Jessie Mueller Quotes

In school, I really felt like I didn't fit a type. I think everybody had a hard time putting me in a category. They all sort of realized, 'Hmm, you don't really look like a soprano. You're not really a character belter.'

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• It's a blessing to have fans acknowledging your craft, period.

  

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• I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.

  

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• In school, I really felt like I didn't fit a type. I think everybody had a hard time putting me in a category. They all sort of realized, 'Hmm, you don't really look like a soprano. You're not really a character belter.'

  

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