Carnegie Quotes

The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so.

How do I get to Carnegie Hall?

Carnegie Hall was real fabulous, but you know, it ain't as big as the Grand Ole Opry.

How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. Practice. Practice.

An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.

I made it, Ma - Carnegie Hall. And I didn't have to practice.

I wanted to be a concert pianist at Carnegie Hall; that is what I wanted to do from really early on. I actually was the accompanist for a couple of the musicals I was in growing up.

I disagreed with Carnegie's ideas on how best to distribute his wealth. I spent mine!

I used to have this slight speech implement and couldn't remember things before I took the Sam Carnegie course.

Matt Bomer and I went to Carnegie Mellon for drama together.

I did theater at Carnegie, and in Pittsburgh and New York.

I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, which was in Carnegie Hall, which itself was exciting - just to walk into it.

My second epiphany came as an intern at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The man I worked for was consumed with what was going on in Bosnia. And the more I knew [about it] the more saddened I was. There were these images of emaciated men behind barbed wire.... It was like, I've got to find a way to do something.

I knew Bill Cunninghamn personally, in the way that most people know him - you don't really know that much about him. So I had never been in his apartment, as most people hadn't. I really had no idea how he lived. I knew he lived in Carnegie Hall, but that was it, and I didn't really understand. I knew that he worked hard, I just didn't realize that that was what he does, that's basically all he does

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. How do you get away from it? Improvise.

Tom Carnegie will never be replaced.

I did get to sing at Carnegie Hall when they were made Landmarks! I sang ALL THAT JAZZ with the NY Pops ...what a total thrill.