As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it freed me from all the thoughts in my head. I begged for opera lessons because opera singing is the most formidable, most emotional way to use your voice. Zola Jesus begchildcompulsion share on social
As a child, I was always playing some generic child. Susan Olsen childgenericplay Change image and share on social
As a child, I was always very interested in music and had friends who were in the music business. I kind of accidentally fell into it and loved it. There was no reason not to - it was a great career. Hooman Majd accidentallybusinesscareer Change image and share on social
As a child, I was an active Christian. I used to love the school choir and remember the carol service as always such an emotional thing. Douglas Adams activecarolchild Change image and share on social
As a child, I was an observer, a listener for the stories of grown-ups. I led a quiet, solitary life with my mother, interrupted in the evenings by the arrival of my father who preferred to live in a state of emergency. Susan Shreve arrivalchildemergency share on social
As a child, I was an obsessive reader, as was everybody in my family all winter long with my father. I think I was only 8 when I read Edward Gibbon's 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.' Jim Harrison childdeclineedward share on social
As a child, I was as intrigued by the Evil Queen as I was charmed by Snow White. Stephane Rolland charmchildevil Change image and share on social
As a child, I was aware of the widely-held attitude that the ocean is so big, so resilient that we could use the sea as the ultimate place to dispose of anything we did not want, from garbage and nuclear wastes to sludge from sewage to entire ships that had reached the end of their useful life. Sylvia Earle attitudeawarebig share on social
As a child, I was bonkers for Christmas. The entire month of December, I couldn't sleep at night from anticipation. Rosecrans Baldwin anticipationbonkerchild Change image and share on social
As a child, I was consumed with a near-obsessive curiosity about what the world felt like for other creatures. John Burnside childconsumecreature Change image and share on social