James Fenton Quotes
A cabaret song has got to be written - for the middle voice, ideally - because you've got to hear the wit of the words. And a cabaret song gives the singer room to act, more even than an opera singer.
James Fenton
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If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.
Laura Linney
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Walter Gropius
I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
Oscar Wilde
When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.
Karl Marlantes
Fortunately, when Benazir Bhutto was prime minister, she banned public whipping of women - banned whipping of women, period, which is a marvelous thing she did.
Asma Jahangir
I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.
Jack Roy
I don't actually have to think very hard when I'm writing. I mean, there are times where it's a task, and you have to plug away and plug away. But then there are times when a song writes itself in 15 minutes, and you're just struggling to keep up with it.
Patty Griffin
To me there's a definite way of doing a song. If I didn't think that, I wouldn't have done it that way in the first place.
Robin Trower
Procol Harum
The nearer you come to God, the less you are disposed to questioning and reasoning. When you actually attain Him, when you behold Him as the reality, then all noise, all disputations, come to an end.
Ramakrishna
A cabaret song has got to be written - for the middle voice, ideally - because you've got to hear the wit of the words. And a cabaret song gives the singer room to act, more even than an opera singer.
James Fenton
