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All Quotes by author - Alice Ripley
" All day I wait for my job, which I do at night, and once I get there, I walk a tightrope, jump through hoops, and take breathtaking dives. "
Wait
Night
Jump
" As a teen, 'Thunder Road' was always in my head. "
Head
Always
Thunder
" At the end of 'Next to Normal,' you can see the light. 'There will be light.' That's the reason the show exists. Those are the last four words. "
You
Words
See
" George Benson's 'This Masquerade' is my favorite version of Leon Russell's blue gem. "
Gem
Favorite
Version
" I am always talking to students and telling them how you have to practice every day because you can't wait for someone to hire you. You need something you do for yourself, something that feeds your creative life. "
You
I Am
Practice
" I come from the Midwest, from the suburbs - growing up hanging out at the mall and looking at the corn fields across the street. I kind of was embarrassed by it for a long time. Then I decided, 'Hey, if everyone else can embrace their homeland and where they're from, I can do the same!' "
Growing Up
Long
Street
" I have a soft spot for vintage movie houses covered in goo; what can I say? "
Vintage
Houses
Soft
" I'm a strong follower of hydrotherapy. "
Strong
Follower
" I'm drawn to raw material and raw emotions. "
Raw Material
Raw
Material
" I'm kind of a double middle child. "
Child
Middle
Kind
" It's hard being a Barbie doll all the time. "
Barbie
Being
Time
" I've been committed to personal growth since I was a teenager, and I'm a believer in the idea that your thought is the only thing that matters. "
Matters
Only
Personal
" I was always a big fan of 'Pippin' and 'Godspell,' even before I heard 'Meadowlark.' "
Heard
Always
Fan
" I was in the original cast of 'Sunset Boulevard.' I played Betty. But I wasn't on the cast album. "
Original
Boulevard
Album
" My favorite thing as a performing artist is to get a pile of raw material from a writer who says, 'Will you help me make this real?' There's nothing like starting from scratch. "
You
Nothing
Me
" My Mickey Mouse ears were given to me by a dear friend. They remind me of how I need to be silly. "
Mickey Mouse
Me
Friend
" Nothing is hanging on my walls. "
Walls
Nothing
Hanging
" Now, I come from a long line of narcissists. And I also have no kids - by choice - but I understand not being a mother and the pain that comes from that. "
Mother
Pain
Understand
" Parents are destined to sin against their kids; it's inevitable. As is narcissism and the human condition. Everyone has their ego and their ambitions. Life happens in between. "
Narcissism
Parents
Sin
" Part of the frustration of being bipolar is people don't understand what it feels like. "
People
Understand
Frustration
" Springsteen's 'Thunder Road' and Carole King's 'It's Too Late' are examples of why I am a singer/songwriter. I practice these songs every day. The melodies are timeless in the rock world, the lyrics are words that I need to say, and they need to be heard again. "
I Am
King
Practice
" There is genuine healing in a beautifully crafted musical theatre song, like Stephen Sondheim's 'Losing My Mind,' or a pop music gem like Joni Mitchell's 'Help Me.' "
Music
Theatre
Healing
" Uzo Aduba over at 'Godspell' is doing an even more entertaining Donald Trump than Donald Trump's Donald Trump. "
Over
Doing
Donald Trump
" When everything kind of hit the fan, my dad married Jo Anne, and suddenly there were five kids from the Ripleys and five kids from the Doughertys. Then my dad and Joanne had a baby. I usually have to make a diagram. "
Kind
Everything
Fan
" When I did 'Rocky Horror,' I didn't want to meet the audience afterward, because they'd been having a good time yelling names at me all night, and I didn't really want to tell them that I didn't have such a good time being yelled at all night. "
Time
Good
Having A Good Time
" When it comes to your creative life and what it's going to take, you will do a disservice to everybody if you just dabble. "
Creative
Going
Just
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