I don't feel old, except in the morning once in a while, when I can't turn over properly and say, "What's that? When did that happen?" Our brain doesn't accept that. We're geared to last. Johnny Mathis More Quotes by Johnny Mathis More Quotes From Johnny Mathis In other words, the celebrity gets out of hand, and if youre not careful, you will forget what you are about - and that is you are about making music that people want to hear. Johnny Mathis want hands people I think there are a lot of people who really want to be famous, they really do. I don't. It sort of gets in the way of the everyday things that I do. Johnny Mathis everyday-things people thinking It's very much like opera singers. They do the same thing. The first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, the thing they think about is their voice and how to take care of it. Johnny Mathis morning night thinking Too much, too little, too late, to ever try again. Too much, too little, too late, let's end it being friends. Johnny Mathis too-late littles trying People are stubborn about what they perceive to be the right thing or the wrong thing, and it takes a long time to filter this human condition. There's a waiting period until people catch up. But if you have patience - which it takes when someone thinks differently from you - everybody always catches up. That patience is a wonderful virtue. Johnny Mathis you waiting time patience My mom and dad always tried to make Christmas special for us. We were poor, but it's funny because we had no idea. Johnny Mathis dad christmas mom funny I had stage fright for years and years, and I could hear it in my singing. But since I've done it so often for so many years, you'd think that I'd relax a little bit, and I think that I have. Johnny Mathis think you relax singing Every performer has a little gem, a little pearl they have done that nobody pays much attention to. And then one day, somebody does recognize it, which is so gratifying. Johnny Mathis nobody day one-day attention I think it's important to cultivate as many people as you can to see which ones you jive with. And it makes you happy. If one dies, you have another one. So living is a process that you have to do by yourself, and if you can learn a few little goodies along the way that might make it easier for you, so much the better. Johnny Mathis yourself you happy people I was a mediocre basketball player. But I was there, and I could remember the plays. And my basketball coach, after he retired from teaching, would come to my performances all the time. And I was very happy about that, because I was not memorable as a basketball player. Johnny Mathis memorable happy time remember I'm always thinking about songs and how I can sing a song that would resonate with my voice, my persona. I want it to be a pleasant experience that's not just about hearing my voice. I remember some singers whose voices were so pretty, it didn't matter what they sang - you loved it. Johnny Mathis you experience song thinking The world changes. The world is completely different now from when I was growing up. Back then, you didn't say things like they say now, out loud, about race and things. But that's just progress. When are we going to find out that we're all the same - we're all absolutely, without a doubt, the same? Johnny Mathis you progress growing-up world I've found that the more friends I have, the luckier I am. Johnny Mathis i-am more friends found I was really active athletically, definitely. I was a hurdler, a sprinter. I played basketball for years. I was a serious athlete. Johnny Mathis serious basketball athlete years I cannot tell you how lucky I am: the songs that I sing, I like! Johnny Mathis i-am like you lucky My mom loved my Christmas music, so I did an awful lot of it! Johnny Mathis loved music christmas mom
