I love Paris in the summer, when it sizzles.
"Cole Albert Porter" was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre. After a slow start, he began to achieve success in the 1920s, and by the 1930s he was one of the major songwriters for the Broadway theatre/Broadway musical stage. Unlike many successful Broadway composers, Porter wrote the lyrics as well as the music for his songs.
After a serious horseback riding accident in 1937, Porter was left disabled and in constant pain, but he continued to work. His shows of the early 1940s did not contain the lasting hits of his best work of the 1920s and 30s, but in 1948 he made a triumphant comeback with his most successful musical, Kiss Me, Kate. It won the first Tony Award for Best Musical.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous composers! More Cole Porter on Wikipedia.Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now use only four-letter words Writing prose - Anything goes.
A slap and a tickle Is all that the fickle Male Ever has in his head.
He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie.
My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director.
I get no kick from champagne, Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all, So tell me why should it be true, That I get a kick out of you?
Most gentlemen don't like love, they just like to kick it around.
In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking but now, God knows, anything goes.
Rodgers and Hammerstein, if you can imagine it taking two men to write one song. (when asked "Who wrote 'Some Enchanted Evening'?)
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