Brenda Lee
Brenda Lee
Brenda Mae Tarpley, known as Brenda Lee, is an American performer and the top-charting solo female vocalist of the 1960s. She sang rockabilly, pop and country music, and had 47 US chart hits during the 1960s, and is ranked fourth in that decade surpassed only by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Ray Charles. She is perhaps best known in the United States for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry", and 1958's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", a United States holiday standard...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth11 December 1944
CityAtlanta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
I'm sorry if I took some things for granted, I'm sorry for the chains I put on you. But more than anything, I'm sorry for myself for living without you.
The music business can be very cold. And it doesn't honor its elders.
I believe I became one of the first singers to be launched via television exposure. I guess I was a new kind of musical stylist for a new kind of media.
I've spent an awful lot of my time in the air. I've had everything happen to me in a plane that could happen. Except a crash.
I'm not used to introspection. I've never lingered on my feelings. The show must go on.
I still don't look at myself as a star. I've always had a thankful heart.
I still sing because I love the sound of applause, because it's who I am, and because I still can.
The amazing thing is that I'm sane. I'm not bitter. I'm not drugged out. I'm not broke. I'm still married to the same guy. My children don't hate me.
Whatever happened to the tomboy I used to be, the slightly rebellious rocker?
I always felt that I was one of the women who helped lay the foundation for rock and roll. But I'd always been overlooked by the Hall of Fame.
I gave up my childhood for a career.
I always loved reading. I always was the spelling bee champion. I always loved words. I always wanted to know what they meant, why you used them, who first said them. I was always interested in that.
I dont think you ever get tired of the well-written, well-crafted songs.
I had been singing since I was 3 years old, so my love of singing was always there.