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		I felt alive when I read a script and acted out a scene, or sang a song. It was my dream. I'm just very lucky that I'm still doing it and able to earn a living from it.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Luke Evans 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		From the stage, I can reach a large audience, and you learn from being on stage how much a song reaches, what extent of the crowd a song can reach. I write in a way that can reach most of the audience, but I also wanted to have truly intimate moments as well, many intimate moments, more so than the big moments. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Keinan Abdi Warsame 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Every day, you get up, and the world is changing; your customers are expecting more from you. Your competitors are putting pressure on you by doing more and trying to beat you here and beat you there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I started out with a dream to make a star in a jar in my garage, and I ended up meeting the President of the United States! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I want to be back on Broadway one day. That's a dream of mine. There's nothing like live theater, and I think it's so important for me to be able to be on stage with an audience that responds. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Naturi Naughton 
			 
			
				3LW  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'Paper Planes' was an accident. It wasn't a song we made for the masses. It took two years to get popular, and there were many fights about censoring the gunshot sounds. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				M.I.A. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eddie Vedder 
			 
			
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		Personal relationships are usually my biggest inspirations for writing my songs. The best way for me to write a song is to visualise the story in my head, and I start humming a melody, and before you know it, a song is born. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nadia Ali 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Wayne and Drake, it takes them so long to do a song. I understand why, because they want it to be perfect. But I think I can do a perfect song in 10 minutes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Young Thug 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbara Sher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was a little girl, my dream was just to hear my song on the radio. It was very fascinating to me, and I was like, 'How do I do that?' Now it's like, 'Oh my God, my song is on the radio!' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		But I have been in some very beautiful churches, then I've looked outside and seen people starving to death. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		When I was leaving Yemen to come to America, things were tough. My dad had just been laid off, and it was a challenge. When I lived in Yemen, I thought America was a perfect place. Everything was bigger and better. I dreamed big. The American dream, you know? You have to work hard for your dream to come true. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barkhad Abdi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		When I was a boy living in Edinburgh in Scotland, especially in December, when the hours of daylight were few, and it was cold, and often wet, I used to dream of escaping to a tropical magic kingdom. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Angus Deaton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It excites me when a person puts their whole self in a song or rhyme, or instrument. It fills me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jill Scott 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I'm trying to write a song for someone else, you can only see anything through your own eyes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Cass McCombs 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Some people see acting as a kind of stroll on the beach, and some people see it as a kind of skydive. And I've had lots of strolls on the beach in my life, so I'd like to do a skydive. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Amanda Hale 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I continually remind myself to live by a code. It's very important to me. I've got a bad temper. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Henry Rollins 
			 
			
				Black Flag  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I felt alive when I read a script and acted out a scene, or sang a song. It was my dream. I'm just very lucky that I'm still doing it and able to earn a living from it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Luke Evans