Musical Aspirant Mugs

". . . And now for a golden oldie! A blast from the past!"

"I would like a tube of lemon yellow, cadmium red, cobalt blue, ivory, black, and zinc white, a sixteen-by-twenty canvas, a couple of brushes, and that book 'Painting in Oils'."

"An actor, you say? Guess you caught the acting-like-a-waiter bug."

What else is there to wish for?

"I'm gonna be a 'New Yorker' cartoonist. You're not supposed to understand it."

"Oh, don't mind that, it's just my body of unseen work."

'Miss Donahue would give him an F.'

"My wife has always encouraged me... ...to quit this stupid dream and get a real job." ... "You have a wife?"

'I really wanted to only take accounting courses, but my parents made me take this cartooning class so I would have something to fall back on.'

Music Hall Dancers

Children's Imagination

Sir Conrad Murgatroyd

"Obviously, I can't fly like you, but if you teach me, I can probably sing like you..."

Brian, I hope you're taking this seriously.

"Nobody at school will laugh at me."

"These songbirds every morning at five A.M. would be really annoying if they weren't so damn talented."

'I have never seen a resume prepared in pastels and oil paint. How long have you been unemployed?'

"If I had it all to do over again, I would have liked to be the King of Swing."

"She gets her musical ability from me."

"I've made a fortune as a successful artist! I couldn't see this happening if I became a soldier or a worker..."

'I told you I'd make you a star.'

"That'll be the day!"

Move Up In The World or Down Hill All The Way.

'Oh Rats! I can't be creative with a box of flat crayons!'

'Today's unwilling nude model is Ralph.'

'While my guitar gently creeks.'

'I need to practice painting the human figure, MOM! Models cost money!"

'Buy this house sir, and you could be a star in a DIY make-over programme!'

"I've been an emerging artist for ten years now..."

"Is this speech pie-in-the-sky nonsense or aspirational?"

"I owe my success to him. I figured, if he can make it, so can I."

"We could start a band."