Barbara Cook Quotes:- Barbara Cook (October 25, 1927 – August 8, 2017) was an American actress and singer who first came to prominence in the 1950s as the lead in the original Broadway musicals Plain and Fancy (1955), Candide (1956) and The Music Man (1957) among others, winning a Tony Award for the last. She continued performing mostly in theatre until the mid-1970s when she began a second career as a cabaret and concert singer. She also made numerous recordings.
Inspirational Barbara Cook Quotes
“I have absolutely no desire and no thought of quitting ever.”
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
“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
“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
“I remember feeling that. I couldn’t do, nor did I want to do, the kinds of roles I’d been doing.”
Barbara Cook
“I look back at photographs and I remember at the time I thought I was not very attractive.”
Barbara Cook
“Young people who are just starting out somehow need to let you know they know how to sing.”
Barbara Cook
“On New Year’s Eve, we’re going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. It makes me feel good, because of all the people they could have had, they wanted me! We do have to do a little work with the rhythm section.”
Barbara Cook
