You cant beat The Beatles, you join em. Peggy Lee More Quotes by Peggy Lee More Quotes From Peggy Lee 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 music-love singing disease 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 silence thinking What are you going to do when you love music? You can't stop. Peggy Lee defense-mechanisms jazz music 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 I learned courage from Buddha, Jesus, Lincoln, Einstein, and Mr. Cary Grant. Peggy Lee grants jesus If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing. Peggy Lee my-friends dancing dance 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 singing responsibility song They weren't really weddings, just long costume parties. (on three of her weddings) Peggy Lee party three long Is That All There Is? Peggy Lee sad 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 greatest-love one-day said I try to project not only a song but a personality. Peggy Lee personality song trying 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 records rocks heaven I really don't have that many run-ins. People by and large are very nice to me. Peggy Lee nice running people 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 cleaning found baby Some of us just go along . . . until that marvelous day people stop intimidating us -- or should I say we refuse to let them intimidate us Peggy Lee