Trixie Mattel Quotes

My mom took me to a Dolly Parton concert when I was 3.

When I began singing, it was the first time I was happy in my life. As a baby, I would stop crying when I heard a great singer.

One of my clearest, happiest memories is of myself at fourteen, sitting up in bed, being handed a large glass of warm buttermilk by my mother because I had a sore throat, and she saying how envious she was that I was reading 'The Catcher in the Rye' for the first time.

As a little girl I loved the thought of playing dress-up and getting ready.

When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.

I loved music from earliest childhood - from as long as I can remember.

When my children were young, one of the treats promised by their grandparents was a ride in Grandad's car.

It was, you know, probably 80 degrees out in L.A., and my dad took me outside and there was snow. At the time, I thought, 'Every kid doesn't have snow in their backyard on Christmas?'

I was 12 when I started playing guitar with my brothers.

Recently, I've really responded to books that bring the magic of childhood back to us as adults.

I grew up with a beautiful gold harp sitting in our living room. My older sister played it.

I remember tap-dancing and singing in front of the TV when I was a kid, telling my dad to stop watching Ed Sullivan or Milton Berle and watch me.

I watched my daddy play that guitar, and whenever I could, I would pick it up and strum on it.

When I was younger I was really shy, but I'd always be singing, driving my family crazy. Apparently I was even singing when I was in the cot. That probably didn't sound too good!

I grew up sitting beside my grandmother playing the piano and singing.

I love stories. I loved stories when I was a kid. My mom read stories to me all the time.

I remember being a little kid sitting in the living room with my brother and some friends from around the neighborhood, and I would sit at the piano and as they were running around the room doing different things and being silly, acting out, I would actually play the score for it - the music that went along with it.

My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.

Also, when you think about a show that you used to watch as a kid or as a teenager, you look at it through sort of rose colored glasses when you remember it.

My first record was about childhood. There were a lot of nursery rhyme and fairytale references; it was all about being naive.

My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.

I would like to go back and spend a Christmas with my family and myself when I was five years old and just see what that dynamic would be like. Observe it. I think it would be a magical gift.

I have very vivid memories of my mother reading to us as kids.

When I was five years old, my parents gave me a drum set for Christmas. My mom played the piano, and Dad played the saxophone badly. But that Christmas morning, I remember we all played together, and I thought it was the greatest day ever.

I listened to a battery radio, old country and pop stuff. Because I was singing all the time, my dad bought me a $7.50 guitar.