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"Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to do without applause."
"The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten."
"For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like that of feeling and hearing the evidence of the audience members' enjoyment. Laughter and applause really are powerful."
"The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me."
"To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still."
"I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit."
Explore more quotes by Anita Baker
"Long tresses down to the floor can be beautiful, if you have that, but learn to love what you have."
"I'm picking and choosing in terms of the stress factor. If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it."
"Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history."
"You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family."
"I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the more complex it becomes, so I just try to keep it at a minimum."
"We don't do drugs, drink or use profanity. Instead we instill morals and values in my boys by raising them with a love of God and a love and respect for themselves and all people. I believe they will have a chance."
"I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album."
"Applause felt like approval, and it became a drug that soothed the pain, but only temporarily."
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