Quotes About Nostalgia

If I had known I'd be on Matador back then in my childhood, it would have blown my mind.

I was 15 or 16 when I first saw 'Once Upon A Time In America,' so I was quite young, but I was completely blown away.

I remember seeing 'Les Miserables' with the original cast - this was in '87 - and I was blown away by it.

If you make a film about childhood, you've got to pick a moment - you know, 'The 400 Blows.'

I have a favorite blue Telecaster. It's an old '60-something, which I play at every show. That's probably my favorite all-around stage guitar.

I love harmonicas - old blues players like Sonny Boy Williamson.

I grew up on the precursors to rock and roll, rhythm and blues.

I was singing the blues when I was six. Kind of sad, eh?

Doo-wop was full of blues for me.

The blues has been in my life since I was little.

I was from Scotts Bluff, Neb.

Really, the '70s and '80s were a blur.

I think, at first blush, the '60s always enticed me. There's something about the '60s, it's not hard to like it.

I come from a time when people like Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby told stories that were devastatingly funny without being off-color.

In the '60s, I used to love rock magazines; I'd cut out pictures of Bob Dylan and John Lennon.

It's even easier to write about the past now that I'm happy and have better stuff to write about. That's why someone like Bob Dylan can make so many records over so long a time; it's not like he's been sad all this time. He's really successful!

Like a lot of people, I also grew up watching Bollywood films.

The audience loved 'Aashiqui 2'. We are happy we could bring back the time of romance in Bollywood.

While growing up in Australia I didn't watch many Bollywood films, but the ones I watched, I loved them,especially the songs and dancing.

Bombay always felt home.

'Talking Peace' is one of the few books from childhood that I still keep prominently displayed on my bookshelf.

Now that I have a child of my own, I'm in awe of - and deeply grateful for - the time my parents spent in taking me to bookstores.

Any given day, you'll find me at secondhand bookstores.

Nando's - boom! That's what I'm thinking of whenever I'm in London. I go there every time.