I was very young at the time, and I mainly appreciated their vocal qualities, even though I was already living as they did - as black performers in a white world.
- Bobby Short
Living, Very, Though, Performers
Even in today's opera world, the position of the black tenor is problematic.
- Bobby Short
World, Opera, Even, Tenor
Once in a while, I try to sneak in something less known anyway.
- Bobby Short
Try, Once, Known, Sneak
If you try to do that in pop music - to play only rare show tunes, for example - people don't come.
- Bobby Short
Play, Show, Tunes, Pop Music
But life is tough and if you're creative, it's tougher.
- Bobby Short
Life, Tough, You, Tougher
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