Songflowerman on teaching music to young kids, 2005

They’re missing the personal aspect of music. Everything’s like a cartoon--they watch so much cartoons. And there’s hardly anybody out there who’s just doing a live show, somebody who’s actually a person and will talk to them and listen to them. I think that’s what’s missing. I think that’s why I wanted to be a music teacher.

From a profile of the music teacher Songflowerman (a.k.a. comedian and opera singer Tom Anzalone), on NPR's All Things Considered