37 Quotes by Michael Feinstein

I wake up every day and count blessings.

For me, there is no point in doing a duet unless it is organic or there is an emotional thru line.

When Sondheim was visiting the Library of Congress, where the manuscript of 'Porgy and Bess' is housed, he was so overcome with emotion while holding the score in his hands that he shed a tear. He shed several tears, but one of the tears actually fell onto the original manuscript. And he was horrified.

My entire career proves to me that if you believe in what you're doing, you will reap the benefits.

I always try to get back to the original source of the song. It's not always there in the sheet music, which is sometimes just a sketchy blueprint of what the song is about.

There's a truth that comes through when an author performs his own work that is unique and special.

Sound preservation is not only the history of our culture and our country but also a document of life in the world. There is something with sound that is so extraordinary that it can be preserved, that we can listen to a recording made in 1925 and be transported back to that time.

Certainly the most requested song in performance is 'Love is Here to Stay,' and that is a favorite for me.

The arts are tremendously powerful in bringing people with opposing views together.