The direction is going the right way for respect for aboriginal people in North America, and all we can do is stand up and say, 'Please do it faster.'
I did grow up with a really big interest in math and science; I liked it.
Stanley Kubrick's '2001' was the door that opened up the possibility of science fiction for me. Everything else up to then was fine, but didn't quite work for me.
I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in.
Everybody has fallen down or been disappointed in love. Where you truly shine is when you get back up.
I love being the bad guy, simply because I was always so responsible, so predictable growing up.
Yeah, I've played a lot of instruments, and I played in a lot of bands growing up, and I've even had to play music in a lot of films that I've done.
If I had to give up reading or give up listening to music, I suspect I'd stick with the music.
Growing up, I had one very specific idea of what a wedding should be, and that was the wedding of Fraulein Maria and Captain von Trapp in 'The Sound of Music.'
Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my influences as a writer.
There's a pattern when tours start - a pattern of infighting, of making up, of breaking up, of addiction. There's a pattern of going to jail. There's a pattern of passion for music.
The blues echoes right through into soul, R&B and hip hop. It's part of the make-up of modern music. You can't turn your back on the blues.
I was the type of guy that used to get up in the morning and go out and just out run everybody on the field without stretching or warming up or anything.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
My mom told me I never had enough Tonka toys when I was growing up.
I was a big fan of 'The Smurfs' growing up, even though by default - my mom used to force me to watch because she was a 'Smurfs' fan.
My mom calls me an older soul because, growing up, she taught me stuff real early. Now I spend most of my time chasing wisdom, chasing understanding.
I've got three sisters, five aunties, and my mom. It must have had an influence on me growing up.
