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I don't have a musical bone in my body.
New Orleans is like a big musical gumbo. The sound I have is from being in the city my whole life.
My mom was real into like a lot of different musical artists, real artists, even back when Jay-Z and Beyonce was together.
I've learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the journey of a given character or the overall plot.
I've always loved musical theater. It's a bit of a family tradition.
The folk music definition has changed in this fast music world and musical styles are blending really quickly.
When I was at Stratford, the very first thing that I was commissioned to work on was trying to make a musical out of the documentary material about the General Strike, which was the next big historical event in England, after the First World War.
So, through all that early professional career I would occasionally do a musical, a pantomime or a play with songs. The next stop would be a Shakespeare, or an Ibsen, or a play by a brand new writer who had never done anything in the theater before.
I grew up in such a musical family, and my dad was the first chair in the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra, and my mom was a piano teacher and a painter, so it was kind of a creative environment, and it was kind of in my DNA.
I do have musical background; I sing.
Since the inception of Gym Class in 1997, every member has had another musical outlet, if not three or four.
I've studied all my musical life, but learning is only good if you do something constructive with it.
Gettin' It' is another song that means a lot to me because I got to work with George Clinton who's always been my musical hero.
We all have different musical instincts, and I think they're precious and should be respected.
From my time in 'King Crimson,' I'd describe a Progressive band as one that keeps trying to break musical barriers, and keeps trying to do new music.
Opera is musical theatre, and the music can teach you so much about the theatre. Very often I use musical terms to think about how I comport myself on stage: I employ 'rubati,' 'ostinati,' 'cadenze.' Finding these parallels is very fascinating for me.
In 1969, I wrote a musical called 'Mother Earth.' It was a rock musical with an ecology theme. We did it at the South Coast Repertory Theatre in Southern California where I was a member. It was a smash hit in this small theater.
I did 'Viva Las Vegas' with Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret. By standing in for Ann-Margret for a week, I learned the feeling of being a star in a musical number.
The GRAMMY was a huge deal. It's the height of any musical career.
I know the musical world as well as I know the comedy world.
Sometimes words are just music themselves. Like 'Chicago' is a very musical sounding name.
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