I sang opera, I sang show tunes. I got into a rock band for a while. I’ve sung a lot of different things. – Tom Wopat
With Schubert, a lot of the melodies are very simple, but he’s in this groove. He’s in touch with his heart. – Tom Wopat
There’s a guy at the record company who’s 30, and he says, I would not listen to these songs except in this context. Somehow the recording process, the arrangements, make it more accessible. – Tom Wopat
I’m facing upstage, with my back to the audience, and the spotlight comes up on my back as I start singing. – Tom Wopat
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 of my popular music aspirations. – Tom Wopat
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 that makes it more accessible. – Tom Wopat
When you’re doing the traditional musicals, singing songs that are 40 and 50 years old, you realize there’s a reason why those musicals are hits. These are amazing songs! – Tom Wopat
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. – Tom Wopat
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 might when I was a kid. – Tom Wopat
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 going to be like. – Tom Wopat
There were a couple of years when I wanted to be a football player, but I really always wanted to be a singer. – Tom Wopat
