When I started performing, I played acoustic music, partly because that way you don't have to worry about interacting too much with other people creatively. Asserting myself in that way was not really a strong point for me. Patty Griffin acousticassertcreatively share on social
When I started performing in public, I was probably around 10 or 11. Patina Miller performpublicstart Change image and share on social
When I started performing, there was no Internet; I didn't really have anything to copy. I kind of had to just make up what I thought burlesque was, based on photographs of Sally Rand or whatever. Dita Von Teese baseburlesquecopy Change image and share on social
When I started picking out music for myself, I was a hip-hop kid. DMX, The Roots, Outkast, people like that. Mike Posner dmxhiphop Change image and share on social
When I started playing, I played in R&B bands. I played James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding and all that. Neil Peart bandbrownjame Change image and share on social
When I started playing music, it was all face-to-face. Corin Tucker facemusicplay Change image and share on social
When I started playing the bass, I became kind of fascinated by it and started investigating various styles of bass playing, and I was really struck with funk music, mainly American funk music - Stanley Clarke, Funkadelic and that kind of stuff. That comes out in a couple of songs like 'Barbarism Begins at Home.' Andy Rourke americanbarbarismbas share on social
When I started playing the game of baseball, the more I played and the better numbers I got, the more I started thinking about the Hall of Fame. But I never thought I had a chance to be there. Roberto Alomar baseballchancefame Change image and share on social
When I started playing, there were no teams and no structure, so I had to play with the boys. I get very emotional when I think about the humiliation that I've suffered playing football. Marta boyemotionalfootball Change image and share on social
When I started producing, I was just making music under all different names. 'Black Afro.' 'Super Grandmaster.' 'Mister Bull.' Like, the most stupid, idiotic names. 'Afrojack' was one of those idiotic names. Afrojack afroafrojackblack share on social