First Time Quotes

I had no desire to become a singer until I heard Billie Holiday. The first time I heard her on a record, it was a revelation. She sounded like a woman singing about herself.

That was the first time I ever saw him smile. It transformed him from someone menacing to someone you wished you knew.

You know, I think this is the first time we've ever done anything normal together.

I believe an artist dies twice. The first time, it's just terrible - I've been there when the phone isn't ringing for years.

Reminds me of the red dress you wore the first time I had you. That was it for me, you know. You devastated me. There was no coming back from that.

I think that after the first time you give your heart away, you never get it back. The rest of your life is just you pretending that you still have a heart.

My mom lived on an ashram on the early eighties. She turned me on to kundalini yoga and chanting and Transcendental Meditation. That was the first time I ever knew real peace.

The first time I ever went to Chicago was with Zappa and I had a fantastic experiences with him and every other band I've played with. It's a great music town.

All my brothers and sisters have stories about Dad like this. I remember, when my sister was about to beat him in checkers for the first time, he knocked the board over.

I started performing music about the age of 16. I lived in Brooklyn, New York, and this thing called the Flatbush Fair comes once a year. That was my first time on stage.

The first time I really listened to an album and thought, This album is mine, was Kanyes Late Registration.

I've done it with all my films. I always keep an eye on the first time I show it because... I don't know. Neurosis.

At the upcoming Grammy Awards, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony will perform together as the first time, as man and wife. Hopefully music.

The first time I went to see a Second City show, I was in awe of everything. I just wanted to touch the same stage that Gilda Radner had walked on. It was sacred ground.

The first time I went to Mexico, it was really difficult. Number one is the language, I didn't know any Spanish language. Of course, the culture itself. Very different from where I grew up.

I have been a fan of Jesse Terry since the first time I heard him. He's a humble - and humbling - talent.

Luckily for his audiences, Bennett doesn't tire of singing I Left My Heart. ... that song made me a world citizen. And when I do it, it always feels like the first time.

Working with Preme is always a dream come true. It's never like "I'm here and I'm comfortable." It's always like that very first time. It's a lot of jokes being cracked and we have a lot of fun.

If we play to first time Blink 182 listeners, it's good they are listening to us and not the Backstreet Boys. Old Fans or new fans, it's all the same to us.

For the first time in a while, I must be honest, I really genuinely look forward to coming to work every day.

The first time I was given money to shop for myself, I was 13 and staying with my godmother in New York. I went to Clinique and bought the three-step acne programme and felt so grown-up.

I've been playing concerts for many years, and it's still as exciting as it was the first time. I hope that shows when I'm performing.

I went to see the film with a regular audience for the first time on Sunday, and was basically swamped.

When I heard Puerto Ricans in New York City, it sounded very strange. And the first time I heard someone from Spain, I thought they had a speech impediment!

Few can remember clearly when innocence came to a sudden end, the moment at which we ask for the first time: Am I loved?

The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'

For the first time in human history the psychology that is a prerequisite for intimacy has become the psychology that is a prerequisite for species survival.

This is the first time in history that we've had this level of luxury, so we have a new opportunity to rethink the way we approach God.

The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.'

I met my father for the first time when I was 28 years old. I made up my mind that when I had children, my children were going to know who their father was.

Poe gives the sense for the first time in America, that literature is serious, not a matter of courtesy but of truth.

When you fail to succeed the first time, keep trying. It's called life.

The first time I got onstage was when I was about 5 years old. It was at a church social, and I had a poem to recite.

I'm a film geek man. I love toys. I love everything in filmmaking, so for me to just be around this technology is just so cool to watch it being used for the first time, some of the stuff.

I think, a lot of times, directors assume that whatever they get from you the first time, whether it be at an audition or on set, is all that you can bring.

I can't even remember the first time I started singing.

Every first is a loss.

Many people who became successful were once first time global failures. But because they didn't give up on their dreams, failure could not sink them. They triumphed at last!

I am a monster beneath him, with arching hips, an octopus with hands everywhere at once. I don't think anything in the history of time has felt this good.

...love, all at once and much, much too completely. It's like you suddenly turn a blinding light on something that had always been half a shadow...

It is more than love, barely less than madness. It’s never close enough.

He loved her like the first time every time. Like the first time all the time.

If you adjust first time, compromise second time, failure is what you will get third time.

I, not for the first time, would like to say that I never took a pro-Iraq position during the Gulf War.

Flying in space is a privilege, whether it's the first time or the fourth time.

His death was the first time that Ed Wynn ever made anyone sad.

When a character comes to life, it’s like meeting a new friend for the first time.

People have done this before, but not us.

His Highness was always confident in his statements, especially about what he viewed for the first time.

Trust is the bedrock of intimacy