Quotes About Memories

I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands. I had posters on my wall. I had Beatles records.

I had a Dan Fouts Nike poster with 'The Bomb Squad' on my wall as a kid. I was also a huge Larry Bird fan. One of my proudest art achievements is a papier-mache eagle decked out head-to-toe in Celtics gear.

The pictures of my family were designed to be on a family wall, they were supposed to be together. It was supposed to copy my mother's wall in her house.

My mum always liked poetry, and she had pictures on the wall, so there was this visual stuff around.

For my birthday this year, my girlfriends - who knew I'd just inherited my dad's turntable - gave me a carton of albums like 'Blue Kentucky Girl,' by Emmylou Harris, and 'Off the Wall,' by Michael Jackson. It's all stuff we grew up with. I mean, you can't have a music collection without Prince's 'Purple Rain' - it just can't be done!

Ben Cartwright was patterned after my father, who never saw 'Bonanza.' In that sense, my father will live for a long time.

Anytime I'm playing music or getting ready to record, Duane Allman will enter my thoughts, and so will Berry Oakley. It's part of my musical makeup and mental process when it comes to music. We learned to play together and taught each other a lot.

Princess Stephanie of Monaco

Even when I was a child, my best friend was a 92-year-old woman.

When I was in college, my high school best friend and I had a terrible falling-out. It was entirely because of Facebook.

To this day, I still think Lonesome Dove is my best part.

Probably the best part of my life has been watching the kids play their games.

I love a bicycle, and I haven't been without at least one since I was three years old.

I'm a big Aqua fan. 'Barbie Girl' was a big deal growing up.

I was a big fan of Coolio, growing up, and I was excited to meet him. We played golf, which definitely is not my sport, and he was a character.

I was a big fan of 'Days of Our Lives' growing up.

I'm not a big fan of anniversaries.

And when power ballads come back, we'll get big hair again.

I always go back to when I was a kid and thinking about playing in the big leagues, so now that I've played in a thousand games, it's a cool accomplishment.

Christmas food is a big part of our life.

Meatloaf was a pretty big part of our family, and the meatloaf sandwiches were even more.

The dance world was a big part of my growing up.

A big part of the reason that I make music is that I want to be a part of people's memories - you're there; you're present in someone's life.

Australia's a big part of my life.