#la

Whenever I go out, so many people who respect me ask me what to do in a certain situation. A lot of times, I didn't know the answers because sometimes I was going through the same sort of thing. But then later on, I would think of things that people told me. ↗

— Patti LaBelle

#ask #because #certain #go #going

People say to me that I can't be nervous because I've had such a wealth of experience, but I tell them that I have never done this particular part before. ↗

— Brenda Blethyn

#before #done #experience #had #i

I still read Donne, particularly his love poems. ↗

— Carol Ann Duffy

#his #i #love #particularly #poems

I was the lead in two musicals, and I took dance classes. ↗

— Corbin Bleu

#dance #dance classes #i #lead #musicals

My favorite show is America's Funniest Home Videos. People will get hit on the head and I feel bad cause I'm laughing my head off! ↗

— Corbin Bleu

#bad #cause #favorite #feel #funniest

I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano. ↗

— Carla Bley

#father #free #got #i #instead

When you have 13 horns, and one is soloing, you have 12 people to play the richest, fullest chord you could ever imagine behind that solo. ↗

— Carla Bley

#chord #could #ever #fullest #horns

Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving. ↗

— Carla Bley

#because #else #important #listening #more

One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' and 'Ad Infinitum'. ↗

— Carla Bley

#art #band #better #blues #could

Really, every woman is an example to me, because as women we go through so much pain. We have to live this perfect life when we are messed up inside. We all go through trials and tribulations. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#every #example #go #inside #life