Peggy Lee quotes
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“Retire? Not on your life. I have no plans to stop singing. What are you going to do when you love music? It's a terrible disease. You can't stop. Of course, I'd like to get off the road.”
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“What are you going to do when you love music? You can't stop.”
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“I knew I couldn't sing over them, so I decided to sing under them. The more noise they made the more softly I sang. When they discovered they couldn't hear me, they began to look at me. Then they began to listen. As I sang, I kept thinking, 'softly with feeling.' The noise dropped to a hum; the hum gave way to silence. I had learned how to reach and hold my audience -- softly, with feeling.”
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“I learned courage from Buddha, Jesus, Lincoln, Einstein, and Mr. Cary Grant.”
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“I really don't have that many run-ins. People by and large are very nice to me.”
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“The thing that I always notice that dates a record is the rhythm section. With a good arranger the music can be timeless. But, rhythm can change, because heaven knows, we didn't know rock was going to come in, did we?”
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“You should always look like a star. Otherwise people will lose a little of the esteem they have for you.”
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“I'm always happy when I'm cleaning, and besides, I had just found out that I was going to have a baby.”
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“One day he went away and I thought I'd die, but I didn't. And I said to myself: 'is that all there is to love?'”
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“If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing.”
-- Peggy LeeSource : Song: Is That All There Is?, 2003
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“I regard singing pretty much like acting. Each song is like playing a different role. I get very involved with my material. I feel a responsibility for the emotion it brings out in the listener.”
-- Peggy Lee
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