Gretchen Carlson Quotes

Since I was 18, I've been under orders from magazines and newspapers - chiefly The New York Times and Rolling Stone - to step into the lives of musicians, actors, and artists, and somehow find out who they really are underneath the mask they present to the public. But I didn't always succeed.

People just get to see me onstage, and they don't get whole of me.

For me, I've lived a life as an athlete.

I used to MC a bit when I was young - 14 or 15 years old.

I embrace the idea that I'm an entertainer.

In scoring we have a lot that was not evident in the shooting. The radio is on all the time.

What use is there for a biography of myself? I'm just a movie actor.

'Masquerade' is the autobiography of Wyclef Jean. A lot of people know me through my work with Carlos Santana or Destiny's Child, winning all those Grammy Awards, but you do not know what is going on inside me.

I grew up listening to music and going to the theatre.

I always sang when I was little-bitty girl. I sang all the time. And then I'm from Knoxville, Tennessee, so I sang in a show at Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. You know, they have all those variety shows where Dollywood is. And I sang there and yodeled and clogged, but I never wrote my own songs.

The music industry is so easy compared to the ballet world.

I see myself as an entertainer.

When kids were busy playing at the age of 11, I was singing for the heroine of 'Shastra.'

I busked from the age of 13 until I was 18.

The 'Vanity Fair' article was interesting to do because it was the first time I ever really had the opportunity to be absolutely truthful with a reporter about every aspect of my life.

I like reading biographies because most of them are slightly similar, and it's voyeuristic, looking into someone's life.

Music was important. Football was the easy part.

Have you seen 'American Idol' lately? I'm sure that some kids somewhere at this moment are thrashing themselves silly over what they call 'Rock n' Roll.'

If someone wanted to do a biopic about me, I would like for them to consult my family.

When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music.

But I never, never thought of the ministry nor did - of course, television when I was growing up, there was no television. So I didn't know anything about it.

There are a million things I can think of that I would I want to do. Reporting like you, would be one. A talk show host maybe, also. I want to do a lot.

According to my grandmother, I started singing as soon as I began talking. I always wanted to be an entertainer. I knew that from the start.

I used to play around and sing Randy Travis for my dad. I'd always be able to just mimic things.

Wrestling is an opportunity to go to a show, be a part of it, and feel the emotions from anger to frustration to sadness to pain - everything that music can make you feel.