Flowing songs and stuttered speech: Creative Expression Inside-Out with Rebecca Klein

March 18, 2019 Uri Schneider

She stutters when she speaks, but not when she sings. What is going on in that beautiful mind?Watch and see - and LISTEN - to Rebecca.

Rebecca is an incredibly dignified, courageous and articulate woman. We are sure you will agree after you hear what she has to say (and sing.) She uses her voice to express vivid images and powerful emotions - struggle and pain as well as friendship and acceptance. Likely, you will find yourself full of emotion as you watch and listen to Rebecca. We encourage you to focus on the message of her words as she demonstrates poise and poetry to express herself.
Then, wait for (or skip to 8:14) the moment Rebecca transitions from delivering spoken words as she stands behind a lectern, and switches to sit on a stool in center stage with a guitar and singing sweet song (written, composed and performed by the one and only, Rebecca Klein.)

Gala Performance at SAY: The Stuttering Association For The Young, April 16th, 2012. SAY (previously known as Our Time) is an artistic home for young people who stutter. For more information go to http://www.say.org/ (See lyrics below.)

“Ticking Clock” Step right up to the center of the stage Tell me what’s your name It looks like you’ve been battered, you’ve been bruised By the way you talk But don’t mind the ticking clock Just one more abusive thought To keep me up at night FocusING on the details of your life Tell me what’s it like To be alone where no one knows the ache Of a thousand locks ‘Cause sometimes this ticking clock Like a time bomb, it just goes off And I know you’ve got so much to say So let them rain ‘Cause you fill me up with your voice They’re all the same But us, we’ve got a choice To step right up to the center of a stage And say our names I know we’re all battered, we’re all bruised By the way we talk But don’t mind the ticking clock Hung there, on the wall ‘Cause I know it can’t be stopped But our words are much more than thoughts

Rebecca Klein (Lyrics)