Barbara Cook: "I remember going into Joe Allen's , and you saying 'God, I hate you. You always make me cry. When you sing, you always make me cry.'"

Stephen Sondheim: "Well, you do. It's all about passion. It's what we do for a living. And when I say, do for a living, I do not mean money. It's what you invest of yourself."

-- Joyce Wadler, As quoted in Boldface, The New York Times, today.


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