Bobby Short Quotes

Once in a while, I try to sneak in something less known anyway. - Bobby Short

If you try to do that in pop music - to play only rare show tunes, for example - people don't come. - Bobby Short

I was very young at the time, and I mainly appreciated their vocal qualities, even though I was already living as they did - as black performers in a white world. - Bobby Short

I listen constantly to classical music and I find that stretches my imagination. I listen to some contemporary and even cutting-edge things. - Bobby Short

Even in today's opera world, the position of the black tenor is problematic. - Bobby Short

But life is tough and if you're creative, it's tougher. - Bobby Short

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