‘Billy Elliot’ embodies the idea that anyone can achieve anything regardless of their socio-economic background. – Eric Fellner
You get royalties from certain songs that you do when you do background. It’s according to the work that you put in. – Merry Clayton
I have the background singers of Ray Charles, the background singers of Smokey Robinson, and the background singers of Barry White and I built a choir around that. – Della Reese
I come from an almost wholly secular background and have no quarrel with religion. – Michael Moorcock
In some cases, the casting directors have casted blindly and have not looked into my ethnic background. – Mario Lopez
My background did not start with the East Side; it started with Greenwich Village, which is West Side. – Gregory Corso
I learned my profession onstage. I didn’t have a musical background. I had no conservatory training. I don’t play an instrument. – Marcello Giordani
What I discovered was that just by eating normally, we all have background levels of contaminants. – Nell Newman
I had come from an orchestral background, but I didn’t really have any orchestral pieces for film. – Marco Beltrami
I’ve always had an affinity for writers who have a poetry background, so I always liked Tennessee Williams. – Kenny Leon