If I hadn't had a childhood career, I probably would've signed a contract with the first person I came across.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was not considered a kid that would be successful in my career.
Starting my career as a kid, I was doing what jobs I got.
I'd started working when I was 21 and had been very determined about my career, very focused, even as a little kid, so it was something I had been working at for a long time.
I was signed at 18 and had to grow up quickly.
I'd made enough money by the time I was 12 to never have to work again.
One of my first memories of being a kid was, 'I want to have a real job when I grow up.' And to me that meant you wear a suit and a hat and carry a briefcase and go to your job.
Not a great deal is known about the factors in childhood that doubtless underlie a person's choice of career - I'm talking now about a career to which one is passionately committed, in contradistinction to a career chosen merely as a means of earning a living.
Maybe I'm old-school, but I always thought you honor a contract.
Maybe I didn't have the childhood people think you should have, but I still went through the ages; I was still a child.
I gave up my childhood for a career.