I didn't not perform.

- Melissa Manchester

Don't cry out loud, keep it inside, learn how to hide your feelings. Fly high and proud, and if you should fall, remember you almost had it all.

- Melissa Manchester

I do love to perform. And I'm ever so grateful that this has turned into a job with a future.

- Melissa Manchester

You know, somebody mentioned that I was sort of a jazz-pop singer. And I'm thrilled that somebody would find that, at last, in my presentation, becau…

- Melissa Manchester

Yeah, you know, I performed occasionally. I was in such despair because I just - if I didn't have my music to connect with, I couldn't figure out wha…

- Melissa Manchester

I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away.

- Melissa Manchester

I was part of the first wave of singer/songwriters but I was also in that first wave of singer/songwriters who experienced the music industry when te…

- Melissa Manchester

A Grammy is a wonderful thing; all of a sudden you're given a new audience but, like anything, you have to be able to grow with these songs if you re…

- Melissa Manchester

Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention as a singer/songwriter. ...…

- Melissa Manchester