“People who have not done their research on me do not know that I am European, born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian father from Napoli and a mother from Alabama who was singing opera and went to Europe, met my dad, fell in love, and then moved back to Rome, where I was raised, between Rome and Hamburg.” PeopleKnowsDoneMotherFatherBornDadMetsSingingResearchEuropeMovedRaisedMy DadItalianRomeOperaAlabamaDenmarkCopenhagen Author:Giancarlo Esposito
“He was met even now As mad as the vex'd sea; singing aloud; Crown'd with rank fumiter and furrow-weeds, With bur-docks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flowers, Darnel, and all the idle weeds that grow In our sustaining corn.” GrowsSeaFlowerMetsSingingMadWeedCrownsIdleCornSustainingCuckoosDocksVexNettlesHemlock Book:The works of William Shakespeare Source: The works of William Shakespeare
“When you're dressed up as David Bowie, with your eyebrows completely bleached, and you're doing this kind of strange dance with Paul McCartney while singing "Rebel Rebel" in the middle of the Met ball, and Madonna's looking at you . . . I was just thinking, It's become a bit weird.” ThinkingKindBitsMiddleStrangeMetsSingingBallsRebelEyebrowsDressed UpBowie Author:Florence Welch
“I'm glad I went through the training because I've met such great mentors and lifelong friends/collaborators along the way. Also, any training (acting, movement, dance, piano, singing, etc) allowed me to hone my skills and find an inner space of self-generating creativity.” WaySelfSpaceActingCreativityMovementMetsSkillsSingingTrainingGladPianoGreat MenEtcMentorLifelongCollaboratorsLifelong Friends Author:Jade Hassoune
“That's how it all started, when I met my wife. My music career, even though I started when I was 16, it never really started till I was like 30, when I started singing and writing my own songs, and that's when it really took off. But prior to that, I was just doing a bunch of covers.” WritingSongMy OwnCareersWifeMetsSingingMy WifeBunchMusic Career Author:Donavon Frankenreiter
“Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado. But he grew old— This knight so bold— And o’er his heart a shadow— Fell as he found No spot of ground That looked like Eldorado. And, as his strength Failed him at length, He met a pilgrim shadow— ‘Shadow,’ said he, ‘Where can it be— This land of Eldorado?’ ‘Over the Mountains Of the Moon, Down the Valley of the Shadow, Ride, boldly ride,’ The shade replied,— ‘If you seek for Eldorado!” IfsHeartLongSaidSongFoundLandStrengthFailureGrewMetsMoonMountainSingingShadowSpotsSunshineLengthShadeValleysKnightsPilgrimGallant Book:The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Source: The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe