Margaret Whiting quotes
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“Johnny Mercer was my father's best friend and became mine as well. And Harold Arlen, whom I would call Uncle Harry, and Harry Warren: those were ones who I really became close to.”
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“So many schools have cut the music classes out of their curriculum. We're trying to fill that gap by teaching the teachers how to educate the kids about their musical heritage.”
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“I had years of experience that I still needed to accumulate and go through.”
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“Doris Day was such a big movie and TV star, people overlooked her singing. The proof is in the package. She's one of the best singers there ever was.”
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“The musicians recommend that I sing a sing the way it is written the first time and then start to look for other notes that aren't in the melody.”
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“The way I teach people to sing... I have them talk the lyric out until it sounds like something they really believe, like an actor with a monologue.”
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“That's really what was wonderful for me growing up, since I got to know so many of the songwriters who liked me and thought I had talent. They would then tell me how to read a lyric and sing a song, and challenge me to try and find a different end to a song.”
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“[On the premiere of a dull show:] I've seen more excitement at the opening of an umbrella.”
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“Friendship," said Christopher Robin, "is a very comforting thing to have.”
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“A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.”
Source : A. A. Milne (2012). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, p.93, Egmont UK
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