Lesley Gore
Lesley Gore
Lesley Sue Goldstein, better known as Lesley Gore, was an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. At the age of 16she recorded the pop hit "It's My Party", and followed it up with other hits including "Judy's Turn to Cry", "You Don't Own Me", and "California Nights"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth2 May 1946
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
song morning writing
I don't know any other lifestyle. I get up in the morning and I really do feel that the world is my oyster, and I start that way, the same as I would if I were preparing to write a song: put a blank piece of paper up on the piano and you go for it.
morning piano the-end-of-the-day
And that's what got me to the piano, that's what got me up in the morning: a blank piece of paper and a hope to have something by the end of the day.
character adversity confusion
And I thought, you know, a little gender confusion makes a better person. A little adversity in life at an early age. It's character building.
couple remember performers
I can remember in the early 60s that there were a couple of really dynamic women performers at the time - Brenda Lee, there was Connie Francis.
country thinking interesting
You know, the interesting thing about having traveled around the country as much as I have, and I think it's sort of inadvertently what made me come out or at least begin doing things within the community and thinking more about that, was that I get to travel quite a bit.
men thinking records
I think the record industry, by and large what's left of it, is still totally homophobic. I think it's much less so in the film industry now, but the record industry, it's always been a man's world.
sunshine rainbow way
Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, everything that's wonderful, Is sure to come your way
beautiful communication men
You know, Quincy Jones was a great mentor, but he was a man in a man's world. Fortunately he's a very sensitive man and a beautiful human being, and even though he was 14 or 15 years older than me, he's a capable human being and has great communication skills.
please display
Don't tell me what to do, don't tell me what to say. And please, when I go out with you, don't put me on display.
want what-you-want bites
You can only bite off so much, so you gotta know what you want to do.
attitude faces problem
Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get through.
kind wanted
I just kind of lived my life naturally and did what I wanted to do.
morning writing thinking
I think I turned to writing really just to wake up in the morning and be a musician and to have something to do, and feel like a musician every day even if I wasn't working.
morning writing thinking
I think I turned to writing really just to wake up in the morning and be a musician and to have something to do, and feel like a musician every day even if I wasn't working.