Quotes About Memories

I lost my girl a couple years back, Aaliyah, in a plane crash. I wasn't expecting that, and also, my mother died, and at the time, my father wasn't in my life; the only person that took care of me was my mom.

When you leave the planet, you leave music behind.

I was a 'Planet of the Apes'-obsessed kid.

I grew up on 'Battle of the Planets.'

I never really worked with Chris Farley, I hung out with him, but I had plans, I had big plans, movies, and I was in no hurry.

Dad loved computer games, and I would sit beside him for hours with graph paper, drawing out plans to try and forecast the moves he should make while he worked the computer controller.

When you have kids, all your plans, everything that you do is for them to have fun.

I find the best birthday plans are the unplanned ones.

Turning 40, your past really comes back to you. You're very aware of where you've been the plans you've made, the memories you have, and the mistakes you've made.

My parents had a gardener when I was growing up, and he and I would dig in the dirt together - my mom and dad were definitely not digging with me! When I was 5, he helped me plant some corn in our backyard, and I remember how fascinating it was to watch it grow. Little did I know that 50 years later I'd be growing corn in a different way.

As a kid I had gone to New York a handful of times with my family. I definitely think it planted a seed in me.

I used to get nits all the time as a kid. I was six when I first encountered the egg planting hair vermin.

The first coat I ever bought is in a plastic bag in about five pieces. It's by Sonia Rykiel. I can't wear it anymore, but I still like it.

I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.

My last meal on Earth? The obvious answer is a plate of my mother's scrambled eggs.

The phrase 'blue plate special' has always been one of the homiest, coziest, most sweetly nostalgic phrases in the English language for me.

I was raised by a gaggle of women who all loved to bake. Dessert always existed after any savory meal. I was raised with cookies on the plate, brownies in a Tupperware container, and so on.

You know what, I remember being on my T-ball team and telling people about 'Platoon.'

It's always fun to play the hometown.

'Let the music play on' would be my legacy.

Obviously, the big hits like 'Shout,' 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World,' 'Head Over Heels,' we play live, so there's nothing new about them to me.

I used to play baseball with Jake Owen when I was a kid.

We used to play baseball back in that field and keep an eye out for the bulls.

People say, 'Weren't you deprived of your childhood?' No way. I would not take anything back at all. Everything about it was great. I got to go places, meet people, play baseball against older kids and better competition. I had a great time.