A Quote by Heather Headley

I had left 'Ragtime' - and 'Ragtime' was a completely different beast, no pun intended, than 'The Lion King'.

Heather Headley

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Heather Headley
Trinidadian - Musician
Born: October 5, 1974

What is scurrilously called ragtime is an invention that is here to stay. That is now conceded by all classes of musicians... All publication s masquerading under the name of ragtime are not the genuine article... That real ragtime of the higher class is rather difficult to play is a painful truth which most pianists have discovered. Syncopations are no indication of light or trashy music... Joplin ragtime is destroyed by careless or imperfect rendering, and very often players lost the effect entirely by playing too fast.

Scott Joplin

Ragtime has about the same amount of respect as comics. And in a way they're similar art forms. Ragtime is highly compositional, and the emotion in the music is built in, whereas in jazz a lot of that emotion comes from the way it's performed.

Chris Ware

One day the 'Maple Leaf' will make me King of Ragtime Composers.

Scott Joplin

Always say 'no pun intended' to draw attention to the intended pun.

Teju Cole

Always say no pun intended to draw attention to the intended pun.

Teju Cole

Ragtime was my lullaby.

Hoagy Carmichael

But things were different now. I finally had my head -pun intended- on straight.

Meg Cabot

Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.

Russell Lynes

It is never right to play ragtime fast.

Scott Joplin

The first musical I ever saw was 'Ragtime.'

Brandon Victor Dixon

'Kiss Me, Kate' was my 'Ragtime' Tony.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

The first time I really had an influence on a show was during 'Ragtime.' It's still the most magical show that I've ever done.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

New Orleans had a great tradition of celebration. Opera, military marching bands, folk music, the blues, different types of church music, ragtime, echoes of traditional African drumming, and all of the dance styles that went with this music could be heard and seen throughout the city. When all of these kinds of music blended into one, jazz was born.