Margaret Whiting

I had years of experience that I still needed to accumulate and go through. ↗

— Margaret Whiting

#experience #go #had #i #needed

Johnny Mercer was my father's best friend and became mine as well. And Harold Arlen, whom I would call Uncle Harry, and Harry Warren: those were ones who I really became close to. ↗

— Margaret Whiting

#became #best #best friend #call #close

Rosemary was a little nervous about going onstage, but she went on with us. I saw her at a party, and a couple of months later they called me about doing the act. ↗

— Margaret Whiting

#act #called #couple #doing #going

So many schools have cut the music classes out of their curriculum. We're trying to fill that gap by teaching the teachers how to educate the kids about their musical heritage. ↗

— Margaret Whiting

#classes #curriculum #cut #educate #fill

The musicians recommend that I sing a sing the way it is written the first time and then start to look for other notes that aren't in the melody. ↗

— Margaret Whiting

#first time #i #look #melody #musicians

The way I teach people to sing... I have them talk the lyric out until it sounds like something they really believe, like an actor with a monologue. ↗

— Margaret Whiting

#believe #i #like #lyric #monologue