Quotes by Brenda Lee

• I'm not used to introspection. I've never lingered on my feelings. The show must go on.
• The music business can be very cold. And it doesn't honor its elders.
• The Beatles were raw musically, but I think they really had something.
• 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.
• John Lennon was very irreverent and very intelligent.
• 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.
• I was nuts about Elvis, like every girl in America.
• I still sing because I love the sound of applause, because it's who I am, and because I still can.
• I still don't look at myself as a star. I've always had a thankful heart.
• I gave up my childhood for a career.
• 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.
• A lot of people thought I'd died, because of your coverage, they know I'm still around.
• I wasn't aware of it at the time, but I was a big favorite with the Mafia.
• I only wish Chet Atkins could be here for this joyous occasion.