John Davidson quotes

And the difficultest job a man can do, Is to come it brave and meek with thirty bob a week, And feel that that's the proper thing for you. It's a naked child against a hungry wolf; It's playing bowls upon a splitting wreck; It's walking on a string across a gulf With millstones fore-and-aft about your neck; But the thing is daily done by many and many a one. And we fall, face forward, fighting, on the deck. (John Davidson)
I don't know why people are so surprised by my live performances. View quote
John Davidson
Physical activity can get you going when you are immobilized. Get action in your life, and don't just talk about it. Get into the arena! View quote
John Davidson
My approach is so simple; every song I sing, every story I tell, every move I make, must move the audience to laughter, tears, or inspiration. Otherwise, why do it? It's the communication. View quote
John Davidson
In White Plains I wasn't theatrical at all. I was a model and I used to take the train into New York three days a week to do travelogue work. View quote
John Davidson
Singing well has always been important to me, but the most important factor is the connection to the audience. View quote
John Davidson
Business – the world's work – is the sale of lies: Not goods, but trade-marks; and still more and more In every branch becomes the sale of money. View quote
John Davidson
One must become Fanatic – be a wedge – a thunder-bolt To smite a passage through the close-grained world. View quote
John Davidson
Farewell the hope that mocked, farewell despair That went before me still and made the pace. The earth is full of graves, and mine was there Before my life began; my resting-place. View quote
John Davidson
Mere by-blows are the world and we, And time within eternity A sheer anachronism. View quote
John Davidson
That minister of ministers, Imagination, gathers up The undiscovered Universe, Like jewels in a jasper cup. (John Davidson)
My feet are heavy now but on I go, My head erect beneath the tragic years. View quote
John Davidson
Unwilling friend, let not your spite abate; Help me with scorn, and strengthen me with hate. View quote
John Davidson
Seraphs and saints with one great voice Welcomed that soul that knew not fear. Amazed to find it could rejoice, Hell raised a hoarse, half-human cheer. View quote
John Davidson