Vereen Quotes

#1. Ben Vereen is going to be on the show with me, too.

Liza Minnelli

#2. I grew up in Pittsburgh, and regularly, my parents would take us to the Holiday House Supper Club to see acts like Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughn, Ben Vereen, Freda Payne, Stephanie Mills, and The Temptations, to name a few.

Tamara Tunie

#3. Nine years after I had my own accident, I find that in trying to go back to doing those things that I used to do just doesn't fit. Everything seems to just fall apart. I don't know why but I think it is because I am this new creature.

Ben Vereen

#4. Everyone I've worked with has been good. You learn from the good, what's good, and you learn from the bad what not to do.

Ben Vereen

#5. People talk about love and it seems like a cliche but it's a real thing - the more love we spread around the world the more it's going to change lives.

Ben Vereen

#6. In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.

Barbara Kingsolver

#7. He says the best way out is always through. / And I can agree to that, or in so far / As that I can see no way out but through

Robert Frost

#8. I go to my grandchildren. They keep their grandpa informed on what's going on.

Ben Vereen

#9. I love sharing my story. It's endlessly healing.

Ben Vereen

#10. Our creator says, 'Here's your birth and here's your death' - and the rest are the things you learn on your journey. This was my experience - and the choice is, I can lay in the misery, or choose to learn from it and move on.

Ben Vereen

#11. This goes against everything that I am, Sarai," he says and then kisses me. "No, it doesn't," I whisper and kiss him back. "It's you becoming more of who you really are.

J.A. Redmerski

#12. Her name was Ellen and I loved her very much. She love to pick flowers and put them in vayses. What happen was like a horra movie. I never go see horra movies because on Halloween night in 1958 I lived thru one. My

Stephen King

#13. I don't dance like I used to, but I'm moving and I'll be doing my form of dance at Town Hall ... I hit my limitations but I learn to work with what I've got.

Ben Vereen

#14. The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.

Ben Vereen

#15. It ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard ya can get hit and keep moving' forward.

Someguy

#16. Purity is something that comes from another world. It's a radiance that enters into this world of transformation and change.

Frederick Lenz

#17. When people come and see my show, I try to infuse into them that they can walk away feeling like their lives are a victory.

Ben Vereen

#18. If you've done what you intended and if nobody tampered with it, then it's yours. And if people don't like it, then they just don't agree with you on that subject matter, and that's life.

Clint Eastwood

#19. Sometimes we look for those thunderous things to happen in our life for our lives to change or go in the other direction. We seek the miracle. We seek the parting of the seas, the moving of the mountains. But no, it's a quiet thing. At least for me it was.

Ben Vereen

#20. The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic.

Ben Vereen

#21. The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.

Ben Vereen

#22. At the end of the day, give up your worries and give thanks for the journey.

Ben Vereen

#23. I want to show people what the possibilities are if you take care of yourself and do the right thing.

Ben Vereen

#24. There's something in me that just wants to create dialogue.

David Mamet

#25. Live stage is being made as you go along. You feel the energy. There's nothing like a live audience.

Ben Vereen

#26. I used to dance, but now I only move.

Ben Vereen

#27. As I laid in the hospital bed I started thinking that I had a show to do. I was hoping the Doctor would put me together so I could do the show.

Ben Vereen

#28. I had a teacher, he was 86 years old and his name was Luigi in New York City, and he said, 'Never stop moving. You get to reinvent yourself.' So you have to find ways to reinventing yourself. Especially today, because it's a whole different market - social media is so important.

Ben Vereen

#29. I didn't know who Langston Hughes was till he met me backstage.

Ben Vereen

#30. The only art we can create is that which authentically reflects who we are. Our soul is the material for all we create. Thus, to nurture the artisan soul, essence is far more important than talent.

Erwin Raphael McManus

#31. So be encouraged and dedicate yourself to your dream and if your dream should come my way one day then we will dance upon the boards of life.

Ben Vereen

#32. I coach young people. I have a group called BTP - Broadway Theatre Project.

Ben Vereen

#33. Ive been blessed to be in a position to share (my experiences).

Ben Vereen

#34. What is lost because it is most precious
what is most precious because it is lost

Amiri Baraka

#35. Excessive wealth is a great problem masquerading as a great good.

Mardy Grothe

#36. You've got to make haste while it's still light of day. My godmother used to say, I don't want to rust out, I just want to work out. If you stand still long enough, people will throw dirt on you.

Ben Vereen

#37. If we plant the right seeds, tomorrow will be better. If you put out good things, then you'll get good things back. That's part of our responsibility as entertainers.

Ben Vereen