Jo Stafford

Songs suffer at the mercy of the performer. ↗

— Jo Stafford

#performer #songs #suffer

I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing. ↗

— Jo Stafford

#artists #comes #contract #dates #had

I had four or five years in school training as a soprano. I fell into pop singing because of economics. I got out of high school and had to go work, and they weren't hiring opera singers. ↗

— Jo Stafford

#economics #fell #five #four #go

I just learned my lyrics and tried not to bump into the trumpet player. That was my philosophy. ↗

— Jo Stafford

#i #into #just #learned #lyrics

I wasn't driven. I just really loved what I did. ↗

— Jo Stafford

#driven #i #just #loved #really

I'll probably never put out another album because I'm a tough critic of my work, and I don't think I could come up to those standards any more. ↗

— Jo Stafford

#another #any #because #come #could

I've got a computer, but I won't go near it. ↗

— Jo Stafford

#go #got #i #near #won

Songwriting is an art unto itself, not to be confused with performing. ↗

— Jo Stafford

#confused #itself #performing #songwriting #unto

The world is a pile of grunge. ↗

— Jo Stafford

#pile #world

There was never anything like it before in history. It was a different kind of joyous, happy screaming. ↗

— Jo Stafford

#before #different #different kind #happy #history