“One night I was standing on Third Avenue playing my guitar, when this big Irish policeman came strolling by, and stopped to listen to my singing and playing. When I was done, he politely handed me a ticket for disturbing the peace, while at the same time telling me how much he liked my voice. I wish I still had that ticket.” StillsDoneBigsNightWishVoiceSingingStandingThirdsGuitarTicketsDisturbingAvenuesOne NightPolicemenStrolling Author:Frank Stallone
“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
“Now any person who plays an acoustic guitar standing up on stage with a microphone is a folk singer. Some grandmother with a baby in her arms singing a 500-year-old song, well, she's not a folk singer, she's not on stage with a guitar and a microphone. No, she's just an old grandmother singing an old song. The term "folk singer" has gotten warped.” YearsWellsPersonsPlaySongTermStageBabyArmsSingingStandingGuitarFolksSingersGrandmotherAcousticsMicrophonesAcoustic GuitarOld Song Author:Pete Seeger
“I always said, 'A blind dog with three legs could get a standing ovation for singing 'I'm Still Here!''” SaidStillsThreeDogSingingStandingBlindLegsOvationThree Legs Author:Polly Bergen
“It's not hard to connect with the music on an emotional level and get inside the songs. It's odd, very vulnerable, and slightly embarrassing to be standing and singing and playing music in front of a bunch of strangers.” HardSongLevelsFrontsEmotionalSingingStandingStrangerBunchVulnerableOddEmbarrassingPlaying Music Author:Matt Berninger
“I always made sure that I kept the dignity, or tried to keep the dignity that they showed, by standing there and singing and not doing too much else, because I didn't know what else to do. But you know, sometimes you can get carried away and I don't know, lose your composure or something.” KnowsMadeSometimesLosesToo MuchSingingStandingDignityStanding ThereCarried AwayComposure Author:Johnny Mathis
“If knowledge isn't self-knowledge it isn't doing much, mate. Is the universe expanding? Is it contracting? Is it standing on one leg and singing 'When Father Painted the Parlour'? Leave me out. I can expand my universe without you. 'She walks into beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies, and all that's best of dark and bright meet in her aspect and her eyes.” IfsI CanSelfEyeNightUniverseFatherDarkWalksSkySingingAspectStandingLegsMatesSelf KnowledgeHer EyesExpandingLeaving MeWithout YouContractingStarry Sky Book:Tom Stoppard: Plays Source: Tom Stoppard: Plays
“Suddenly he saw himself as others in the crowd must surely see him; a silent, solitary figure, standing apart from the rest. He looked out at the hoardes of singing, laughing people and felt more alone than he'd ever felt in his life. Was this how it was going to be then? Was this who he was? A man apart from his fellows, making the journey through life alone?” PeopleMenFeltLaughingSawsJourneyFiguresSingingStandingFellowsSilentCrowdsShySolitaryJourney Through LifeStanding Apart Author:Mary Lawson