Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.

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If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music....

If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music....

I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached...

I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached...

Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work...

Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work...

During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee...

During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee...

I am continually embarrassed by people who point me out as an example of what...

I am continually embarrassed by people who point me out as an example of what...

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

This nation loves singing and loves acting.

This nation loves singing and loves acting.

I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults...

I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults...

An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or...

An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or...

I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway.

I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway.

I know I'm fat and I know my hair is straight, but I can sing.

I know I'm fat and I know my hair is straight, but I can sing.

Every small town has its dramatic group, its barber-shop quartet, every home has music in...

Every small town has its dramatic group, its barber-shop quartet, every home has music in...

My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my...

My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my...

I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.

I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.

It's up to the audience. It always has been.

It's up to the audience. It always has been.

Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and...

Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and...

I could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors...

I could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors...

I have personally believed in every product I have ever advertised.

I have personally believed in every product I have ever advertised.

Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money...

Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money...

I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked...

I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked...