I like art; if I could just draw pictures all day, I would, but I can’t; I’m horrible. I practiced at it, still didn’t get better – gave it up. I’m good with words, though, so I write music, poetry; sometimes I just journal in my phone.
So if I could just go back now to something which I am sure we should cover here regarding our original scenario: we have, in fact, four ways – four major potential lines of research.
If I could have anybody I haven’t had, I’d want to interview somebody like Jay-Z or Puff Daddy, pick their minds a little bit.
I had to know if I could make it somewhere else. I did not want to go through the rest of my life wondering what might have been without putting myself to the test.
If I could always read, I should never feel the want of company.
I didn’t know, at 22, that regret is useless. If I could go back and change something – give myself some big break, pass along some secret information, reassure myself that most things would, in fact, work out – I don’t think I would.
I love Wales, and Cardiff is great, but if I could just have the weather we have in California, it would be perfect.
L.A. is cool. If I could have the rest of my family out there, I think it would make it that much better for me. As far as work and the weather, you can’t really beat it. I just wish they had the New York social life out there. That would make it perfect.
There are goals that I have, and then I dream of it, and then I make it a reality. If I could crawl out of my skin and see it, it would be really amazing.
I get the feeling a lot of politicians are there to help themselves financially, first and foremost. I don’t really need to do that, and I thought if I could do something for sport in Scotland, that would be really fulfilling.
If I could make albums quicker, I’d be on a roll wouldn’t I? Everything just seems to take so much time. I don’t know why. Time… evaporates.
I thought Cheever was magnificent and that if I could write like him that would be the best I could do. And then I realized that what I really wanted to write had nothing to do with what he was doing.
I would be onstage all the time if I could.
Over four or five years, I did six albums with three people: John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, and Patti Smith. I felt that if I could care as much about their music as they did, I could be useful to them. I really cared about their music and their lives.
If I could play a game and not have to tackle, I know that I did everything right. I organized everyone the right way, read every play the right way.
I don’t know if I’d do an action movie because I don’t know if I could keep a straight face; honestly, I just think it’s so silly. Like, I love watching them but I can’t imagine me doing one.
If I could have a special power in real life I’d love to fly.
For a long time, I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was desperate to find something that fit me and I just decided that if I could organically make a professional living out of the things that interested me, then I would be a happy person.
Even if I could, I wouldn’t want to undo the transformation of jazz into a sophisticated art music.
How sick one gets of being ‘good’, how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours; embody selfishness.
If I could play Jean Valjean, I think that would be the pinnacle.
I’m a Jewish son of Russian-Hungarian heritage parents. Humor was very important. My whole goal was to make my parents laugh. And my whole strategy as a young man was, if I could make them laugh, I could have enough time to figure out what to do next.
If I could have anything right now, it would be the ability to continue as secretary of state.
I love kids. I wanted more. I have two, but I would’ve had six or seven… I would have done that if I could.
If I could find the right kind of property, get tied in with the right movie, I’d love to be involved, but I just find it hard to be motivated to do another screenplay right now.
Oh, if I could but live another century and see the fruition of all the work for women! There is so much yet to be done.
If I could just get a piece of lemon, it’d be great.
I don’t like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would!
I have a responsibility, and it’s something that I did wrong, and if I could personally apologize to every single person that has lost a loved one from drunk driving I would.
If I could go back to my younger self, I would never have had the implants done. I feel relieved and I feel proud for removing them now.
If I could time travel into the future, my first port of call would be the point where medical technology is at its best because, like most people on this planet, I have this aversion to dying.
I was not wary of playing a mother on screen but wasn’t sure if I could do justice to it. Would I be able to showcase that kind of overpowering love without being a ‘real’ mother?
If I could make Panther tough, mysterious, wily, and often at odds with his ‘Avengers’ comrades, that was a character I’d find interesting.
If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
If I could, I would like my son to study in Jamshedpur, where I did my schooling.
I grew up with ‘The Denver Post’ and the ‘Golden Transcript.’ There was never a moment that I thought I’d work at the ‘New York Times.’ My goal, starting out, was just to see if I could be a journalist.
I used to believe that if I could do certain things – write a book or be a successful musician – that I’d be transformed into a happy person, but it doesn’t work that way.
I would have 55 dogs if I could. I’m hoping one day to open my own shelter.
I know that two and two make four – and should be glad to prove it too if I could – though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.
I’ve been an employee all my life. Would I wish, if I could rewind it, to have gone down a different route? Possibly, but I’ve had a great time. Anyway I’m not ruling it out; I could still buy a business.
I grew up in a predominantly Caucasian community, and most of my friends had blonde hair and blue eyes. So I was always straightening my hair, wearing colored contacts, and I never tanned, if I could help it.
I’ve never wanted to name an album from a song title if I could avoid it because I like it to be a body of work.
I had to decide if I wanted to be a singer or an actor. I was always singing. I thought if I could be an actor, I could do all of it.
If I have open time, and I’m in Manhattan, I’ll just walk to wherever I’m going, even if I could get there faster on the subway. I just love walking the streets of New York.
If I could ever be on a Missy Elliott record, I could then die. Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige – I love hearing them interviewed, I love the way they talk about their art. They’re very self-assured, they’re funny, they’re inviting. I love it.
Maybe if I could ever be a successful comedian then I could be an example that Christians can also have fun.
I would like to be Pope if I could.
If I could change one thing about myself… I would try to control my generosity.
All I really want to do is someday be in a western. If I could be on a horse with a rifle, I would be a really happy camper.
I really want to drive a Porsche GT1 car – also a McLaren, if I could fit. I want to do LeMans badly. I want to do Spa, a European series with World SportsCars.
If I could have grown up to be Robin Thicke, I would have. But I’m glad somebody in the family did.
I didn’t know if I could make a good movie. But I knew I could make a respectful one.
My senior year of high school, I was voted ‘Wittiest.’ So, several years later, I decided to try my hand at writing humor to see if I could be witty enough to make some money.
If I could uninvent anything, I would uninvent Hitler’s mum, guns and broccoli.
The people at the record company had asked me if I could write a song about my life, my relationship with God, and where I’m from. Well, I can’t write a song on purpose, my songs come in a moment of inspiration or desperation.
I love countermelodies, I love hooks and melodies that stick in your head. If I could put 20 melodies in a song and they would all work together, I would.
If I could play any role in any musical, it would be Desiree in ‘A Little Night Music’ – Oh my, it is perfection. The character gets to be funny, beautiful, sexy and smart all at the same time and have two men fighting over her. The show is Stephen Sondheim at his absolute best… need I say more?
I have a very round mound of rebound thing going on. I was a surprisingly good shooter, too. If I could have any job in sports, though, I’d want to be playing first base for the Yankees.
If I could sing like a Chaka Khan, an Aretha, a Kim Burrell, if I could do all these amazing runs and belt it out, I would. I’ve attempted that, and it’s not something anyone would want to hear.
If I could write rock & roll songs on purpose, I’d do it all the time. But most of what I write comes out slow and sad because that’s most of what I listen to.
