"I knew I couldn't sing over them, so……" — Peggy Lee
"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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Peggy Lee
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12 Quotes by Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee has 12 quotes on this site.
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Is That All There Is?
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I learned courage from Buddha, Jesus, Lincoln, Einstein, and Mr. Cary Grant.
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You cant beat The Beatles, you join em.
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Retire? Not on your life. I have no plans to stop singing. What are you going to do when you…
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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…
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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…
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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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The thing that I always notice that dates a record is the rhythm section. With a good arranger the music…
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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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What are you going to do when you love music? You can't stop.
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If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing.
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If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.
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