Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Vera Lynn
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British musician Vera Lynn.
Last updated on December 24, 2024.
I seem to have had quite a lot of pink dresses.
I was born with a passion for music.
When I look on my mantelpiece and see these cards wishing me a happy 100th birthday, I can't believe it.
I don't like a cheater.
Dad, who worked as a plumber, was a quiet and undemanding man who liked to laugh - and he was a very good dancer.
Take each day as it comes and focus on the present moment.
I always took things very seriously. Always have done.
Be active to your full capabilities.
Our family didn't have a lot of money, so my brother, parents and I spent our holidays at Southend-on-Sea.
I don't listen to the radio. I'd rather watch the television.
I am delighted to learn that the small part I played in the campaign to protect the white cliffs of Dover has been so effective.
Keep interested, read books, watch television and try to keep in touch with life and what people are doing, seeing and enjoying.
I never wanted to be a Judy Garland.
We'll Meet Again' is the one that means more to me than anything.
Getting an upset tummy is never pleasant, and it's worse if you get a funny tummy a long way from home.
When I was a toddler, I fell ill with diphtheritic croup and was taken to an isolation unit. One of my earliest memories is of being on my own in a tent surrounded by steaming kettles.
I have never been terribly ambitious.
I was never the glamorous type like Betty Grable.
I've been blessed to be able to sing and perform.
I'm a girl from East Ham.
There was so little said about the Burmese war. The Forgotten 14th, they called them.
Certain people cause so many problems, not only to the running of the town and the country, but to people themselves.
There is always something we can be concerned about. The secret is to rise above it and do whatever we can to make the world a better place.
People often ask me for the secret to success. Usually, they mean success in the music industry, but I think the answer applies to most things in life: always persevere and never give up.
I don't listen to music. I never have done.
You can't do an awful lot about getting older but you shouldn't let it stop you from doing what you want to do.
I went goodness knows how long without a bath.
Singing in the jungle was very hot and very sticky, which was a bit hard going. I had a little piano, which they trudged around on the back of a lorry, hoping it would survive the journeys.
They didn't like my voice at school.
Dover is part of England. It simply can't be part of anywhere else.
Mum worked for a London dressmaker before she married. When she was forced to give up work after her marriage, she carried on dressmaking for people at home.
I have always managed to combine my family life and my career, but there came a point when I had to choose between a career in America and my family. I chose my family.
If work came along I liked, I would do it. If it interfered with home life for too long or took me away, I wouldn't.
When I was 14 or 15, I was in a small troupe for teenagers, and I heard somebody say, 'Oh, she'll never get anywhere. She's too common.'
In 1939, a newspaper ran a competition for the first load of boys off to war to pick their favourite singer. They chose me from my radio broadcasts. That's when I became known as the 'forces' sweetheart.'
Perhaps because I never left England and went to America - I think the public sort of appreciated that. I visited and I did some shows over there, but I never had any ambitions to settle over there. I could never have left England.
People used me, in a way, to achieve something, and I was glad of it. I was just doing my job.
Over many years, I have been a supporter of the National Trust and the vital work that they do in preserving our heritage and landscapes - long may this continue.
I'm keen on the sun, so weather is an important ingredient for a perfect holiday.
The white cliffs of Dover are a significant landmark and it is so encouraging to know that they will now be protected for future generations.
You know, your voice can only last for so long. It's a muscle and when you get older it sort of fades away.
All young men should have a certain time in the Army, instead of going running around wild for a few years after school. They would learn discipline and they would learn a good trade. It would be a good opportunity.
I think people looked at me as one of them - an ordinary girl from an ordinary family with a voice they could recognise.
My favourite hotel is the Hilton Hawaiian Village beach resort in Honolulu.
Seeing photographs of my dad, Bert, on the beach with a knotted handkerchief on his head to avoid getting sunburn still brings a smile to my face.
In the mid-1970s, I even decided to make my own country album. I put the idea to my record company, thinking we'd just go into the studio in the U.K. and make a novelty album. But instead, they suggested I go to Nashville. I was flabbergasted. I hadn't expected that at all.
When I left school at 14, I thought I had better get a job. I got one in a factory where I sewed on buttons. It was so boring and we weren't allowed to talk or sing. I lasted a day.
I don't think the singers take it as seriously as we used to. The words, the meaning, the phrasing, the feeling of the song. They see the words, they know the tune and they just sing it.
Always arrive in plenty of time so that when you step on the train or sit down in the plane you're relaxed, not hassled.
I used to go from place to place by tram. A shilling would take you all around London and the suburbs.
You never know what's going to happen en route to the airport or station and the last thing you want is to get there just as your train or plane is disappearing into the distance. Get there early, read a book, have a coffee and don't get stressed.
I felt very greatly honoured to be given a Damehood and never expected to receive anything else. So for Her Majesty to bestow a further accolade on me is very unexpected and I feel even more honoured.
You've got to be nice to people when you're on your way up, because you never know who you are going to meet on the way down.
I don't have a good memory, so learning all the songs for my TV performances was a real challenge.
If I switch on the radio and hear some nice classical music, I will sit and listen to it but I don't sort of play records or go for any particular type of music.
We can't change the past but we can learn from history and remember the important things - the sacrifices our loved ones made, and the price of our freedom today.
I've liked country music for as long as I can remember, especially the songs of Dolly Parton. Her lyrics are similar to mine: simple, expressive, from the heart. Our voices are in the same kind of register, too.
I never thought that I would share a hit parade with the Beatles.
Perhaps it is no surprise I became an entertainer because many of my relatives were natural performers. Dad, who had a fine pair of lungs, was master of ceremonies at East Ham working men's club in east London. I felt so proud when I saw him in his white gloves calling out the names of the dances.
I've visited Holland plenty of times and always liked staying in the Hilton in Amsterdam.
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