Art Quote by Ethel Merman

To a bookish boy in a Boston suburb in the mid-1970s, the lyrics of Cole Porter came as something of a revelation.

— Amor Towles

Sam Phillips responded most to a song of mine called, "Hey Porter," which was on the first record.

— Johnny Cash

I could turn on my radio in the morning when I was getting dressed for school and hear Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington and…

— Woody Allen

Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me

— Ethel Merman

Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist

— Ethel Merman

Ultimately, Cole Porter's music might say more about his life than any biography could. His songs, with their witty lyrics and debonair style, are…

— Stephen McCauley

“No. It's bad for me. Cole Porter wrote the words and the music. This knowledge that you're going mad for me.”

— Ernest Hemingway

Listening to Nat Cole prompted me to sing sentimental songs with distinct diction.

— Chuck Berry

Cole sat back up, slowly, and I opened my eyes. His expression, as ever, was blank, the face he wore when something mattered. He…

— Maggie Stiefvater

Where my fuckin' boys and my duffle bags swinging, the way I reach notes man I oughta be singin'.

— Tity Boy

“Why did you even come here, Cole?” I touched her chin. This place, this beautiful place, this girl, this beautiful girl, this music, this…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“Cole exhales coughing. "You best back it up buckaroo- before I turn you black and blue.”

— Giorge Leedy