Lesley Gore Quotes

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• You know, the interesting thing about having traveled around the country as much as I have, and I think it's sort of inadvertently what made…
• I can remember in the early 60s that there were a couple of really dynamic women performers at the time - Brenda Lee, there was…
• I think I turned to writing really just to wake up in the morning and be a musician and to have something to do, and…
• Given that there was that era of girl group music and it's still very popular, but I think if you looked at the chart from…
• Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, everything that's wonderful, Is sure to come your way
• Actually, the funny thing is, after all these years, I've got all these new songs to learn for the show we're doing at Joe's Pub,…
• It's my party and I'll cry if I want to.
• I meet a lot of young people in the Midwest, and I saw what a difference a show like In the Life can make to…
• You know, Quincy Jones was a great mentor, but he was a man in a man's world. Fortunately he's a very sensitive man and a…
• I don't know any other lifestyle. I get up in the morning and I really do feel that the world is my oyster, and I…
• And that's what got me to the piano, that's what got me up in the morning: a blank piece of paper and a hope to…
• And I thought, you know, a little gender confusion makes a better person. A little adversity in life at an early age. It's character building.
• I just kind of lived my life naturally and did what I wanted to do.
• Don't tell me what to do, don't tell me what to say. And please, when I go out with you, don't put me on display.
• You can only bite off so much, so you gotta know what you want to do.
• I think the record industry, by and large what's left of it, is still totally homophobic. I think it's much less so in the film…
• One night I saw them kissing at a party, so I kissed some other guy. Johnny jumped up and hit him, cause he still loved…
• Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't…
• The short story and the truth is that I was taking vocal lessons here in New York... One day, instead of my lesson, the piano…
• I worked with Carl Perkins on a number of shows. Live shows. He just showed up and played. He just killed. Killed! Man... he was…

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