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Tom Wopat

"There were a couple of years when I wanted to be a football player, but I really always wanted to be a singer."

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"There were a couple of years when I wanted to be a football player, but I really always wanted to be a singer."

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"Football is what keeps me going, what makes me prosper, and what will keep me straight."

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"I don't know much about football but everyone seems to say that it is all about possession."

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"I met Jack Bruce, one of my heroes, in a studio while doing some recording. England had just beat Scotland in a big football match and I saw Jack trying to break into this refrigerator in the lounge, drunk out of his brain, and I didn't know what to say."

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"That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn and cigar smoke reminds me of the stadium. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice."

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"As long as I own this football team and long after I'm gone, they will always be the Washington Redskins."

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"I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage."

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"We've got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it's the only place it's played in the world."

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"Al Michaels is a good announcer. I think Keith Jackson is a terrific announcer. I always loved him on Monday Night Football. I never understood why they got rid of him."

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"With Schubert, a lot of the melodies are very simple, but he's in this groove. He's in touch with his heart."
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"I sang opera, I sang show tunes. I got into a rock band for a while. I've sung a lot of different things."
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"I have no experience performing that music live in front of an audience. So that remains to be seen. I'm very excited to see what that's going to be like."
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"When you're doing the traditional musicals, singing songs that are 40 and 50 years old, you realize there's a reason why those musicals are hits. These are amazing songs!"
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"I've made it clear to my agents that I want more interesting stuff."
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"I'm facing upstage, with my back to the audience, and the spotlight comes up on my back as I start singing."
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"As I've gone along, I felt like I was discovering an aspect of my voice that I didn't know was there: an ability to interpret a song in a way that makes it more accessible."
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