Quotes About Memories

My dad was a huge country music fan, but he also had a band and he sang. So he'd listen to a lot of music and the songs that he'd learn for the band were more from the male artists. So my earliest country memories were Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, George Jones, Johnny Paycheck even.

I bought a camera with my first ever paycheck.

I remember my first professional paycheck. I couldn't keep it as a memento because I needed the money, but I have kept some of the residuals that I get. I got one the other day that was for two cents. I might put that in a frame.

College, by far, was the best time of my life. Just being able to go there right now and not worry about paying bills and all that and just having fun.

I was Overflow. Another one I had was the Caped Crusader. Chamillionaire was Payroll. That was our group back then, Payroll and the Caped Crusader. We grew up on the same street so we lived a few houses down from each other. So we knew each other pretty much all our life.

I now go to my dad's grave to read scripts and learn lines. It's the most peaceful place. I go to see him, and it's fantastic.

As a kid, I'd never have avocado. You'd get some melon and the odd fresh peach. But avocados? Mangoes? I'd never had a mango in my life.

I remember I had an aunt that lived in a house that had this beautiful ceramic wall that was entirely a painting of a peacock.

I've climbed in a lot of places, but only once in the U.K., at Stanage Edge in the Peak District.

I think there are people who think 'high school was the peak of my life,' and there are people who think it was dreadful, and then, I think most people are somewhere in between. I do think that it's normal to experience strong emotions during that time, and I think those emotions stay with you.

Where Halloween is concerned, I peaked in 2007.

Honestly, I grew up a huge Peanuts fan.

'Peanuts' is a life-long influence, going back to before I could even read.

I hope no one will think of... sending me to Pearl Harbor.

Pearl Jam were a part of my growing up.

My dad was in a Beatles cover band. My mom wore Candies and belly buttons. The people in our family were very glamorous. They wore pearls like Jackie O.

You know at 14, when you lose your hero - your father - that's why I hold him on such a high pedestal.

I grew up peeling shrimp and making tartar sauce.

'Lizzie McGuire' was my big thing when I was younger. I did buy some pencils and back-to-school stuff of hers because she was on it. I loved her.

When I was 20 I was immensely proud of the rows of grey-spined Penguin Modern Classics in my bookcase.

I collect lucky pennies that I find on the ground. I keep them in a Ziploc bag.

I go to a lot of metal shows when we're home. I don't know why, but it takes me back to when I was 17 and going to the local metal shows in Pennsylvania. I go right back to that mentality.

My style was nostalgic and involved pearls and penny loafers, always with the pennies in them.

I had a dog for 20 years and her name was 'Penny,' so I have a penny necklace.