“My mother gave me singing lessons; that was totally painful, because I couldn't do what she wanted to hear. She used to say: there's more there, there's more voice but I just didn't want to give it to her.” WantGivingWantedUsedMotherVoiceLessonsSingingPainful Author:Linda Lavin
“The story about me, apocryphal or not, is that I could sing before I spoke. My parents went into bedroom one day and there I was standing in the crib singing God Bless America.” StoriesAmericaParentOne DaySingingStandingSpokesBlessBedroomGod BlessGod Bless America Author:Linda Lavin
“It was always acting, singing and dancing that I loved.” ActingSingingDancingSinging And DancingSinging Dancing Author:Linda Lavin
“It was always acting, singing and dancing that I loved. Not the horror of performing on the piano in front of an assembled audience of quiet people. I'd forget the piece just before I went out to do the concerto, the panic was too great . This was not anything that gave me pleasure. This was fulfilling somebody else's dream.” PeopleDreamForgetPleasureActingAudiencePiecesFrontsHorrorQuietSingingDancingPianoPerformingPanicFulfillingSinging And DancingQuiet People Author:Linda Lavin