Julie London Quotes

#1. I prefer the things around town. I'm not one for going out of town too much.

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#2. I'm sure any vocal teacher that listens to me would rather cut my throat than do anything - I do everything all wrong - but I think for me that's the best - because I don't think I have a voice so I think what I project would be style - if I learned to sing I'd lose my style.

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#3. It's only a thimbleful of a voice, and I have to use it close to the microphone. But it is a kind of oversmoked voice, and it automatically sounds intimate.

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#4. The one appearance that I made for President Kennedy, he, as I understand, had his choice or was asked to make a list of the people he would like to have perform, and I was fortunate enough to be one of them.

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#5. The acting was first. As a teenager I was an actress; and then I came back as a singer.

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#6. Bobby was one of the few people I had ever known who really wanted to do something for me.

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#7. I think that's one of the most difficult things in any marriage - in order to build anything, you must be together. You can't build anything over the telephone.

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#8. It's very complicated because I cannot wear the same thing too often.

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#9. I think the first album cover was considered most provocative. I think that contributed a great deal.

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#10. I do everything all wrong, but I think for me that's the best, because I don't think I have a voice.

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#11. I'd retired for about six or seven years. Coming back to the business, I found that I was sort of not quite a has-been, and it wasn't a new career, it was just kind of difficult to crack the nut, so to speak.

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#12. If it's an excellent script, I enjoy it tremendously, the acting part of it.

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#13. In this business it's difficult to make plans. I think the plans follow you and find you.

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#14. Bobby had faith in my ability as a singer.

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#15. Bobby Troup and I have been working together for about a year in clubs. We work in the same club.

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#16. Sometimes you kind of lose yourself in someone else's personality.

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#17. It's really impossible to project ahead even six months in this business.

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#18. We've performed in South America and in Japan.

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#19. I think homes should reflect the individuals and their individual taste rather than someone else's.

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#20. I think any entertainer just sort of goes along with whatever comes along.

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