Barbara Cook Quotes

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“Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.”

Barbara Cook

“I have absolutely no desire and no thought of quitting ever.”

Barbara Cook

“I look back at photographs and I remember at the time I thought I was not very attractive.”

Barbara Cook

“I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7.”

Barbara Cook

“On Saturday afternoons, there was a film, of course, and then we did about four shows between the films. And I would do a tap dance, a little military tap.”

Barbara Cook

“Young people who are just starting out somehow need to let you know they know how to sing.”

Barbara Cook

Barbara Cook Bio:

Barbara Cook (born October 25, 1927) is an American singer and actress who first came to prominence in the 1950s after starring in the original Broadway musicals Candide (1956) and The Music Man (1957) among others, winning a Tony Award for the latter. She continued performing mostly in theatre until the mid 1970s, when she began a second career that continues to this day as a cabaret and concert singer.

During her years as Broadway’s leading ingénue Cook was lauded for her excellent lyric soprano voice. She was particularly admired for her vocal agility, wide range, warm sound, and emotive interpretations. As she has aged her voice has taken on a darker quality, even in her head voice, that was less prominent in her youth.