I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a banjo for my next birthday, and between that time and my birthday, I lost interest in the banjo and was playing guitar. Use this quote
I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away with things, but you're old enough, too. Use this quote
All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much. Use this quote
I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music. Use this quote
Interventions are really emotionally exhausting and I would never ever want to have one. In the same way, I would never want to have a surprise birthday party. That would be horrible. Use this quote
Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many people in my life who really love me, and who I really love. Use this quote
I often buy myself presents. Sometimes I will spend $100,000 in one day in a posh boutique. Use this quote
With my daughter, we do arts and crafts, we read a lot, we listen to music, and we cut the strings off balloons and bounce them around after birthday parties. Use this quote
I'm amazed. When I was 40, I thought I'd never make 50. And at 50 I thought the frosting on the cake would be 60. At 60, I was still going strong and enjoying everything. Use this quote
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. Use this quote
You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. Use this quote
Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work. Use this quote
One I built when I was a kid, and it was a real miniature of Disneyland. I fell in love with the park when I went there with my parents on my 12th birthday. Use this quote
Anybody can have a birthday. It requires nothing. Murderers have birthdays. It's the opposite of anything that I believe in. And I don't like at work where you stop everything to sing 'Happy Birthday' to someone. I feel like that's for children. Use this quote
I'm not materialistic. I believe in presents from the heart, like a drawing that a child does. Use this quote
I have had fans make me the big picture collages of the photo books; I have had fans send me birthday cakes... sing to me on my voicemail. I have had fans flash me. I have had older fans give me their bras and underwear onstage. Use this quote
I suddenly realized how much I loved her when we attended Alfred Hitchcock's 75th birthday party last August. There was something magical about that night, and it made me see how much she really meant to me. Use this quote
As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release. Use this quote
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words. Use this quote
I went to a rare live Van Dyke show and met him there. And then he came to a show of mine and we spoke back stage. The third time was at Brian Wilson's birthday party. Use this quote