I started writing because there's an absence of things I was familiar with or that I dreamed about. One of my senses of anger is related to this... →
Ntozake Shange
I started out as a dancer, but gradually became more interested in music.
Ravi Shankar
I was invited for the first Woodstock. Actually, I started the programme.
Many people, especially young people, have started listening to sitar since George Harrison, one of the Beatles, became my disciple.
I've been writing plays since the seventies and only came to moviemaking when I basically realized that I needed some money to pay the rent. I... →
John Patrick Shanley
I was a shy child, and when I was 13, I started wearing braces on my teeth. I used to be acutely self-conscious, and I think writing was a way of... →
Samantha Shannon
I started realising that the themes running through all of my novels were really haunting and obsessing me about my own life.
Dani Shapiro
I used to be incredibly afraid of public speaking. I started with five people, then I'd speak to 10 people. I made it up to 75 people, up to 100... →
Robin S. Sharma
Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to... →
Tommy Shaw
When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.