"Technically, I've been retired for some time now.……" — Tom Glazer
"Technically, I've been retired for some time now. All I ever do is occasionally write songs for friends, such as one, for a friend who had just turned 80. I wrote a song for him called, The First 80 Years are The Hardest."
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27 Quotes by Tom Glazer
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With sincere modesty, if there is such a thing, I have never thought of legacy at all. I am always…
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When people ask me what I do, strangers on a plane, perhaps, I tell them that I think. Thinking is…
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I met my wife in Washington, D.C. I was a senior in college. WW II was about to descend upon…
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I'm afraid I talk a lot, too much, perhaps. I should have been a lawyer or a college professor or…
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I was asked by a group to write a song on the theme of brotherhood. This was before women's liberation,…
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I wrote the Brotherhood song for no money out of my deep feelings about humanity, and because I was flattered…
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Participation, I think, or one of the best methods of educating.
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I obtained a job at the Library of Congress. I loved books, so I felt at home. I was going…
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When I was in Philadelphia during the Depression in 1930 or '31, I got a very sad job as a…
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Most performers don't admit this, because it sounds negative and performers are not supposed to be negative, but when I…
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For hundreds of years people have talked about artists having inspiration, but often, some persons would say, write us a…
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I started my career at the top and have been working my way downwards ever since.
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