When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience. David Antin Read Quote
You pay your money, you take your choice. I get the audience my language attracts and I lose the ones it repels. David Antin Read Quote
A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in a white suit with a pair of binoculars. David Antin Read Quote
I reserve the right to tell shaggy dog stories or even common jokes as part of what I’m doing. I don’t give a damn if half the audience walks out. David Antin Read Quote
I’m not sure what theory is, unless it’s the pursuit of fundamental questions. David Antin Read Quote
I tended to emphasize the secular, the casual, the colloquial, the vernacular against the sacred. David Antin Read Quote
I’ve always had a strong feeling for the Statue of Liberty, because it became the statue of my personal liberty. David Antin Read Quote
While I don’t script and I don’t use other performers, I think my taste for underlying precision gives me something in common with Allan and George Brecht. David Antin Read Quote
For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for a commonplace melodic setting. David Antin Read Quote
I’m aware of my audience in a way, and I do try to engage with them while I’m trying to go about my business of thinking. I believe they help me by providing a focus. David Antin Read Quote