Betty Buckley Quotes

Broadway has changed tremendously from the early days when the shows were referred to as musical comedies. Musical Theater is now a more expanded art form. Back then, singer/actors were not the norm. From the 60’s to now, it is necessary to do it all to be a consummate Broadway performer.

Everything good that I know was taught to me by great teachers and I feel like giving back and sharing the technique is the thing to do.

I have never experienced racism in the feminist movement, so it concerned me to think that I was unable to see the subject clearly because I came from white, middle-class privilege.

It was critical to finding a way out. I had assumed young women knew the history of feminism and must have felt gratitude to the movement for the opportunities that the work we have done has afforded them.

Well, the teacher I studied with for nineteen and a half years was a man named Paul Gavert. He was a great lieder singer, so basically Im a trained lieder singer because of that teacher. The teacher I currently study with – since 1995 – is Joan Lader, who also studied with Gavert.

I love Mary Chapin Carpenter songs. I love her songs ‘Come On, Come On’ and ‘I Am A Town’, they’re two of my favorite songs.

Good performance is about the capacity to focus and concentrate.

The pure connecting factor is that those of us who describe ourselves as feminists want equal rights for all people.

Usually, I fly in the day before a concert so your voice can acclimate to the new environment.

Our stories are different; our pain is the same.

We cant compare stories. We can only know in our hearts that we are the same. That may be the best we can do.

I was hugely relieved to discover there was a purpose for girls with loud voices.