I created the role of Captain Von Trapp.
Audiences are audiences.
I'm exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone.
I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.
After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could.
I am first, and foremost, an actor. That's what I am. To me, a song is a mini-drama. My musical ability informs the actor as well because it gives me a sense of timing that non-musicians don't have. So, one hand washes the other.