#took

When I came back to it, we amicably separated from Warner Bros. I just picked up where I left off, trying to write the rest of this record. It took awhile to get out. ↗

— Joan Jett

#back #bros #came #get #i

We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#against #always #come #issue #knew

I had wanted to play drums since the age of 9 when I saw a drum set in the window of a music store for the first time. We took lessons at a local music school and began playing together after about 6-9 months of lessons. ↗

— Jack Irons

#after #age #began #drum #drum set

I got into shape because I took kick-boxing lessons every day to prepare for a fight scene with Taylor Lautner. I really wanted to lie down and eat Chinese food, but I kick-boxed every morning and ran. If someone was filming you with your kit off, you'd do the same thing. ↗

— Jason Isaacs

#chinese #chinese food #day #down #eat

My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and that whole generation. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#bob #bob dylan #cohen #dylan #friends

Some of the supporting roles that I've done as an actor, I took them because I knew that I would get to watch some of the leading guys in the movies, and also I'd get to work with them. ↗

— Thomas Jane

#also #because #done #get #guys

I started as a model in Holland and Chanel took me to New York when I was 19, after which I decided to stay. ↗

— Famke Janssen

#chanel #decided #holland #i #me

It took me 29 years to finish that song. That's a typical Jardine move. ↗

— Al Jardine

#me #move #song #took #typical

In fact, since no one's been interested in my work, I took the responsibility recently to invest in my own work, so I'm producing a concert that was done at the Vision Festival in May. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

#concert #done #fact #festival #i

It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the Art Ensemble. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

#art #decision #ensemble #long #long time