Musical Quotes - Page 25

• I actually may do a musical next year... not one that I've written; one that I may star in. Plus my concert and other people's work and all of a sudden you've got a very full life.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Stars, Years, People

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• I got the regular call, that they were doing a Broadway musical of Hairspray, and would I come and audition. I was familiar with the movie, because at the time it came out my lover wrote for Premiere magazine, and we had to see everything.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Movie, Auditions, Actors

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• I have a musical called Goodbye and Good Luck, based on a Grace Paley short story. I also have King Island Christmas, and there are 20 different productions of it this year.

  David Friedman

  Christmas, Goodbye, Kings

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• To me, Bill's musical heart is in Earthworks, in the jazz they are playing, in the acoustic kit.

  Robert Fripp

  Heart, Bills, Acoustics

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• I combine aspects of many styles of music and create my own musical forms by way of electronic instruments.

  John Frusciante

  Style, Way, Form

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• People fall into patterns at fast speeds, when really, to have a clear musical thought - the kind of musical thought that makes a melody work - our brains just can't think that fast. At a certain point, you're going on automatic.

  John Frusciante

  Fall, Thinking, People

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• Rock guitarists usually do not wish to think trains of thought about anything but their own guitar playing during a long solo, and I could not play this way if I were not able to divide my attention between my ever changing musical environment and my instrument itself.

  John Frusciante

  Thinking, Rocks, Guitar

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• Being a purely instrumental album, it makes a musical statement, not a religious one, and I hope that people can feel the emotion of the great melodies, even without the words.

  Kenny G

  Religious, People, Albums

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.

  Lady Gaga

  Thinking, Performers, Standpoint

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• I want to write a play. I'd like to do an original musical. I should probably put together a poetry collection.

  Neil Gaiman

  Writing, Play, Together

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• I believe that the brain has evolved over millions of years to be responsive to different kinds of content in the world. Language content, musical content, spatial content, numerical content, etc.

  Howard Gardner

  Believe, Years, Brain

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• I was a ballet dancer and that kind of bled into musical theater. I was constantly in rehearsal for one thing or another.

  Jennifer Garner

  Dancer, Ballet, Rehearsal

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• Hall & Oates is one of the few musical groups as satisfying now as it was back then. There's something incredibly musically satisfying about their songs. Nothing has diminished my love for them.

  Ben Gibbard

  Song, Groups, Halls

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• I don't like to be entertaining. I don't like the feeling of being entertaining. If there was a musical or a comedy that was not just for entertainment but was rooted in something I could relate to on a real level, then I think I would do it.

  Ryan Gosling

  Real, Thinking, Feelings

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• I met Prince William at a musical festival and he let me know he was a fan of my music. But the invitation to sing at his wedding reception came completely out of the blue. The fact that Kate and William knew the words to my songs was very touching.

  Ellie Goulding

  Song, Blue, Touching

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The most consistent musical experience I had growing up was church music.

  Amy Grant

  Growing Up, Church Music, Consistent

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• My mum raised us on classic movies and a lot of musical theatre.

  Jake Gyllenhaal

  Theatre, Classic Movie, Mum

  "Jake Gyllenhaal: My family values" by Elaine Lipworth, www.theguardian.com. December 31, 2010.

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• My musical tastes change every week.

  Kirk Hammett

  Taste, Week, Musical Taste

  "James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett of Metallica Discuss Their 1997 Album, 'Re-Load'". The Guitar World Interview, www.guitarworld.com. December, 1997.

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• The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.

  Ben Harper

  Boys, Heritage, Blind

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• If I wrote a musical it wouldn't be about me. Although I do some magic, so it would probably be about a magician who appeared and re-appeared all over the place.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Magic, Magician, Ifs

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• My musical tastes go from Zeppelin to Bob Dylan to Kanye West and Lil' Wayne. Anything modern and progressive.

  Josh Hartnett

  Zeppelins, Bob, Taste

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• We don't make glamorous movies today. Everything now is very realistic, artistic - and depressing. When is the last time you you saw a wonderful musical or a fabulous fantasy?

  Edith Head

  Depressing, Today, Lasts

  Edith Head, Paddy Calistro (1983). “Edith Head's Hollywood”, E P Dutton

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• I would definitely say that I am a very big movie musical fan in general and I try to see every one that I possibly can - and 'Glee' every week.

  Jennifer Love Hewitt

  Trying, Fans, Glee

  "InDepth InterView: Jennifer Love Hewitt Talks THE CLIENT LIST, New Music Video, JEWTOPIA, Hollywood & More". Interview with Pat Cerasaro, www.broadwayworld.com. March 16, 2013.

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• I always had a knack for improvisation. I can write down the notes I play, but never really had a proper academic musical background. I suppose I'm blessed and cursed by the fact I have that freedom.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Blessed, Writing, Play

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• But anyone who's done a musical knows; whether you're dancing or not, physically it's the most difficult thing you can do.

  Hugh Jackman

  Dancing, Done, Difficult

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