A. J. McLean
A. J. McLean

We didn't realize there were that many boy bands until we started touring in Europe. I don't think we were ever affected by it since a lot of the groups in Europe didn't really sing live, but we did and would perform a cappella as well.

Aesop Rock
Aesop Rock

I don't see any of my records as any more or less conceptual than the others, and I don't really plan some overall idea in advance. The songs all get written under the umbrella of a certain time in your life, and it's natural to find themes that repeat within these periods.

Agnes Macphail
Agnes Macphail

Whatever is dirty, it is women's job to clean up, or drive some man to clean up, and that goes for everything from cellar to senate.

Al Jarreau
Al Jarreau

I don't know how much more what I've done is any more important than what Ella Fitzgerald did. Ella crossed those lines, as did George Benson before me. There've been lots of people who brought a pop audience to jazz because they were able to link the two and give people easy access to the world of jazz.

Al Smith
Al Smith

The American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine.

Alex Scott
Alex Scott

If my dog Ella, named after the Rihanna song 'Umbrella', could be with me at all times, that would make me happy.

Alexandra Petri
Alexandra Petri

Being a person of faith is just another of a wide range of fun activities available to those who come to Harvard. When Harvard boasts to admitted students of its more than 40 religious groups, it does so in the same vein that it boasts of its nearly dozen a cappella groups.

Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock

I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.

Alia Shawkat
Alia Shawkat

I've been a big fan of Michael Showalter's for a long time. I watched 'Stella' growing up.

Alice Eve
Alice Eve

My dad says that when I was two or three I used to go out dressed as a different character every day. I remember thinking it was perfectly normal to wear different coloured shoes and carry a pink umbrella. But now I've got a goddaughter of that age; I realise it's not normal at all.