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.
BERNADETTE PETERSI love Some Enchanted Evening, and If I Loved You. And as I sing them more and more, I find new favorites.
More Bernadette Peters Quotes
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It was like being high when you reach those high notes.
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Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
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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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When something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
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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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The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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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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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’d like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
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The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.
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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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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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We’ve been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
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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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You’ve got to be original, because if you’re like someone else, what do they need you for?
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