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Lesley Gore Quotes

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I don’t know any other lifestyle. I get up in the morning and I really do feel that the world is my oyster, and I start that way, the same as I would if I were preparing to write a song: put a blank piece of paper up on the piano and you go for it.  (Lesley Gore Quotes) And I thought, you know, a little gender confusion makes a better person. A little adversity in life at an early age. It’s character building.  (Lesley Gore Quotes) I have nothing but the best memories of growing up in New Jersey. Of course, I grew up in a nice town, a suburb. But Tenafly was right next to Englewood, which had a tremendous amount of racial tension in the 60s. So I was aware of the real world.  (Lesley Gore Quotes) I didn’t disappear; I started writing songs and worked behind the scenes  (Lesley Gore Quotes) As far as I’m concerned, collaboration is the essence of life. It’s wonderful to be able to have talents, and, very often, we think that we know what our talents are, or we find out through a back door that we have a talent. I know that I found out I was a lyricist quite through a back door.  (Lesley Gore Quotes) Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don’t get through.  (Lesley Gore Quotes) I have a bit of a problem with ‘American Idol.’ Forgive me, but it’s difficult for me to watch. I can’t help but think of people being exploited. On the other hand, I’m really enjoying ‘Glee.’  (Lesley Gore Quotes) I worked with Carl Perkins on a number of shows. Live shows. He just showed up and played. He just killed. Killed! Man... he was amazing!  (Lesley Gore Quotes) Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, everything that’s wonderful, Is sure to come your way  (Lesley Gore Quotes) You know, Quincy Jones was a great mentor, but he was a man in a man’s world. Fortunately he’s a very sensitive man and a beautiful human being, and even though he was 14 or 15 years older than me, he’s a capable human being and has great communication skills  (Lesley Gore Quotes) We recorded the record on a Saturday afternoon March 30th and I heard the record for the first time on April 6th. I was driving to school, literally seven days later  (Lesley Gore Quotes) I just kind of lived my life naturally and did what I wanted to do  (Lesley Gore Quotes) One night I saw them kissing at a party, so I kissed some other guy. Johnny jumped up and hit him, cause he still loved me, that’s why  (Lesley Gore Quotes) I don’t know any other lifestyle. I get up in the morning and I really do feel that the world is my oyster, and I start that way, the same as I would if I were preparing to write a song: put a blank piece of paper up on the piano and you go for it  (Lesley Gore Quotes) Don’t tell me what to do, don’t tell me what to say. And please, when I go out with you, don’t put me on display  (Lesley Gore Quotes) And I thought, you know, a little gender confusion makes a better person. A little adversity in life at an early age. It’s character building  (Lesley Gore Quotes) And that’s what got me to the piano, that’s what got me up in the morning: a blank piece of paper and a hope to have something by the end of the day  (Lesley Gore Quotes) You know, the interesting thing about having traveled around the country as much as I have, and I think it’s sort of inadvertently what made me come out or at least begin doing things within the community and thinking more about that, was that I get to travel quite a bit  (Lesley Gore Quotes) You can only bite off so much, so you gotta know what you want to do  (Lesley Gore Quotes) I think the record industry, by and large what’s left of it, is still totally homophobic. I think it’s much less so in the film industry now, but the record industry, it’s always been a man’s world  (Lesley Gore Quotes) Given that there was that era of girl group music and it’s still very popular, but I think if you looked at the chart from that time you would see many more men on it. Because the industry, they were catering to young girls. I mean, that’s what they thought their audience was  (Lesley Gore Quotes) Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don’t get through  (Lesley Gore Quotes) I think I turned to writing really just to wake up in the morning and be a musician and to have something to do, and feel like a musician every day even if I wasn’t working  (Lesley Gore Quotes)