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Somebody called me a 'bruised romantic' once, and I like that.
Susannah McCorkle
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Susannah McCorkle
Age: 55 †
Born: 1946
Born: January 4
Died: 2001
Died: May 19
Jazz Musician
Singer
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Berkeley
California
Bruised
Romantic
Somebody
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If you sing honestly and sincerely to kids, they will respond with all their hearts.
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I had no desire to become a singer until I heard Billie Holiday. The first time I heard her on a record, it was a revelation. She sounded like a woman singing about herself.
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Please believe that I do this because I am convinced that my illness cannot be helped for any length of time and I cannot bear to be a burden on anyone any longer.
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It may be that my most helpful contributions to music aren't my compact discs but my articles about other great singers of the past for American Heritage magazine.
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I have complete artistic control, and I just do my best album every time and trust it to fate.
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I'm very happy to have a small, long, career instead of one big hit and then oblivion.
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