Chorus Quotes

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I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of… — James Cagney
There is nothing more genuine than breaking away from the chorus to learn the sound of your own voice. — Po Bronson
Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers -grey heliotrope And white sweet clover, and shy mignonette Comes fairly in, and silent chorus leads… — John Greenleaf Whittier
I was thrown into a community production of 'Bye Bye Birdie' or something when I was a kid. I wanted to just build the sets,… — Michael Stuhlbarg
Baseball is an art! A drama! A ballet without music! Let us give it a Greek chorus! — Deborah Wiles
Even if you want something so badly, without talent, you can't even get the opportunity. You remain as the chorus for the rest of your… — Cheon Eunbi
Actually, there was another band where we were three girls, around '84 when I met John Zorn, called Sunset Chorus. It was just bass and… — Ikue Mori
I tell you truly, when we are born, we enter the world with the sound of God in our ears, even the singing of the… — Edmond Bordeaux Szekely
I want to figure out how I can make the most important statement with the least amount of information, so I don't run out of… — Larry Carlton
Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy. In other countries, the business of laughing is left to the… — Jean Baudrillard
The human drama is reaching its denouement. The great unveiling is approaching, a time when the power structures of the world begin to crumble and… — Anodea Judith
We worked the medley on side two of "Abbey Road" out carefully in advance. All of those mini songs were partly completed tunes; some were… — George Harrison
I write a lot from instinct. But as you're writing out of instinct, once you reach a certain level as a songwriter, the craft is… — Janis Ian
It would be nice to abandon the verse-chorus-bridge structure completely, and make it so none of these things are definable...Make up new names for them.… — Robbie Robertson
I never sit down to write. When I'm moved, I do it. I just wait for it to come. You just hear it. I can't… — Lenny Kravitz
I edit as I go. Especially when I go to commit it to paper. I prefer a typewriter even to a computer. I don't like… — John Prine
It would be nice to abandon the verse-chorus-bridge structure completely, and make it so none of these things are definable. ... Make up new names… — Robbie Robertson
Look em in the eye. Make a gesture of inclusion, which he did all the time. And above all, have a chorus. So I learned… — Tom Paxton
It was Rick's Rubin idea to have the 'Brooklyn' verse repeat. It already was a story, but having that made it a folk song. Instead… — Scott Avett
My favorite song he ever wrote was 'Cold Cold Heart.' If you think about it, the lyric to 'Cold Cold Heart,' see how many two… — Don Helms

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