I'll tell you what I would do in a shot...

Music Man

I'll tell you what I would do in a shot if I could. I would sing in the barbershop quartet in The Music Man.

- Ned Beatty

Quote of the Day

In such an environment, I was able to study things that could be of immediate usefulness to the world. That learning experience undoubtedly served me well when I eventually entered the work force.

- Koichi Tanaka

Other quotes by Ned Beatty

It always impresses me when a person of small stature has command.

- Ned Beatty

Depression

I've had this problem since I was in my 20s. They don't call it manic depression anymore. They call it a bipolar disorder, and I'm a Type 2.

- Ned Beatty

Talking Children Now

I'm blessed with eight children - though I'm talking about eight adults now.

- Ned Beatty

Work Want

I only really work when I want to.

- Ned Beatty

I was born just barely south of the Mason Dixon line.

- Ned Beatty

Time

I'm getting grumpier all the time.

- Ned Beatty

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My outlet is my music, and it's been this way since I was 4 years old.

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I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.

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Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a new light if we were to reintroduce the ancient idea of music being a reflection of nature.

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