“I sang opera, I sang show tunes. I got into a rock band for a while. I've sung a lot of different things.” DifferentShowsRocksBandTunesDifferent ThingsOperaRock BandsShow Tunes Author:Tom Wopat
“I'm still kind of a hapless character in my everyday life. But when it comes to the writing, my influences are very old influences. I love American music of absolutely all stripes, including show tunes, advertising jingles, theme tunes from quiz shows, all kinds of American music.” WritingKindStillsCharacterShowsInfluenceEverydayIncludingAll KindsAdvertisingThemeTunesEveryday LifeStripesAmerican MusicQuizJinglesShow TunesQuiz Show Author:Nick Lowe
“I grew up in a very musical household. My brother had KISS and Van Halen records, but my parents loved country and show tunes, so I had all of those records when a kid. I pretty much knew exactly what I was going to do at a young age. I loved album covers, I loved listening to a record and staring at the art while listening to it. When I got older and discovered paining, drawing and PhotoShop, I was able to do both simultaneously; I enjoy making both.” ArtCountryShowsKidsAgeAbleYoungParentEnjoyRecordsBrotherListeningGrewKissingGrew UpMusicalAlbumsDrawingStaringMy BrotherTunesHouseholdVansYoung AgeVan HalenPhotoshopAlbum CoversShow Tunes Author:Piggy D.
“I do an act, and I've been doing an act for 50 years. I do a variety show, which is a musical comedy show. I do comedy, and I do singing, Broadway show tunes and different songs that I like. Been doing it for many, many years.” YearsDifferentShowsSongComedySingingMusicalVarietyTunesBroadwayBroadway ShowsComedy ShowsShow Tunes Author:Debbie Reynolds
“My favorite show tune has got to be Stephen Sondheim's "I Remember Sky." It's probably the saddest song of all time I sing it to myself in the mirror. No, I am kidding. That's the joke.” ShowsRememberSongSkyJokesMirrorsMy FavoriteAll TimeTunesSaddestSondheimShow Tunes Author:Laura Benanti
“My idea of gambling was walking through Central Park, whistling show tunes.” IdeasShowsWalkingParksTunesGamblingWhistlingCentral ParkShow Tunes Author:Tommy Tune
“I'm not really a country singer, although I did make a couple albums and love its simple, straight-from-the-heart approach, but I have always sung a lot of jazz, show tunes, pop tunes, gospel and blues.” HeartCountryShowsSimpleCoupleApproachAnd LoveJazzAlbumsPopsSingersTunesCountry SingerShow Tunes Author:Dinah Shore
“My dad was a jazz fan and he used to have lots of old 78s, so I grew up with big jazz bands and the likes of Duke Ellington and Count Basie - although I really liked show tunes from those big musicals as well. I've always kept my ears open, as it were, when it comes to music. It doesn't matter to me what type of music it is. If I like it, I'll listen to it.” IfsWellsMatterShowsBigsUsedFansGrewTypeDadBandGrew UpEarsJazzMy DadLikesTunesDukesJazz BandShow Tunes Author:Ric Sanders
“My favorite thing to hear from people is, 'I left the theater and couldn't stop thinking about it.' You want your work to have an impact after they leave the theater. It's the equivalent of leaving a musical humming a show tune.” PeopleThinkingWantShowsLeftTheaterImpactLeavingMusicalMy FavoriteTunesFavorites ThingsHummingShow Tunes Author:Marin Ireland
“I love to act, so the only way I could act was through community theatre and they would just do musicals. My musical upbringing was show-tunes and it sucks and I have been trying to get away from it ever since.” WayTryingHas BeensShowsCommunityMusicalTheatreTunesGet AwayUpbringingShow TunesCommunity Theatre Author:Thomston
“I think my iTunes is a kind of strange and embarrassing mix of show tunes and artists that I have no perception of whether or not they're huge or not, you know? I'm the kind of person who doesn't realize that The Arcade Fire is a big deal, but then I expect everybody to know Cocoon, and people tend to not know Cocoon.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindPersonsShowsBigsArtistRealizingDealsFireStrangeHugePerceptionTunesEmbarrassingBig DealCocoonsItunesArcadesShow TunesArcade Fire Author:Anna Kendrick
“For the record, I am not an admitted homosexual, nor am I a homosexual, though I do know the lyrics to every show tune ever written, which might perhaps account for the confusion.” KnowsShowsMightRecordsWrittenAccountsConfusionTunesHomosexualShow Tunes Author:John Podhoretz
“Both of my parents have been actors; there were a lot of show tunes on in the car all of the time. I grew up with that.” Has BeensShowsActorsParentCarGrewGrew UpTunesShow Tunes Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“I grew up listening to show tunes in the back of the car.” ShowsCarListeningGrewGrew UpTunesShow Tunes Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“One night last summer, all the killers in my head assembled on a stage in Massachusetts to sing show tunes.” ShowsLastsNightStageSummerTunesKillersOne NightMassachusettsLast SummerShow Tunes Book:Assassination Vacation Source: Assassination Vacation
“I suppose, counting back, if the Beatles had been influenced by music in the same length of time ago - you'd have to put that into better English for me, thank you - they would have been like a banjo orchestra. They would have been doing show tunes.” IfsHas BeensShowsTunesLengthThank YouOrchestraCountingBanjosShow Tunes Author:Jonny Greenwood
“If you try to do that in pop music - to play only rare show tunes, for example - people don't come.” PeopleIfsTryingPlayShowsExamplePopsTunesPop MusicShow Tunes Author:Bobby Short
“I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There isn't a lot of music that I don't like... except for Show Tunes.” KindShowsMusicFolksNativeTunesNative AmericanFolk MusicCelticAmerican MusicShow Tunes Author:Terri Windling
“Every time there's a cut in the action, we joke and dance around, there's show tunes and fart noises.” ShowsActionCuttingJokesNoiseTunesFartShow Tunes Author:Darby Stanchfield
“I'm so happy, I think I'll dress up like J. Edgar Hoover and sing show tunes.” ThinkingShowsPoliticsDressesTunesHooverJ Edgar HooverShow Tunes Author:Don Imus
“I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things.” KindPersonsDoeRememberBad ThingsFetishCocoonsNear DeathTris PriorBeatrice PriorShow Tunes Author:Tim Robbins
“I do catch myself driving around singing tunes, but I don't know if it's necessarily show tunes.” IfsKnowsShowsSingingDrivingTunesShow Tunes Author:Bryan Clay