Jo Stafford Quotes

"You knew after eight bars that you were hearing something just absolutely new and unique."
- Jo Stafford
(Related: Hearing)

"When rock came in, I wasn't bitter about it. I was puzzled."
- Jo Stafford

"Whatever fame came did so not because I sought it."
- Jo Stafford
(Related: Fame)

"There was never anything like it before in history. It was a different kind of joyous, happy screaming."
- Jo Stafford
(Related: History)

"The world is a pile of grunge."
- Jo Stafford
(Related: World)

"Songwriting is an art unto itself, not to be confused with performing."
- Jo Stafford
(Related: Art)

"I've got a computer, but I won't go near it."
- Jo Stafford
(Related: Computer)

"I wasn't driven. I just really loved what I did."
- Jo Stafford

"I just learned my lyrics and tried not to bump into the trumpet player. That was my philosophy."
- Jo Stafford
(Related: Philosophy)

"I had four or five years in school training as a soprano. I fell into pop singing because of economics. I got out of high school and had to go work, and they weren't hiring opera singers."
- Jo Stafford
(Related: Work, Economics, Hiring, Opera, School, Singing, Training, Years)

"I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing."
- Jo Stafford
(Related: Artists, Nothing)

"Songs suffer at the mercy of the performer."
- Jo Stafford
(Related: Mercy, Songs)