I think my manager of 30-some odd years now, Tom Hammond. He’s as fine a person as you could ever meet. And he’s had great theatrical taste and has influenced me that way.
BERNADETTE PETERSSinging lessons are like body building for your larynx.
More Bernadette Peters Quotes
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It Might As Well Be Spring… I used to sing that as a young girl in my voice lessons. Then I picked it up again and it spoke to me in a whole new way.
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When I grew up in the ’60s, your hair had to be straight and you had to be skinny and have no boobs, and it was like not my era.
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I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
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No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.
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I don’t smoke, I don’t drink much, I don’t eat red meat. I stay out of the sun.
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The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of ‘Carousel’, and it was a very vivid experience.
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It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there to raise money for Gay Men’s Health Crisis made the evening an extraordinary experience.
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The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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I love Some Enchanted Evening, and If I Loved You. And as I sing them more and more, I find new favorites.
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Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there’s great truth in the songs, and that’s what was so wonderful to find.
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Animals speak with pure affection. It’s important to me to get something going in NY so we can get to be a no-kill city, and give the animals homes and more attention and love.
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I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
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I know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it.
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Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.
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