Susannah McCorkle famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

When I dance, I love the romance and sexiness of it, and love having it be clear to both dancers that the man leads! But the man has to know what he's doing!
-- Susannah McCorkle

#Dance #Men #Romance
If I love a song I hope to find a way to get other people to love it too.
-- Susannah McCorkle

#Song #People #Way
It may be that my most helpful contributions to music aren't my compact discs but my articles about other great singers of the past for American Heritage magazine.
-- Susannah McCorkle

#Past #Magazines #May
I worry about kids and all they are exposed to. Kids get so bombarded with hard, commercial sounds. They don't even have a chance to develop the softer part of themselves without fear of being ridiculed.
-- Susannah McCorkle

#Kids #Worry #Sound
I have complete artistic control, and I just do my best album every time and trust it to fate.
-- Susannah McCorkle

#Fate #Albums #Artistic
I had no desire to become a singer until I heard Billie Holiday. The first time I heard her on a record, it was a revelation. She sounded like a woman singing about herself.
-- Susannah McCorkle

#Holiday #Singing #Desire
Somebody called me a 'bruised romantic' once, and I like that.
-- Susannah McCorkle
I'm very happy to have a small, long, career instead of one big hit and then oblivion.
-- Susannah McCorkle

#Careers #Long #Oblivion
If you sing honestly and sincerely to kids, they will respond with all their hearts.
-- Susannah McCorkle

#Kids #Heart #Honestly
Thank God for beautiful songs about feeling despair when you yourself are in despair. They really get us through.
-- Susannah McCorkle

#Beautiful #Song #Feelings
Please believe that I do this because I am convinced that my illness cannot be helped for any length of time and I cannot bear to be a burden on anyone any longer.
-- Susannah McCorkle

#Believe #Bears #Illness

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