"As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I break into the business at the age of four as a singer."

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"As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I break into the business at the age of four as a singer."

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"If youth knew; if age could."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

Age, Youth

"There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Age, Absurdity, May

"Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen."

Willa Cather, American Author

Age, Writer

"A whole bunch of months passed and I didn't hear anything and then he emailed and asked if I could do a little piece on POD and Queens of the Stone Age."

Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

Age, Months

"Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Age, Belief, Disguise

"No lie ever reaches old age."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Age, Lie, Old

"The children despise their parents until the age of 40, when they suddenly become just like them thus preserving the system."

Quentin Crewe, British Journalist

Age, Children, Parents

"The surest sign of age is loneliness."

Annie Dillard, American Author

Age, Loneliness

"The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

Age, Genius, Enthusiasm, Losing

"As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage."

Frances Conroy, American Actress

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"As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, and then there's everybody else."

Feelings

"I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America."

Actor

"Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money."

Money

"Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film."

Father

"I want to sing for the broadest possible audience."

Want

"I hadn't been a recording artist all that long when albums came on the scene, and I was one of the first singers to point the way to how varied an album's contents could be."

Artist

"I didn't really have an act per se - a theatrical performance, as opposed to just: here I am, folks, and you're all supposed to be dead quiet while I sing eight or nine songs, then get off the stage."

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"If youth knew; if age could."

"There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity."

"Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen."

"A whole bunch of months passed and I didn't hear anything and then he emailed and asked if I could do a little piece on POD and Queens of the Stone Age."

"Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise."

"No lie ever reaches old age."

"The children despise their parents until the age of 40, when they suddenly become just like them thus preserving the system."

"The surest sign of age is loneliness."

"The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm."

"As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage."

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"As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, and then there's everybody else."

"I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America."

"Buddy Rich is one of a kind; he's a genius, and that's all there is to it."

"As a singer, the biggest joy I have are the arrangements."

"Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I made last year."

"Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money."

"Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film."

"I want to sing for the broadest possible audience."

"I hadn't been a recording artist all that long when albums came on the scene, and I was one of the first singers to point the way to how varied an album's contents could be."

"I didn't really have an act per se - a theatrical performance, as opposed to just: here I am, folks, and you're all supposed to be dead quiet while I sing eight or nine songs, then get off the stage."