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 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.
Even in today's opera world, the position of the black tenor is problematic. Bobby Short
Even in today's opera world, the position of the black tenor is problematic.
But life is tough and if you're creative, it's tougher. Bobby Short
But life is tough and if you're creative, it's tougher.
If you try to do that in pop music - to play only rare show tunes, for example - people don't come. Bobby Short
If you try to do that in pop music - to play only rare show tunes, for example - people don't come.
Once in a while, I try to sneak in something less known anyway. Bobby Short
Once in a while, I try to sneak in something less known anyway.