Quotes About Childhood

I had to spend my entire childhood in the Altensam dungeon like an inmate doing time for no comprehensible reason, for a crime he can't remember committing, a judicial error probably.

I think the patterns are set very early when the kids are young. But at the same time, there are some flavors kids just don't like.

I've always been singing and making noise. I used to do that all the time when I was a kid. My mom would get very frustrated with me because I would just sit around and make noises.

By the time I was 9, I was frequently asked to play exhibitions at grand openings, fund-raisers for charities, and other special events.

My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was working for the family from the time he was 7.

As a kid, my grandma would be dancing all the time.

At that [childhood] time, of course, if you were involved in art, it was going to be drawing and painting, because that's the only thing that was taught in the schools.

Looks like a sand pile my kids have been playing in for a long time - it's all beat up - no definition - just a lot of bumps and holes.

I would play music every day from the time I was about 4 or 5 years old. Every time I would go from one end of the house to the other, I would pass the piano and play a few notes.

The first time I got onstage was when I was about 5 years old. It was at a church social, and I had a poem to recite.

I would watch 'Wizard of Oz,' like every day, when I was two. I had a hard time understanding that I couldn't go into the film, because it felt so real to me.

I'm a big fan of the '80s fantasy genre that I grew up watching, movies like "Krull" and "Clash of the Titans" and "Time Bandits" and all that stuff.

I never paid much attention to being Jewish when I was a kid. In fact, I'd say my religion was more surfing than Judaism - that's what I spent most of my time doing.

The music of language became extremely important to me, and obvious to me. By the time I was seven I was writing myself. I was a poet

I realize, of course, that I wasn't born knowing how to read. I just can't imagine a time when I didn't know how.

When I was younger, playing piano and guitar were all things that I wanted to do for a short period of time, like any kid.

Because my mother was in love with Bobby Darin, I grew up with his records playing in our house all the time.

I was allowed to have an imagination rather than a need to be entertained all the time by television or computers or anything like that. So, I think it's helpful to try and give your kids.

I was one of those kids that always drew all the time.

Growing up, I never heard my parents curse, never. The first time I ever said a curse word was with my sister Kim.

I myself grew up when radio was very important. I'd come home from school and turn on the radio. There were funny comedians and wonderful music, and there were plays. I used to pass time with radio.

Once upon a time, a little girl was raised by monsters. But angels burned the doorways to their world, and she was all alone.

The first time you hear the word "Daddy," I don't care who you are, your heart just melts.

I took piano lessons when I was like 5 or 6 but that was a long time ago. I stopped when I was 13.