#lou

I have a pretty lousy voice. ↗

— Adam Brody

#lousy #pretty #voice

My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers - Alexander Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, to name a few. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#alexander #breakthrough #discovered #european #few

Much of my reading time over the last decade and a half has been spent reading aloud to my children. Those children's bedtime rituals of supper, bath, stories, and sleep have been a staple of my life and some of the best, most special times I can remember. ↗

— Louise Brown

#bath #bedtime #been #best #children

I hope I never get so hard up I have to do advertisements. I've gotten ridiculous offers. ↗

— Tracey Ullman

#gotten #hard #hope #i #never

Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist who wasn't influenced by European music! ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#debussy #did #duke #duke ellington #ellington

The worst thing about the life of a jazz musician on the road is getting to the gig. Once you're there and playing, it's marvelous. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#getting #gig #jazz #jazz musician #life

I prefer the mystic clouds of nostalgia to the real thing, to be honest. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#honest #i #mystic #nostalgia #prefer

I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

#being #between #cross #i #i remember

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#error #general #loudest #most #popular

I had a good loud voice and I wasn't afraid to be goofy or zany. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#good #goofy #had #i #loud