"I received the most fantastic welcome to the Broadway Theatre community. I walked on stage to tremendous applause and a long standing ovation, wondering when I was ever going to be able to say my first line!"

-- Elaine Paige

#Long Quotes #Community Quotes #Theatre Quotes

“Orthodox criticism ... is a murderer of talent. And because the most modest and sensitive people are the most talented, having the most imagination and sympathy, these are the first ones to get killed off.”
“Never lose your childish enthusiasm and things will come your way.”
“I believe that competition in the future will not be only an advertising competition between individual products or between big associations, but that it will in addition be a competition of propaganda.”
“No-one knows what the soul is. But what we do know is, the soul is where God works compassion”
“Gifts fall from heaven only in fairy tales.”
“People tend to think of fairy tales as archetypal. They are also extremely sensual, something which translates well over the ages.”
“I knew from day one, the truth would prevail, but I was so scared I didn't know what to do”
“You been to school, you say you are a lawyer, you walked out of a magazine. I've been a drifter and a low-life loser, you can learn a lot from me.”

Source : Billy Joe Shaver, Brad Reagan (2005). “Honky Tonk Hero”, p.187, University of Texas Press

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