One thing that changed when I moved upstate was that I became interested in different materials. I started making the stone benches because I was... →
Jenny Holzer
I moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.
Out of the Slow Food movement has grown something called the Slow Cities movement, which has started in Italy but has spread right across Europe and... →
Carl Honore
For reasons I can't remember, my family eventually stopped attending church, and I started questioning the Catholic Church's beliefs. I... →
Ann Hood
I was kind of an outsider growing up, and I preferred reading to being with other kids. When I was about seven, I started to write my own books. I... →
When I was 10 or 11 people started saying there was something special about my voice. But when I was 15 or 16 is when I really thought my hobby could... →
Jessie J
I started to look like a cartoon character with the fringe and the catsuits. Yes, I want to change and mix it up. I want to change my hair, change my... →
At fourteen, I started sending out demo tapes.
LL Cool J
I started taekwondo at 5 or 6 years old and did a bunch of kick-boxing later, too. Eventually I became a black belt and coached as well. I did some... →
JWoww
I started out as an opportunistic renegade. By now, I've lasted long enough to become sort of an American Original Respectable Renegade.
Wolfman Jack