- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once you sign on the dotted line, in terms of a contract with a musical, it's a huge commitment. When you're younger, that's fine; you can take it on, and I still go out, and I still sing 15-20 songs - and I can do that - a night.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's called showbusiness, and the business end of it is very important, especially now. You have to learn the business end of it; otherwise, you get ripped off left, right and centre.
- Creativity
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to learn how to read contracts, how to position yourself, and about marketing. That is why you find the most successful artists are the ones who can mix creativity with business.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I tell my children, the first thing is always health. Get sleep, don't party, don't do drugs or drink. If your body is right, then you will be right, and if your body is wrong, you will be wrong. Live like a Buddhist monk!
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're getting on plans and traveling all over the place, it can be very hard to keep yourself healthy and avoid catching a cold.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
Have you seen the Broadway version of 'The Lion King?' Go and see it. That's where the future of musical is.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I work with a character like Valjean on stage, I get totally absorbed in that man. I become that man. But there's always, outside of that, the third eye, which watches what you're doing. And you can say to yourself, 'I'm crying well' or 'I'm being angry well.' But there's always that element there, and it never stops.
- Pray
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- Nov 07, 2020
You pray for your enemies.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's an experience I'd like to add to the chorus, that these blue-collar, macho men, like my older brother, had the capacity to say: 'I don't care, I love you anyway.' There are young kids thinking: 'I'll never come out because it's too hard in our communities.' But I'm saying maybe your story can be similar to mine.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've read hundreds of cookbooks. Most of those cookbooks don't even tell you how to get a steak ready, how to bake biscuits or an apple pie.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've only had two rules: Do all you can and do it the best you can. It's the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.
- Nov 07, 2020
You can't rush inspiration.
- Nov 07, 2020