Brenda Lee Quotes

• Brother, if you want to get the lowdown, Come along and let's all have a hoedown.

  Brenda Lee

  Brother, Want, Ifs

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• The amazing thing is that I'm sane. I'm not bitter. I'm not drugged out. I'm not broke. I'm still married to the same guy. My children don't hate me.

  Brenda Lee

  Children, Hate, Guy

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• I still don't look at myself as a star. I've always had a thankful heart.

  Brenda Lee

  Stars, Heart, Thankfulness

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• God has never disappointed me.

  Brenda Lee

  Disappointed

  "The Uncut Brenda Lee Interview". Interview with Scott Ross, www.cbn.com.

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• I still sing because I love the sound of applause, because it's who I am, and because I still can.

  Brenda Lee

  Who I Am, Sound, Applause

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• I've spent an awful lot of my time in the air. I've had everything happen to me in a plane that could happen. Except a crash.

  Brenda Lee

  Air, Awful, Crash

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• I believe I became one of the first singers to be launched via television exposure. I guess I was a new kind of musical stylist for a new kind of media.

  Brenda Lee

  Believe, Media, Musical

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• I dont think you ever get tired of the well-written, well-crafted songs.

  Brenda Lee

  Song, Tired, Thinking

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• I was nuts about Elvis, like every girl in America.

  Brenda Lee

  Girl, Redneck, Nuts

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• I gave up my childhood for a career.

  Brenda Lee

  Careers, Childhood, Gave Up

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• John Lennon was very irreverent and very intelligent.

  Brenda Lee

  Intelligent, Lennon, Irreverent

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• I didnt really have an agenda for my talent. I just wanted to be able to sing.

  Brenda Lee

  Agendas, Able, Talent

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• The music business can be very cold. And it doesn't honor its elders.

  Brenda Lee

  Honor, Cold, Music Business

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• I always loved reading. I always was the spelling bee champion. I always loved words. I always wanted to know what they meant, why you used them, who first said them. I was always interested in that.

  Brenda Lee

  Reading, Champion, Firsts

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• The Beatles were raw musically, but I think they really had something.

  Brenda Lee

  Thinking

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• I had been singing since I was 3 years old, so my love of singing was always there.

  Brenda Lee

  Years, Singing

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• Im Sorry was one of the first songs to come out of Nashville using strings.

  Brenda Lee

  Im Sorry, Song, Nashville

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• I only wish Chet Atkins could be here for this joyous occasion.

  Brenda Lee

  Wish, Joyous, Occasions

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• Whatever happened to the tomboy I used to be, the slightly rebellious rocker?

  Brenda Lee

  Rebellious, Used, Rockers

  Brenda Lee, Robert K. Oermann, Julie Clay (2002). “Little Miss Dynamite: the life and times of Brenda Lee”, Hyperion Books

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• I'm sorry if I took some things for granted, I'm sorry for the chains I put on you. But more than anything, I'm sorry for myself for living without you.

  Brenda Lee

  Sorry, Sadness, Granted

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• I'm not used to introspection. I've never lingered on my feelings. The show must go on.

  Brenda Lee

  Feelings, Goes On, Used

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• I always felt that I was one of the women who helped lay the foundation for rock and roll. But I'd always been overlooked by the Hall of Fame.

  Brenda Lee

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Foundation

  Brenda Lee, Robert K. Oermann, Julie Clay (2002). “Little Miss Dynamite: the life and times of Brenda Lee”, Hyperion Books

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