Quotes About Memories

When I joined Small Faces, we occasionally would bump into The Who. And Keith Moon and I became firm pals.

I grew up listening to classic rock - the Kinks, Genesis, The Who, Pink Floyd.

C'mon, I mean who didn't listen to 'The Who' in the 60s?

I listened to classic rock and roll, and punk rock. 'Goon Squad' provides a pretty accurate playlist of my teenage years, though it leaves out 'The Who,' which was my absolute favorite band.

Theater is a thankless art. When the curtain goes down, that is all. It doesn't really mean anything. Memories are very short, and fame is extremely fleeting.

When I lived in Los Angeles, I used to live in the Hollywood Hills, behind Grauman's Theater, and I'd always hit the matinees.

It was a great opportunity that I had to take - my very own theater. That comes along once in a lifetime. It doesn't even seem like 15 years ago - time sure flies by. I've really had a lot of fun with it.

The Majestic Theater in 1990. That was one of my first real shows where I had 300 to 400 people there.

Growing up, my best friend was the movie theaters. I'd go to the movies every week, multiple times a week, with my dad or alone.

I wasn't hanging around the movie theaters in New York where I grew up, a Manhattan brat.

The first movie I saw was 'Prince of Egypt' - that was the first movie I saw in theaters.

I recall the night that President McKinley died. I was working at the time at a theatre in St. Louis. The oppressive feeling was in the air. I could not make the people laugh.

I've been doing theatre since I was 5 years old.

My parents used to take me to a lot of theatre when I was young.

I feel a lot more comfortable on stage in the theatre. It just reminds me of being a kid and doing pantomimes.

When I was 16, I played Tallulah in 'Bugsy Malone' at the Queen's Theatre. Me and five others shared a flat together in Blackheath. It was brilliant being 16 and living in London with my mates.

My dad and I used to do movie marathons when I was a kid at the Chinese Theatre, and I just remember thinking, 'One day I want to have a movie here' And then later on, when 'Save The Last Dance' premiered there, that was definitely a full circle moment.

My parents are not theatrical people, but my dad took me to the theater.

I used to do karaoke with Patrick Woolf in a karaoke box, and he would ring me up and say, 'Come down and do karaoke with me here,' and then we'd sing Kate Bush songs and get really, really emotional and theatrical in the booth.

My memories mean a lot to me, and I hold them close to my heart.

Like a lot of kids, I had a Superman cake or different theme cakes, but then I hit the age where I think my mom thought I was ready for the German chocolate cake that she makes for my dad. Just the sight of that, the taste of that frosting, just reminds me of being at home with my mom and my dad and my sister and my friends.

I remember my sisters, they loved a movie called 'The Naked Island.' And the flute was actually playing the main theme. A Japanese movie. A beautiful movie from 1961. I remember hearing this music with a flute many, many times a day at home.

I thought I would reflect here on a theme most scientists enjoy recalling: the part luck played in their accomplishments.

That's kind of the theme of Own the Night. It's about those nights that are so memorable you could live them forever.