Johnny Mathis
Birthday: 30 September 1935, Gilmer, Texas, USA
Birth Name: John Royce Mathis
Height: 171 cm
He was the fourth of seven children born to Clement and Mildred Mathis. His father performed briefly in vaudeville and exposed all of the Mathis siblings to music. Before he entered his teens, young J ...Show More
For the first 20 years of my life, I think, I sang standing with my eyes closed and my fists clenche Show more
For the first 20 years of my life, I think, I sang standing with my eyes closed and my fists clenched. Mostly it didn't bother the people in the audience, but it did bother the critics, so much that I got horrible reviews, terrible. They said 'He has no stage presence', 'He's shy', 'He doesn't know what to do between songs', 'He fidgets', 'When he sings, he closes his eyes and just goes off and...' Those reviews bothered me a great deal. But I lived with it. And then finally one day all the reviews became positive. And I hadn't changed at all, it's just that they finally decided that they liked what I was doing. Hide
If you really want to learn about a person, play a round of golf with him or her. You'll learn how t Show more
If you really want to learn about a person, play a round of golf with him or her. You'll learn how they treat their dog, their husband or wife, and their children. You'll learn how they react to missed opportunities, because that's all golf is--a lot of missed opportunities. Hide
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Johnny Mathis