Top 25 Quotes by Brenda Lee

The music business can be very cold. And it doesn't honor its elders.

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.

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.

John Lennon was very irreverent and very intelligent.

A lot of people thought I'd died, because of your coverage, they know I'm still around.

Whatever happened to the tomboy I used to be, the slightly rebellious rocker?

I've always gone to see all kinds of shows and stole what I could, as we all do. We see an artist and hear a song and think, 'I bet I could sing that song. I'll put that in my show.'

When 'I'm Sorry' came out and became such a huge hit, that made 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree' start selling. Then that became a huge, huge hit.

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.