
From "The Vanity of Old Age", Windfalls (1920)
From "The Vanity of Old Age", Windfalls (1920)
An interview with the Sunday Herald talking about when she went to see Kiss Me Kate when she was seven.
“If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.”
When asked, at the age of 92, if he could summarize the lessons of history into a single sentence. As quoted in "Durants on History from the Ages, with Love," by Pam Proctor, Parade (6 August 1978) p. 12. Durant is quoting Jesus (from John 13:34) here, and might also be quoting Jiddu Krishnamurti: "Love is the most practical thing in the world. To love, to be kind, not to be greedy, not to be ambitious, not to be influenced by people but to think for yourself — these are all very practical things, and they will bring about a practical, happy society."
After hearing Walter Earl Brown's If I Can Dream, the song inspired on Martin Luther King Jr. that would close Elvis' comeback show in 1968, and the phrase was remarked to its producer, Steve Binder. http://elvis-tkc.com/forum2/lofiversion/index.php/t15948.html
“When I die I'm going to dance first in all the galaxies… I'm gonna play and dance and sing.”