First Success Quotes

I have a soft spot for 'Wind of Change' because it was my first one, and it was a departure from Humble Pie - very much so. It showed me the spectrum of what I could do.

The very first big one I had was 'Turn Around and Look At Me.'

I was really excited to land my first 1080. But I was surprised that it came a lot easier than I thought it would.

One of my first races came over 10km in 2002. I won that race and it felt great. I would say that is when I first fell in love with running.

You dream about winning since a kid and when you get that first win it took some time to realise it. But once I realised it, it was so cool.

I auditioned for my first show in Delhi and got through. There's no fancy story around it, sadly.

I went through some tough years when I first moved to Los Angeles, and 'The Riches' was my first major success.

Songwriting is something that's very daunting until you have your first successful song, I think.

The first time I ever had a song play on a legit radio station, I think I was about 13. It was a song of mine that I had written called 'Young Blood.'

To have your first No. 1 as an artist was everything I could have ever dreamed for. Now we're keeping our fingers crossed, and hopefully we'll have many more, but there's certainly nothing like the first one.

The first billion is a helluva lot harder.

Just because no one has ever gotten better from Spasmodic Dysphonia before doesn't mean I can't be the first.

'Cheers' was a good first step because I got to write my own material.

My best moment in the league came when I scored my first bucket.

I came out to America just before I turned 19, got my first audition, and booked it.

An actor remembers his first piece of published praise. It is written on his heart.

I worked with Harold Pinter once as my first Broadway show. It was one of the most exciting things that ever happened to me.

I'd done kids' TV in the U.K., but not great kids' TV. So yes, 'Submarine' was the first film and the first good thing that I have done.

My favorite experience, in general, probably was the 'Little Shop' experience, which probably was terrifying, frustrating, and exhilarating and amazing, but because it was the first, that was the one where I watched the show just launch itself for the first time and thought, 'Oh my God, I'm going to have a career.'

When I performed at 'Open Mic U.K.' I had this connection with the audience that I'd never felt before, and I loved it. It was my first big thing, and looking out into the crowd... was just amazing.

I earned my writing stripes with a large man's shoebox overflowing with rejection slips... more than 100 before I got my first, 'Yes, we want this,' accompanied by a check.

On the day when a young writer corrects his first proof-sheet he is as proud as a schoolboy who has just got his first dose of pox.

It's like fishing -- you got to get that first one in the boat. Once you get that first one, the skunk is off the boat and everything's cool from then on. You've got to get that first one. Once he gets the first one, I know he'll be fine.

The first hit in a game is the thing that knocks everything out; whether you're nervous, you're over-thinking stuff, it definitely helps.

'Crush' was my first number one on the call sheet.