Music was around in my family in two ways. My mother would occasionally sing to me, but I was mostly stimulated by the classical music my father had …

- Tom Glazer

As I grew up, I was interested in other areas, too, especially literature. It became a major love of mine. Later, it became a difficult choice for me…

- Tom Glazer

I published, privately, a collection of my serious poetry I had written over the years. I only published 50 copies, which I gave to friends, in a spe…

- Tom Glazer

When people ask me what I do, strangers on a plane, perhaps, I tell them that I think. Thinking is excellent exercise, as much as swimming or jogging.

- Tom Glazer

I obtained a job at the Library of Congress. I loved books, so I felt at home. I was going to end up, I thought, majoring in English and teach at the…

- Tom Glazer

My Dad died during the flu epidemic in 1918 when I was 4 years old. He left a lot of classical recordings behind that I began listening to at an earl…

- Tom Glazer

I have a great interest in a number of things, perhaps too many. I admire people who seem to concentrate on only one fixed discipline to the exclusio…

- Tom Glazer

With sincere modesty, if there is such a thing, I have never thought of legacy at all. I am always grateful if people like what I have done. A legacy…

- Tom Glazer

Participation, I think, or one of the best methods of educating.

- Tom Glazer