Cole Porter
Cole Porter
Cole Albert Porterwas an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre. After a slow start, he began to achieve success in the 1920s, and by the 1930s he was one of the major songwriters for the Broadway musical stage. Unlike many successful Broadway composers, Porter wrote the lyrics, as well as the music,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSongwriter
Date of Birth9 June 1891
CityPeru, IN
CountryUnited States of America
In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking. Now, Heaven knows, anything goes. The world has gone mad today, and good's bad today, and black's white today, and day's night today....
Most gentlemen don't like love, they just like to kick it around.
If you want to buy my wares Follow me and climb the stairs... Love for sale.
Night and day, you are the one.
Live and let live, be and let be, Hear and let hear, see and let see. . . . Live and let live and remember this line: 'Your bus'ness is your bus'ness and my bus'ness is mine.'
My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director.
If you ever feel so happy you land in jail, I'm your bail.
What moments divine , what rapture serene.
The chimpanzees in the zoos do it, Some courageous kangaroos do it Let's do it, let's fall in love. I'm sure giraffes on the sly do it, Even eagles as they fly do it, Let's do it, let's fall in love.
Brush up your Shakespeare, Start quoting him now, Brush up your Shakespeare And the women you will wow.
Some Argentines, without means, do it, People say, in Boston , even beans do it. Let's do it, let's fall in love .
Who wants to be a millionaire? And go to ev'ry swell affair?
I've got you deep in the heart of me.
Night and day you are the one, Only you beneath the moon and under the sun.