Quotes About Nostalgia

I don't remember ever not singing. My mother loved music, and she taught me songs, country music, spirituals. I would sing for people and pass the hat when I was 4.

I miss corner men dressed up in the white cardigans, with sometimes the white hat they may have on.

I used to hate playing Seattle shows.

I feel a bit like the antichrist as I had the bulk of my success in the 80s and I hate 80s music.

Do you remember those AM radio kits you get as a kid, and you build your own AM radio? Well, I never actually built one. But I did get them as a gift, for, like, 3 Christmases in a row, and I hated them.

I hated country music growing up, but it gets in your bone marrow, kind of like a disease.

I hated the '80s for years, and now I look back and think, actually, there was something really cool about it.

Even though I hadn't read a word of it, I grew up hating 'Moby-Dick.'

I still go to Disneyland as much as I can. The Haunted Mansion is my favorite ride.

My favorite record, growing up, was 'Songs of the Haunted House,' a Disney record that was just wackiness. It's still one of my favorites, actually.

I think that I've tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana, which was once a great and fascinating city.

I was such a fan of Cyndi Lauper and her whole 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' thing.

We were all 16 and 17. When you're that age, you're just daydreaming all day. We had bands we loved - Green Day, Weezer, a lot of bands in the '90s - and we just wanted to have fun. We didn't overthink it too much.

I think I miss just being able to go out on the street and have fun.

I used to try to live down that whole big-hair era, but I've come to accept it and have fun with it all.

If I'm ever having a good time, I'll write about it so I'll remember it.

I can always remember that experience in Hawaii pleasantly on account of Elvis.

I feel like Hawaiian shirts have definitely made a comeback.

There are things that I will think about, that I have been a part of because I was the head coach at UCLA, that I will always cherish. I grew up loving this program as a kid.

I can't really remember my first headline show.

I used to listen to my dad a lot as a way of trying to be close to him, as well, because my parents were divorced and I didn't spend that much time with him. And I used to put headphones on and listen to my dad talk and sing and I found that quite... bonding with him, in a weird way.

There are now grandmothers and grandfathers coming to see us because they are of that age, they grew up in the '50s and '60s and they bring their sons and their daughters to hear the songs they heard when they were young.

I do love the Nat King Cole stuff, the classic Christmas records. There's something about putting those records on and hearing his voice at Christmastime that brings back a lot of great memories of growing up.

My mom loves the '80s. I grew up hearing a lot about the '80s.