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15 quotes by Tom Wopat

Thomas Steven "Tom" Wopat (born September 9, 1951) is an American actor and singer. He first achieved fame as Luke Duke in the long-running 1979 television series The Dukes of Hazzard, along with John Schneider. He also played Jeff, one of Cybill Shepherd's ex-husbands on the sitcom Cybill.
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It's amazing to hear, as a voice matures and then starts to decline, what kind of emotion is still conveyed by a really good vocalist.

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I think now I'm being taken a little more seriously. That's pure conjecture on my part.

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When Billie Holiday sings a song, I hear the song, but I always hear her and her truth.

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I did I Love My Wife on Broadway in 1978, and then went into television land. Now things are starting to come together in the way I thought they... →

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I sang opera, I sang show tunes. I got into a rock band for a while. I've sung a lot of different things.

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With Schubert, a lot of the melodies are very simple, but he's in this groove. He's in touch with his heart.

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I listen to Steely Dan. I really like Steely Dan.

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I'm facing upstage, with my back to the audience, and the spotlight comes up on my back as I start singing.

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I've made it clear to my agents that I want more interesting stuff.

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There were a couple of years when I wanted to be a football player, but I really always wanted to be a singer.

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As I've gone along, I felt like I was discovering an aspect of my voice that I didn't know was there: an ability to interpret a song in a way... →

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I have no experience performing that music live in front of an audience. So that remains to be seen. I'm very excited to see what that's... →

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The country experience was more of a departure. When you consider my education and my upbringing, you can see that was more of country rock outgrowth... →

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