David Friedman
David Friedman
David Friedmanis an American jazz percussionist. His primary instruments are vibraphone and marimba...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth10 March 1944
CountryUnited States of America
earth
What on earth is an optometrist from Massachusetts doing on this stage?
clearly reason
There is clearly not going to be a reconciliation here, and she has every reason and right to want to go on with her life,
goes realize songs time trust
As time goes by, I realize that I do trust the wind. And I often write my songs for myself.
cars corn efficiency ethanol improve none serious work
Corn ethanol can help in the short term, but it has serious limitations, and none of this is going to work if we don't dramatically improve the efficiency of our cars and trucks.
came deeply extremely intense love personal several songs written year
I've written several deeply personal songs this year, which I really love. Some of them came out of intense sadness. This has been an extremely difficult year for me.
teacher
My first career was as a coach and a teacher.
benefit direct duke
I write and direct the Duke University Children's Hospital Benefit every year.
becomes large music realized success value
In the music industry, we value large success. I realized that while I would like that, that it's not what my writing is about. And if I start making it about that, it becomes impure.
fought spent
I fought for years and spent a fortune fighting and never got anywhere.
trying
I'm trying to have everything that I put into the world be something that makes a difference in the way I want to make a difference.
feels
It sometimes feels like I'm not doing anything.
gigantic high needed singers
For Hunchback, we needed this live, gigantic choir. So we went to London and said, This is Disney! I need singers who can sing high D's, hold them for 18 seconds, and do it 60 times!
concerned secret since wrote
I have been writing since I was about 20, and at first I wrote in secret and never showed anybody. I was very concerned about making a living, so I conducted.
christmas goodbye kings
I have a musical called Goodbye and Good Luck, based on a Grace Paley short story. I also have King Island Christmas, and there are 20 different productions of it this year.