Bill Harley
Bill Harley
Bill Harley is a children's entertainer and storyteller who has been called "the Mark Twain of contemporary children's music" by Entertainment Weekly. He uses a range of musical styles and appeals to children and adults with quirky, heart-filled lyrics. He received the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album For Childrenfor his albums Blah Blah Blah: Stories About Clams, Swamp Monsters, Pirates & Dogs and Yes to Running! Bill Harley Live in 2007 and 2009, respectively. In addition to children's...
job listen sit vibrant
We're genetically coded to sit and listen to each other. Our job is to make it as vibrant and contemporary as we can.
heart everyday stories
Stories are at the very heart of being human; they talk about where we're from, where we are, and where we're going. They're like bread; you need to hear and tell them everyday.
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Every child needs a safe place to fall - a place where he or she can explore things without worrying about failure and judgment. A library is one of those places. In a library you can learn by following your own nose, which is very different from someone telling you what you should learn. Once a kid learns a library is hers, to use as she wants, the world opens up., I've seen it happen. It happened to me.
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It's really kind of a thankless task -- I mean, they get something out of it; they get to see music, and there's kind of a joy in choosing which musicians you want people to hear. But week after week, it's quite astounding.
book library noses
In the library I discovered that you could learn by following your nose. And I learned that a book was as close to a living thing as you could get without being one.
giving people trying
We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them.