David Friedman
David Friedman
David Friedmanis an American jazz percussionist. His primary instruments are vibraphone and marimba...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth10 March 1944
CountryUnited States of America
letter listened mine saved somebody
I was talking to my spiritual advisor. I got a letter from somebody who said that they were about to kill themselves, but they listened to a song of mine and it saved their lives.
firefighter records albums
I wanted to produce Nancy LaMott's albums, so I created my own record company.
christmas goodbye kings
I have a musical called Goodbye and Good Luck, based on a Grace Paley short story. I also have King Island Christmas, and there are 20 different productions of it this year.
funny peace children
The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.
cause line songs
It's an interesting line that I walk. The AIDS crisis has done a lot for my songs and made them proliferate, and my songs have contributed a lot to that cause as well.
For Benny, it was not about him; it was about family, friends and teamwork. He was proud, yet unpretentious.
music works
I publish my own music. I'm creating my own songbook. It works that way for me; I'm very independent.
david famous hear songwriter time took
I may not be the most famous songwriter in the world, but you know a David Friedman song when you hear it. It took me a long time to appreciate that.
ending serious test
This will be a real test about how serious he is about ending this addiction.
people
When my writing really started to take off was when I made a decision that I would write only what I wanted to write, and if 10 people wanted to hear it, that's fine.
concerned secret since wrote
I have been writing since I was about 20, and at first I wrote in secret and never showed anybody. I was very concerned about making a living, so I conducted.
album containing horses putting recording songbook studying thinking time war
I've been doing a lot of studying singing, and I'm thinking of recording an album containing all my old war horses and putting out a songbook at the same time.
gigantic high needed singers
For Hunchback, we needed this live, gigantic choir. So we went to London and said, This is Disney! I need singers who can sing high D's, hold them for 18 seconds, and do it 60 times!
feels
It sometimes feels like I'm not doing anything.