April 11: Notable Births, with Quotes
Explore memorable and revealing quotes from public figures, past and present, who were born on April 11.
Joss Stone, singer (April 11, 1987–present)
“To think that your life is in anyone else’s hands is folly. It’s not, it’s in yours – and that’s wonderful.” —Joss Stone
Greenstreet, Rosanna. “Joss Stone: ‘My dream dinner guest? Jordan Peterson.’” The Guardian, April 24, 2021, https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/apr/24/joss-stone-my-dream-dinner-guest-jordan-peterson.
“I love it in Nashville – it’s beautiful – but we really don’t know many people here. I’d like to go to a pub, but they don’t do pubs like we do. I miss them. To socialise you have to join a church and I’m not religious enough to do that.” —Joss Stone
Corcoran, Rachel. “Sunday with Joss Stone: ‘I’d like to go to a pub, but they don’t have them in Nashville.’” The Guardian, March 13, 2022, https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/mar/13/sunday-with-joss-stone-id-like-to-go-to-a-pub-but-they-dont-have-them-in-nashville.
“I’m a planner. People think I’m haphazard, but I’m not. I am always thinking way into the future.” —Joss Stone
Corcoran, Rachel. “Sunday with Joss Stone: ‘I’d like to go to a pub, but they don’t have them in Nashville.’” The Guardian, March 13, 2022, https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/mar/13/sunday-with-joss-stone-id-like-to-go-to-a-pub-but-they-dont-have-them-in-nashville.
Joel Grey, actor and singer (April 11, 1932–present)
“I had begun my professional career when I was 9 years old at the Cleveland Play House. And it was a very specific real theater, and I thought the theater was the greatest place I had ever been. And that’s what I wanted to do. And I thought I was going to be an actor in stock, you know, in doing small parts one month and leads the next.” —Joel Grey
Davies, Dave. “Broadway ‘Master of Ceremonies’ Joel Grey Says, ‘Life Seems Full.’” NPR, December 13, 2016, https://www.npr.org/2016/12/13/505395177/broadway-master-of-ceremonies-joel-grey-says-life-seems-full.
“Well, I had always thought that I would get married and have children. And, you know, since women were a big part of my life and men were a small part of my life, I thought as the therapists would say I’d grow out of it. And I didn’t. However, when I met Jo Wilder, I fell crazy in love and never thought about homosexuality. And I thought, well, this is what I’m supposed to be doing. This is life.” —Joel Grey
Davies, Dave. “Broadway ‘Master of Ceremonies’ Joel Grey Says, ‘Life Seems Full.’” NPR, December 13, 2016, https://www.npr.org/2016/12/13/505395177/broadway-master-of-ceremonies-joel-grey-says-life-seems-full.
“I don’t like labels, but if you have to put a label on it, I’m a gay man.” —Joel Grey
Wiegand, Chris. “Cabaret’s Joel Grey: ‘Life is tough. But it’s also beautiful.’” The Guardian, December 2, 2020, https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/dec/02/cabarets-joel-grey-life-is-tough-but-its-also-beautiful.
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