Susannah McCorkle Quotes
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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.
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If I love a song I hope to find a way to get other people to love it too.
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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.
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I'm very happy to have a small, long, career instead of one big hit and then oblivion.
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Somebody called me a 'bruised romantic' once, and I like that.
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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!
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Thank God for beautiful songs about feeling despair when you yourself are in despair. They really get us through.
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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.
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I have complete artistic control, and I just do my best album every time and trust it to fate.
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If you sing honestly and sincerely to kids, they will respond with all their hearts.
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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.
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