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Musical Quotes

I wanted to create an album that spoke all the musical languages I loved Picture Quote #1

It’s been an amazing life. It’s really just been the most magical thing for me - and I have these musical friends from all walks of life Picture Quote #1

I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever. You’re always looking for a theme for your high school years Picture Quote #1

I like ‘Guys and Dolls,’ ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ and ‘A Star Is Born.’ When it works, a musical is an amazing thing. But it rarely works Picture Quote #1

I started off in musical theater, yeah. It was one of my first jobs; it was in Spring Awakening in London, which was amazing Picture Quote #1

At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, ‘Well, one day I’ll be able to put all the music away and become a real comedian.’ But then I realized there are amazing musical comedians out there, that musical comedy is probably something I’ll always want to pursue Picture Quote #1

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I would love to be an amazing singer. I take voice lessons. It’s good to have as a dancer - to be able to sing and act, too, because for a Broadway show or musical, you have to be able to do everything Picture Quote #1

I just want to do a movie musical and then if I could do some recording stuff, that would be amazing! I would die a happy woman! I really would. It doesn’t take much! Picture Quote #1

Protest is patriotic. Since the beginning of musical time, American singers and songwriters have used their talent and bully pulpits to show us America’s strengths and shortcomings Picture Quote #1

I was chomping at the bit to get my career started - so after I took all the theater courses at Brooklyn College I enrolled in a two year program at AMDA in the city (The American Musical Dramatic Academy) I was there for 6 months and loved it Picture Quote #1

I personally do not believe in politics, hatred, or anger in my musical composition Picture Quote #1

Some animals utter a loud cry. Some are silent, and others have a voice, which in some cases may be expressed by a word; in others, it cannot. There are also noisy animals and silent animals, musical and unmusical kinds, but they are mostly noisy about the breeding season Picture Quote #1

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I was never on the side of the teachers at school. Even though I put all the work into getting the main role in the end-of-year musical when I was 11, they didn’t give it me, even though they knew I should have had it. That sort of drove me into am dram and getting the main part in another production. And I did Picture Quote #1

Any musical person who has never heard a Negro congregation under the spell of religious fervor sing these old songs has missed one of the most thrilling emotions which the human heart may experience Picture Quote #1

I listen to 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Stereophonics, Arctic Monkeys; also the musical Oliver - I can sing every tune Picture Quote #1

I first saw ‘West Side Story’ on stage in 1958. I was in the army, having been conscripted while under contract to MGM. I caught the musical in New York, fell in love with it, bought the album, and memorised the whole thing Picture Quote #1

Have we not all about us forms of a musical expression which we can take and purify and raise to the level of great art? Picture Quote #1

I do regret that when I went to college, I didn’t have a liberal arts education. I got a BFA in musical theater, so it was a very directed toward what I was doing. I wish that I had expanded my horizons a little bit Picture Quote #1

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I had no musical or athletic ability, and I wasn’t particularly good looking. Comedy was something I could do for attention Picture Quote #1

I was immersed in popular songs of the time, of the 30s and 40s. I was writing songs, making fun of the attitudes of those songs, in the musical style of the songs themselves; love songs, folk songs, marches, football Picture Quote #1

My background is in musical comedy. I didn’t know I was going to be an actor. But all my points of reference have to do with musical comedy and in being kind of a showoff Picture Quote #1

Going back and forth between Western Arabic and African countries clearly created the various musical backgrounds I could have and obviously influenced my professional attitude, my way of approaching both music composition and singing, particularly phrasing Picture Quote #1

We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30% of our musical experience Picture Quote #1

I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together with musical sounds Picture Quote #1

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For me, music was always a second language. I didn’t have a musical background, and I started studying very late, at fourteen Picture Quote #1

It seems like pop singing has sort of influenced musical theatre in so many ways - you could argue good or bad, really - and musical theatre is written for that style so often, which is a completely different style Picture Quote #1

My musical knowledge is so bad it’s embarrassing. When composers discuss music with someone as primitive as myself, they have to talk about it in terms of senses and emotion, rather than keys and tempo Picture Quote #1

I am not a music snob. If anything, my musical taste is bad by any critical standards Picture Quote #1

I listen to music when I write. I need the musical background. Classical music. I’m behind the times. I’m still with Baroque music, Gregorian chant, the requiems, and with the quartets of Beethoven and Brahms. That is what I need for the climate, for the surroundings, for the landscape: the music Picture Quote #1

If you saw my musical collection it’s absolutely horrendous, I’ve got everything from Stockhausen to The Beach Boys to Gina G, all sorts of terrible things and other people come here and look at my record collection and go, Ah, you can’t possibly like that - how embarrassing! Picture Quote #1

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I wanted to create an album that spoke all the musical languages I loved (Musical Quotes) It’s been an amazing life. It’s really just been the most magical thing for me - and I have these musical friends from all walks of life. (Musical Quotes) I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever. You’re always looking for a theme for your high school years. (Musical Quotes) I like ‘Guys and Dolls,’ ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ and ‘A Star Is Born.’ When it works, a musical is an amazing thing. But it rarely works. (Musical Quotes) I started off in musical theater, yeah. It was one of my first jobs; it was in Spring Awakening in London, which was amazing. (Musical Quotes) At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, ‘Well, one day I’ll be able to put all the music away and become a real comedian.’ But then I realized there are amazing musical comedians out there, that musical comedy is probably something I’ll always want to pursue. (Musical Quotes) I would love to be an amazing singer. I take voice lessons. It’s good to have as a dancer - to be able to sing and act, too, because for a Broadway show or musical, you have to be able to do everything. (Musical Quotes) I just want to do a movie musical and then if I could do some recording stuff, that would be amazing! I would die a happy woman! I really would. It doesn’t take much! (Musical Quotes) Protest is patriotic. Since the beginning of musical time, American singers and songwriters have used their talent and bully pulpits to show us America’s strengths and shortcomings. (Musical Quotes) I was chomping at the bit to get my career started - so after I took all the theater courses at Brooklyn College I enrolled in a two year program at AMDA in the city (The American Musical Dramatic Academy) I was there for 6 months and loved it. (Musical Quotes) I personally do not believe in politics, hatred, or anger in my musical composition (Musical Quotes) Some animals utter a loud cry. Some are silent, and others have a voice, which in some cases may be expressed by a word; in others, it cannot. There are also noisy animals and silent animals, musical and unmusical kinds, but they are mostly noisy about the breeding season. (Musical Quotes) I was never on the side of the teachers at school. Even though I put all the work into getting the main role in the end-of-year musical when I was 11, they didn’t give it me, even though they knew I should have had it. That sort of drove me into am dram and getting the main part in another production. And I did. (Musical Quotes) Any musical person who has never heard a Negro congregation under the spell of religious fervor sing these old songs has missed one of the most thrilling emotions which the human heart may experience. (Musical Quotes) I listen to 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Stereophonics, Arctic Monkeys; also the musical Oliver - I can sing every tune. (Musical Quotes) I first saw ‘West Side Story’ on stage in 1958. I was in the army, having been conscripted while under contract to MGM. I caught the musical in New York, fell in love with it, bought the album, and memorised the whole thing. (Musical Quotes) Have we not all about us forms of a musical expression which we can take and purify and raise to the level of great art?. (Musical Quotes) I do regret that when I went to college, I didn’t have a liberal arts education. I got a BFA in musical theater, so it was a very directed toward what I was doing. I wish that I had expanded my horizons a little bit. (Musical Quotes) I had no musical or athletic ability, and I wasn’t particularly good looking. Comedy was something I could do for attention. (Musical Quotes) I was immersed in popular songs of the time, of the 30s and 40s. I was writing songs, making fun of the attitudes of those songs, in the musical style of the songs themselves; love songs, folk songs, marches, football. (Musical Quotes) My background is in musical comedy. I didn’t know I was going to be an actor. But all my points of reference have to do with musical comedy and in being kind of a showoff. (Musical Quotes) Going back and forth between Western Arabic and African countries clearly created the various musical backgrounds I could have and obviously influenced my professional attitude, my way of approaching both music composition and singing, particularly phrasing. (Musical Quotes) We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30% of our musical experience. (Musical Quotes) I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together with musical sounds. (Musical Quotes) For me, music was always a second language. I didn’t have a musical background, and I started studying very late, at fourteen. (Musical Quotes) It seems like pop singing has sort of influenced musical theatre in so many ways - you could argue good or bad, really - and musical theatre is written for that style so often, which is a completely different style. (Musical Quotes) My musical knowledge is so bad it’s embarrassing. When composers discuss music with someone as primitive as myself, they have to talk about it in terms of senses and emotion, rather than keys and tempo. (Musical Quotes) I am not a music snob. If anything, my musical taste is bad by any critical standards. (Musical Quotes) I listen to music when I write. I need the musical background. Classical music. I’m behind the times. I’m still with Baroque music, Gregorian chant, the requiems, and with the quartets of Beethoven and Brahms. That is what I need for the climate, for the surroundings, for the landscape: the music. (Musical Quotes) If you saw my musical collection it’s absolutely horrendous, I’ve got everything from Stockhausen to The Beach Boys to Gina G, all sorts of terrible things and other people come here and look at my record collection and go, Ah, you can’t possibly like that - how embarrassing! (Musical Quotes)

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