A Quote by Phil Donahue

Everybody is under pressure to shut up and sing. — © Phil Donahue
Everybody is under pressure to shut up and sing.
[NFL fans] wish they'd shut up and play football, and I think the vast majority of people, "Shut up and act! Shut up and sing! Shut up and star in your TV show! Just shut up and do what you do, but shut up!" I think they're wearing out their welcome.
Thatcher came under pressure from right wing backbenchers to shut up the Prince of Wales and there was a deal done between them where he did actually shut up in the end.
You know, once somebody knows you can sing Elphaba, it's like being able to sing Evita - people shut up about it already.
I definitely I prefer to sing in the car. I don't sing in the shower, maybe its because that's the one time I don't need to talk to anyone so I should just shut up, otherwise I'm just, you know, jibber jabber.
Just think about it," he said softly. "You can do practically anything. You can have practically everything. And none of it will keep you from being alone." "Shut up shut up...Everybody's alone." He nodded. "But some people learn how to live with it.
When I sing, people shut up.
I get a lot of "Shut up, Matilda." I probably get as many "Shut up, Matildas" as Wil Wheaton gets "Shut up, Wesleys." That was an actual line on his show, though.
I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.
If somebody's trying to shut you up, sing louder, and if possible, better.
I have heard more than once, 'Shut up and sing!' and I get it now.
As she left my room I knew I should shut up. But you know when you should shut up because you really should just shut up...but you keep on and on anyway? Well, I had that.
Our mandate is to sing for everyone. We don't just sing for one group or sing one genre... This is everybody's choir.
I threw up before every single football game I played, and I did so up through my NFL career. It was good pressure. It was pressure to be good. It was pressure to be the best. It was pressure to want to win.
Everybody's always asking me about my blood pressure. They did an interview once where they hooked me up to a blood pressure machine and they'd rile me. I'd yell and scream, and then it would just go back to normal in a few minutes. Everything else is probably rotting, but the blood pressure is spectacular.
When I was growing up everybody I knew could sing. I had no choice. I had to sing.
I never sing out loud because I'm afraid people will go, 'Shut up!'
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