Much as I adore the melodies, I choose a song for what it has to say.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of meaningful lyrics over mere melodies in songs.
Julie Andrews highlights that while she appreciates the beauty of music, the significance of the message conveyed through the lyrics is what truly matters to her. This reflects a perspective that values substance and thoughtfulness in art over superficial enjoyment.
In practice
At a music event, when discussing the songs chosen for performances.
I've learned a lot of things about myself through singing. I used to have a certain dislike of the audience, not as individual people, but as a giant body who was judging me. Of course, it wasn`t really them judging me. It was me judging me. Once I got past that fear, it freed me up, not just when I was performing but in other parts of my life.
Singing has been a cherished gift, and my inability to sing has been a devastating blow.
My mother was terribly important to me, and I know how much I yearned for her in my youth, but I don't think I truly trusted her.
I come from a long line of below-stairs maids and gardeners. Good ol' peasant stock. My mother and her sister made a quantum leap out of that life. Then I made another quantum leap.
Every time I go out to perform, believe me. You never lose that fear of, 'I hope I do it right. I hope I don't fall flat on my face. I hope this will be good for them.'
Success is terrifying. Like happiness, it is often appreciated in retrospect. It's only later that you place it in perspective. Years from now, I'll look back and say, βGod, wasn't it wonderful.β
It's like there was me, then the Beatles phase, and now I'm me again.
We'd like to think that our music will always be bigger than any one of our individual personalities.
Many people forget that Jazz, no matter what form it takes, must come from the heart as well as the mind.
We don't want to be Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones. That type of thing wasn't what we were after. It was most important for each of us to be equal in input and output - each of us has to pull the same amount, musically, in composition and in every sense of being in the band.
Don t play this piece fast. It is never right to play ragtime fast.
Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children.
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