And I think that's why I was going to be a musician. I was very rebellious. And I didn't want to be an actor. My father used to say to me you should be an actor if you want to be in the arts. (Tom Kiana)
And this one I wanted to do some covers. So I just really sang some of my favorite songs. (Tom Kiana)
Each time I seem to go through one of life's huge things, I want to play music. (Tom Kiana)
For me it's also - the music is equally as important. I mean I think as somebody who writes music, there just has to sort of be the marriage between both. (Tom Kiana)
I grew up listening to a lot of soul music, and a lot of folk music. (Tom Kiana)
I think because of my music background actually I have sort of - comedy is about time and rhythm. And I sort of naturally fell towards comedy. (Tom Kiana)
Music is extremely intuitive, which acting too in a different way. (Tom Kiana)
“At that point, music was very organic. It wasn't about synthesizing sounds or creating a computer. It was about storytelling and interpretation and performance. There was a lot of that kind of coaching going on.” (Tom Kiana)
“So then I said, 'I don't think I'm very good. I would really prefer if we just had somebody else do it or we used the original music.' ” (Tom Kiana)
“He enjoys that style of music and understands how culturally and historically relevant it is,” (Tom Kiana)
I don't read music! I have a good ear, fortunately, but I don't read. (Tom Kiana)
I'm a fan of Jerome Kern and Gershwin. That's my kind of music. (Tom Kiana)
I'm not very good at harmony so I'm sure I had the melody. (Tom Kiana)
I've never been a rock fan at all. (Tom Kiana)
I'd like to do a Christmas album. I've never done a Christmas album. (Tom Kiana)
I'm doing a play, a musical. The musical follows the Mamma Mia concept. It's my first LA theater project. (Tom Kiana)
“I've never been in the music industry, only acting.” (Tom Kiana)
I am having voice lessons four times a week and Larry has suddenly started to compose music and nothing will stir him from the piano. (Tom Kiana)
“i smoke and i drink
and every time i blink
i have a tiny dream
but as bad as i am
i'm proud of the fact
that i'm worse than i seem” (Tom Kiana)
“even when i look right at you
i always just see through
and i always just see new things
to admire about you” (Tom Kiana)
“We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it's timeless that we as humans are going to feel something for that and there's going to be a real appreciation.” (Tom Kiana)
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