Julie London Quotes

(on her singing voice) "It`s only a thimbleful of a voice, and I have to use it close to the microphone. But it is a kind of over-smoked voice, and it automatically sounds intimate."

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

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

If it`s an excellent script, I enjoy it tremendously, the acting part of it.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

If I`m doing a good song with a good arrangement, I have a ball doing it. And if it`s the opposite, I`m just as bored with that.

Bobby had faith in my ability as a singer.

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.

He had good judgment in more than one way. The President was a marvelous man to perform to because he was interested in music of all kinds.

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

Sometimes you kind of lose yourself in someone else`s personality.

If it`s a terrible script, it`s a terrible bore.

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.

I think they belong in school, but after they have achieved all the education that they need and want, it`s up to them what they want to do.

I think what I project would be my style.

We`ve performed in South America and in Japan.

On a television show such as The Bob Hope Show or The Garry Moore Show, all the gowns have to be brand-new, never been seen before.

It`s really impossible to project ahead even six months in this business.

It`s very complicated because I cannot wear the same thing too often.