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Cole Porter Quotes

Nobody wants to phone me, Even collect Picture Quote #1

He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie Picture Quote #1

I love Paris in the summer, when it sizzles Picture Quote #1

It’s delightful, it’s delicious, it’s de - lovely Picture Quote #1

Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist Picture Quote #1

Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me Picture Quote #1

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But I’m always true to you, darlin’, in my fashion, yes, I’m always true to you, darlin’, in my way Picture Quote #1

Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes Picture Quote #1

I saw a very good Hollywood film the other day. It was about Cole Porter Picture Quote #1

Sad times May follow your tracks, Bad times May bar you from Saks, Add times When Satan in slacks Breaks down your self control Picture Quote #1

He [A. J. Balfour] was eminently one of the Cole Porter school of famous men, who only fell to rise again. Picking himself up and brushing himself down became a minor art form, ruefully admired by his contemporaries Picture Quote #1

A college education I would never propose - a bachelor’s degree won’t even keep you in clothes Picture Quote #1

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If you want a future, darling, why don’t you get a past? Picture Quote #1

I got my interest in Lotte Lenya and the Brecht-Weill canon from my parents. And I love classical music - I got that from my parents. I love Cole Porter - that I got from my dad Picture Quote #1

My mother says I was two-and-a-half when I started playing. My father was a minister, and when he went to church in the morning, she would put on Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole and Cole Porter records. I’d crawl up on the piano stool, sit on a phone book and play Picture Quote #1

I don’t know anyone who sits down to write a song hit except Irving Berlin. He can’t help writing hits Picture Quote #1

I always believed a singer should be able to sing any kind of song. If I wanted to sing a Cole Porter song, I should be able to do that. Or Sherry, I should be able to do that. Or a Dylan song Picture Quote #1

I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me Picture Quote #1

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I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him Picture Quote #1

The songwriters whom we think of being the greatest songwriters usually write one hit and six or seven flops. That includes the Irving Berlins and the Hoagy Carmichaels, the Harold Arlens, Cole Porter Picture Quote #1

I totally related to Cole Porter’s magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn’t drag them away from a piano Picture Quote #1

Dietz and Schwartz have sort of fallen by the wayside a little bit, and they are up there with Rodgers and Hart and Irving Berlin and Cole Porter. They are the finest of the revue composers - their stuff is so good and so strong Picture Quote #1

We never thought we were writing for posterity, because at the time everyone assumed that all the great standards had already been written by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein... The songs we were writing were supposed to be temporary things, of the period, like comic books Picture Quote #1

I grew up with singers. My father’s mother sang opera. My dad was a big band singer. I can’t remember a time there wasn’t music in the house, so I grew up listening to great songwriters - George Gershwin, Cole Porter - and my grandma was playing opera for me before I was 3 Picture Quote #1

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I don’t care if it’s a Cole Porter song, or George Gershwin, or Lennon/McCartney, or Elton John, or you know, whoever, Bob Dylan. Great songs are great songs, and they stand the test of time, and they can be interpreted and recorded with many points of view, but yet still retain the essence of what makes them good songs Picture Quote #1

Most gentlemen don’t like love, they just like to kick it around Picture Quote #1

All the world loves a clown Picture Quote #1

My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director Picture Quote #1

There’s an, oh such a hungry yearning burning inside of me Picture Quote #1

What moments divine, what rapture serene Picture Quote #1

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Nobody wants to phone me, Even collect (Cole Porter Quotes) He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie (Cole Porter Quotes) I love Paris in the summer, when it sizzles (Cole Porter Quotes) It’s delightful, it’s delicious, it’s de - lovely (Cole Porter Quotes) Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist (Cole Porter Quotes) Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me (Cole Porter Quotes) But I’m always true to you, darlin’, in my fashion, yes, I’m always true to you, darlin’, in my way (Cole Porter Quotes) Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes (Cole Porter Quotes) I saw a very good Hollywood film the other day. It was about Cole Porter (Cole Porter Quotes) Sad times May follow your tracks, Bad times May bar you from Saks, Add times When Satan in slacks Breaks down your self control (Cole Porter Quotes) He [A. J. Balfour] was eminently one of the Cole Porter school of famous men, who only fell to rise again. Picking himself up and brushing himself down became a minor art form, ruefully admired by his contemporaries (Cole Porter Quotes) A college education I would never propose - a bachelor’s degree won’t even keep you in clothes (Cole Porter Quotes) If you want a future, darling, why don’t you get a past? (Cole Porter Quotes) I got my interest in Lotte Lenya and the Brecht-Weill canon from my parents. And I love classical music - I got that from my parents. I love Cole Porter - that I got from my dad (Cole Porter Quotes) My mother says I was two-and-a-half when I started playing. My father was a minister, and when he went to church in the morning, she would put on Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole and Cole Porter records. I’d crawl up on the piano stool, sit on a phone book and play (Cole Porter Quotes) I don’t know anyone who sits down to write a song hit except Irving Berlin. He can’t help writing hits (Cole Porter Quotes) I always believed a singer should be able to sing any kind of song. If I wanted to sing a Cole Porter song, I should be able to do that. Or Sherry, I should be able to do that. Or a Dylan song (Cole Porter Quotes) I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me (Cole Porter Quotes) I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him. (Cole Porter Quotes) The songwriters whom we think of being the greatest songwriters usually write one hit and six or seven flops. That includes the Irving Berlins and the Hoagy Carmichaels, the Harold Arlens, Cole Porter. (Cole Porter Quotes) I totally related to Cole Porter’s magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn’t drag them away from a piano. (Cole Porter Quotes) Dietz and Schwartz have sort of fallen by the wayside a little bit, and they are up there with Rodgers and Hart and Irving Berlin and Cole Porter. They are the finest of the revue composers - their stuff is so good and so strong. (Cole Porter Quotes) We never thought we were writing for posterity, because at the time everyone assumed that all the great standards had already been written by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein... The songs we were writing were supposed to be temporary things, of the period, like comic books. (Cole Porter Quotes) I grew up with singers. My father’s mother sang opera. My dad was a big band singer. I can’t remember a time there wasn’t music in the house, so I grew up listening to great songwriters - George Gershwin, Cole Porter - and my grandma was playing opera for me before I was 3. (Cole Porter Quotes) I don’t care if it’s a Cole Porter song, or George Gershwin, or Lennon/McCartney, or Elton John, or you know, whoever, Bob Dylan. Great songs are great songs, and they stand the test of time, and they can be interpreted and recorded with many points of view, but yet still retain the essence of what makes them good songs. (Cole Porter Quotes) Most gentlemen don’t like love, they just like to kick it around (Cole Porter Quotes) All the world loves a clown (Cole Porter Quotes) My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director (Cole Porter Quotes) There’s an, oh such a hungry yearning burning inside of me (Cole Porter Quotes) What moments divine, what rapture serene (Cole Porter Quotes)

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