Tom Glazer

Most performers don't admit this, because it sounds negative and performers are not supposed to be negative, but when I was on the road, I was lonely. ↗

— Tom Glazer

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I ended up performing on a full time basis and I never got to Julliard at all. ↗

— Tom Glazer

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I have a great interest in a number of things, perhaps too many. I admire people who seem to concentrate on only one fixed discipline to the exclusion of almost everything else. ↗

— Tom Glazer

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I met my wife in Washington, D.C. I was a senior in college. WW II was about to descend upon us. Jobs were starting to open up after a prolonged depression. ↗

— Tom Glazer

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I obtained a job at the Library of Congress. I loved books, so I felt at home. I was going to end up, I thought, majoring in English and teach at the college level. ↗

— Tom Glazer

#college #college level #congress #end #english

I started my career at the top and have been working my way downwards ever since. ↗

— Tom Glazer

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I taught myself to drive. I hope that the child in me never dies. ↗

— Tom Glazer

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I wrote the Brotherhood song for no money out of my deep feelings about humanity, and because I was flattered that whatever talents I had, had been recognized. ↗

— Tom Glazer

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I'm afraid I talk a lot, too much, perhaps. I should have been a lawyer or a college professor or a windy politician, though I'm glad I am not any of these. ↗

— Tom Glazer

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My Dad died during the flu epidemic in 1918 when I was 4 years old. He left a lot of classical recordings behind that I began listening to at an early age, so he must have been a music lover. ↗

— Tom Glazer

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