Peggy Lee Quotes

• 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.

  Peggy Lee

  Learning, Thinking, Silence

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• If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing.

  Peggy Lee

  Dance, Dancing, My Friends

  Song: Is That All There Is?, 2003

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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.

  Peggy Lee

  Singing, Disease, Music Love

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• You should always look like a star. Otherwise people will lose a little of the esteem they have for you.

  Peggy Lee

  Stars, People, Looks

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• What are you going to do when you love music? You can't stop.

  Peggy Lee

  Music, Jazz, Defense Mechanisms

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• I learned courage from Buddha, Jesus, Lincoln, Einstein, and Mr. Cary Grant.

  Peggy Lee

  Jesus, Grants

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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

  Song, Responsibility, Singing

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• I try to project not only a song but a personality.

  Peggy Lee

  Song, Personality, Trying

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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?'

  Peggy Lee

  One Day, Greatest Love, Said

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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?

  Peggy Lee

  Rocks, Heaven, Records

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• They weren't really weddings, just long costume parties. (on three of her weddings)

  Peggy Lee

  Party, Long, Three

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• You cant beat The Beatles, you join em.

  Peggy Lee

  Ems, Beats, Cant

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• I really don't have that many run-ins. People by and large are very nice to me.

  Peggy Lee

  Running, Nice, People

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• Is That All There Is?

  Peggy Lee

  Sad

  Song: Is That All There Is?, 2003

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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.

  Peggy Lee

  Baby, Cleaning, Found

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