seeps in when an actor's film fail back-to-back.
The audience has reacted well to my comic timing. But, I also have other aspects to my acting talent.
Life of an actor is not his or hers: it's everyone's life. Nothing is private; nothing is personal. If you're doing great in terms of work, that's the price you've to give.
People relate to my characters and see me in a different way. They identify with me and remember the nuances of my characters.
Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes'; They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'
Advertising has done more to cause the social unrest of the 20th century than any other single factor.
They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and understood in this world.
In view of the meaning given to this honor in the community to which I belong, I should abstain from the undeserved prize that has been awarded to me. Do not meet my voluntary refusal with ill will.
Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always creates life. All great, genuine art resembles and continues the Revelation of St John.
I've heard all kinds of crazy rumors about myself. I've even heard that I'm pregnant! I've become real good about laughing things off - I figure I'd better get used to it.
At first, it was hard to sit down and read the things that people were saying. A lot of people would've worked their way up to this position and would've gotten a thick skin over a few years' time. For me, though, all this happened in a few months.
I wondered how people would take me being a country music singer. I thought about deviating from that and singing other things. But... it doesn't really make sense for me to try to be something that I'm not.
As far as talent goes, we had pretty much everything, and I think that's why this year was so successful.
If you act like you know what you're going, you can do anything you want - except neurosurgery.
Ava Gardner was the most beautiful woman in the world, and it's wonderful that she didn't cut up her face. She addressed aging by picking up her chin and receiving the light in a better way. And she looked like a woman. She never tried to look like a girl.
A woman has many faces as she goes through her life. It's like we need more than one hair-do. We have many, many changes in the evolution of our lives. We have, we learn, and we grow; we view life differently, and life views us differently.
