Patsy Cline was an American country music sensation known for her emotive voice and timeless hits like “Crazy” and “I Fall to Pieces.” Born in 1932, she rose to fame in the late 1950s and early 1960s, captivating audiences with her rich tone and heartfelt performances. Tragically, her life was cut short at the age of 30 when she died in a plane crash on March 5, 1963. Despite her brief career, Cline’s influence on country music has been profound, earning her a place in the Country Music Hall of Fame posthumously in 1973. Her legacy endures as one of the genre’s most iconic figures, celebrated for her talent and contributions to country music.

Patsy Cline Quotes

1. “If you can’t do it with feeling, don’t.”
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2. “Oh, I offended you with my opinion? You should hear the the ones I keep to myself.”
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3. “Find one person in the audience and sing to them with all of your heart. And then cast a spell over them. Hoss, if you can’t do it with feeling – don’t.”
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4. “I don’t wanna get rich – just live good.”
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5. “Oh, I just sing like I hurt inside.”
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6. “Carnegie Hall was real fabulous, but you know, it ain’t as big as the Grand Ole Opry.”
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7. “Im gonna be something one of these days.”
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8. “I recorded a song called, I Fall to Pieces, and I was in a car wreck. Now I’m worried because I have a brand-new record, and it’s called Crazy!”
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9. “Im not making up my mind about anything right now. Things are happening so quickly for me, and Im still in the thinking stage.”
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10. “The one thing I wanted to do more than anything else was sing country music.”
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11. “You’re gonna have to learn to get out there in front of those cameras and hold your head up. Take charge when you’re singing.”
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12. “You don’t appreciate home until you leave it and, let me tell you, you can’t appreciate life till you’ve almost left it! Some people hope and die with their song still in them. I used to think that happiness resulted when my earnings matched my yearnings! But not anymore!”
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13. “If I made a list of the people I admire, Mom would probably fill up half of it. She could do anything and everything.”
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14. “Sitting around the house playing the wife and mother is driving me crazy.”
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15. “I wish to be put away in a western dress I designed, with my daughter’s little gold cross necklace and my son’s small white testament in my hands, and my wedding band on.”
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16. “The final words of a domestic bully: If you leave me now furious angels will descend upon you and bring you back to me.”
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17. “I’ve become a captive of my own ambitions.”
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18. “I could spit dust I’m so mad. He wants to put violins on my new session. I’ll die before I’ll go all the way pop.”
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19. “Mother would come and pick me up at work and take me wherever I could get a job. Mother didn’t trust anybody with me. Usually we’d get home at 3 in the morning.”
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20. “In childhood I developed a serious throat infection, and my heart stopped beating. I recovered from that illness with a voice that boomed forth like Kate Smith’s!”
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21. “You might say it was my return to the living that launched me as a singer. I was placed in an oxygen tent, and the doctors brought me back to life.”
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22. “On Saturdays I worked all day in Hunter Gaunt’s drugstore in Winchester, and then at night, my mother drove me to Front Royal, where I sang pop tunes.”
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23. “Anybody that’ll stand up to The Cline is all right.”
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24. “Jesus has been in my room. He has taken my hand and told me, No, Not now. I have other things for you to do.”
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25. “I’d like to do my first record I ever made, A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye.”
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26. “It seems that every time I stick my neck out, I get my foot into something else.”
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27. “Boys, they can’t take my refrigerator now. They’ll never get my car now. I paid cash for ‘em and they’re mine, and I’m keepin’ ’em!”
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28. “I didn’t know there was so many people in this world that knew of me.”
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29. “I have gotten more than I asked for. All that I ever wanted was to hear my voice on record and have a song among the Top 20.”
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30. “A lot of people say you’ve got all the loving in the world when you walk out on stage. But hell, that applause don’t help you any when you’re lying in that bed at night being totally ignored.”
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31. “I think I’ve found out who I am and what we’ve been looking for. We don’t have to search for my identity anymore. This is it-we’re doing it!”
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32. “My new house is going to have wall-to-wall awards!”
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33. “I played with Arthur Godfrey for about a year and a half.”
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34. “I would never have gone anywhere if it hadn’t been for Mother’s faith and support.”
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35. “I can’t miss a night’s work and let my public down.”
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36. “I got me a hit record and I ain’t never made a cent from it.”
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37. “I got to be constantly reassured that somebody loves me.”
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38. “It sure gives me faith and a wonderful feeling to know how many fans and friends are wanting me well again.”
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