Top Tom Glazer Quotes - Quotesmemo.com

Tom Glazer Biography

Thomas Zachariah Glazer (September 2, 1914 – February 21, 2003) was an American folk singer and songwriter known primarily as a composer of ballads, including: "Because All Men Are Brothers", recorded by The Weavers and Peter, Paul and Mary, "Talking Inflation Blues", recorded by Bob Dylan, and "A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Anymore". He wrote the lyrics to the songs "Melody of Love" (1954), and "Skokian" (1954).

Read about Tom Glazer in Wikipedia

Random Authors

Tom Glazer Quotes

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

Career, Careers, Success, Way, Working

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.

Brotherhood, Feelings, Humanity, Song, Talents

Participation, I think, or one of the best methods of educating.

Method, Methods, Participation, Think, Thinking

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.

Depression, Jobs, Senior, Starting

When I listen to music today, it is about 99 percent classical. I rarely even listen to folk music, the music of my own specialty, because folk music is to me more limited than classical music.

Folk, Folks, Music, Today

I was asked by a group to write a song on the theme of brotherhood. This was before women's liberation, when brotherhood meant men and women both, so I wrote the song. Since I had always been very fond of the Passion Chorale, I wrote words to that great piece.

Asked, Chorale, Fond, Passion, Song, Writing

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.

Dad, Epidemics, Flu, Left, Listening, Years

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.

Lonely, Negative, Performers, Sound, Supposed

Things are forgotten and then perhaps picked up again, if we're lucky, it lasts. . . if not, then it's in the lap of the gods. The important thing was to do some work that I liked and hopefully that some others might also like, whether for a minute, a week, a month, a year.

Forgotten, Important, Like, Lucky, Thing, Years

For hundreds of years people have talked about artists having inspiration, but often, some persons would say, write us a symphony or write us a song, on commission. The artists would come up with a masterpiece without waiting to have their muse inspire them.

Artists, Come, Inspiration, Moving, Song, Talked

As I grew up, I was interested in other areas, too, especially literature. It became a major love of mine. Later, it became a difficult choice for me as to whether to major in music or literature. It wasn't until my 30s that I began a profession in music.

Areas, Difficult, Difficult Choices, Grew Up, Literature

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.

College, Fidgeting, Lawyer, Politician, Should Have, Talk

When people ask me what I do, strangers on a plane, perhaps, I tell them that I think. Thinking is excellent exercise, as much as swimming or jogging.

Excellent, Exercise, Swimming, Think, Thinking

With sincere modesty, if there is such a thing, I have never thought of legacy at all. I am always grateful if people like what I have done. A legacy is something no one can forsee.

Grateful, Humility, Legacy, Like, Pride

They say poets write mostly for themselves; if anyone else likes it, well and good, if not, it doesn't matter; certainly, not to me.

Likes, Matter, Poetry, Write, Writing

I published, privately, a collection of my serious poetry I had written over the years. I only published 50 copies, which I gave to friends, in a special deluxe edition. It was ridiculously expensive but I'm glad that I did it.

Expensive, Glad, Serious, Special, Years

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.

Book, Books, Felt, Home, Jobs, Teach