You know, Quincy Jones was a great mentor, but he was a man in a man's world. Fortunately he's a very sensitive man and a beautiful human being, and …

- Lesley Gore

One night I saw them kissing at a party, so I kissed some other guy. Johnny jumped up and hit him, cause he still loved me, that's why.

- Lesley Gore

Actually, the funny thing is, after all these years, I've got all these new songs to learn for the show we're doing at Joe's Pub, so it's kind of fun…

- Lesley Gore

I don't know any other lifestyle. I get up in the morning and I really do feel that the world is my oyster, and I start that way, the same as I would…

- Lesley Gore

And I thought, you know, a little gender confusion makes a better person. A little adversity in life at an early age. It's character building.

- Lesley Gore

I think I turned to writing really just to wake up in the morning and be a musician and to have something to do, and feel like a musician every day e…

- Lesley Gore

I think the record industry, by and large what's left of it, is still totally homophobic. I think it's much less so in the film industry now, but the…

- Lesley Gore

Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get…

- Lesley Gore

I just kind of lived my life naturally and did what I wanted to do.

- Lesley Gore