Brenda Lee Quotes


"The music business can be very cold. And it doesn't honor its elders."
- Brenda Lee
(Related: Business, Music, Honor)

"The Beatles were raw musically, but I think they really had something."
- Brenda Lee
"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
(Related: First, Media, Television)

"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
(Related: Children, Hate)

"Whatever happened to the tomboy I used to be, the slightly rebellious rocker?"
- Brenda Lee
"John Lennon was very irreverent and very intelligent."
- Brenda Lee
"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
(Related: Time)

"I was nuts about Elvis, like every girl in America."
- Brenda Lee
(Related: America)

"I still sing because I love the sound of applause, because it's who I am, and because I still can."
- Brenda Lee
(Related: Love, Applause, Sound)

"I still don't look at myself as a star. I've always had a thankful heart."
- Brenda Lee
(Related: Heart)

"I gave up my childhood for a career."
- Brenda Lee
(Related: Career, Childhood)

"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
(Related: Women, Fame)

"A lot of people thought I'd died, because of your coverage, they know I'm still around."
- Brenda Lee
(Related: Thought, People)

"I wasn't aware of it at the time, but I was a big favorite with the Mafia."
- Brenda Lee
(Related: Time, Favorite)

"I only wish Chet Atkins could be here for this joyous occasion."
- Brenda Lee